"I might be the orc's mail-order bride, but I'll be the one giving the orders around here!
Desperate and on the run from my arranged marriage to Bratva boss, Dmitri, I accept an offer to be a lonely orc's mail-order bride. Now I'm alone in a foreign country and engaged to a monster, but that is better than the alternative. I just have to pretend long enough to get my green card and make my escape.
Only my new husband, Erik, makes me feel heard and cared for. He might be huge and hulky, but he's also gentle and considerate even when I push him away. The more I get to know him, the more I realize I've underestimated him. After Dmitri, I vowed never to let another man touch me again. But Erik's not a man. He's a monster . . .
I find myself wanting to trust my orc husband, maybe even wanting to love him. How could I not when he's eager to do everything I tell him and focuses only on my pleasure.
But falling for him is dangerous. My brother and the Bratva have even more reach than I knew and staying in one spot would be a mistake. Can I find a way to make a safe new home with my monster husband?
Contains mature themes."
"I'm just a girl, standing in front of a wolf, asking him to love her…
If only life were that simple, but being a famous actress means nothing in my life is simple. When I bump into the guy of my dreams, I know it's doomed from the start. Will is everything I have a weakness for: smart, funny, and a little shy. Plus, he's tall and handsome and completely obsessed with me.
He thinks the fact that he's a werewolf is our biggest problem, but I kinda like it when the beast inside takes over and he gets a little wild!
But when my past comes back to bite me, I realize how unfair it is to drag poor Will into the 24-hour news cycle of scandal, rumors, and lies. He says I'm his fated mate, but not even fate can force him to love me when that video goes viral again...
Knotting Hill is a cozy monster rom-com in the How I Met My Monster series. It's a standalone romance with an HEA, featuring a cinnamon roll werewolf who is a nerd in the streets and a beast in the sheets! This re-imagined version of the beloved rom-com classic, Notting Hill, is for anyone who thinks everything is better with a monster in it!"
"Would you make a deal to dominate the werewolf at full moon?
Maurice is a lone wolf. Rejected, half-feral at full moon. Unable to control himself when he goes into heat.
That's not what scares me.
Even as a beast, he's a very good boy. All that need gets channeled into pleasing me. You see, we've met before: one night a year ago when I ran from the way he looked at me as if I was his whole world. As if he was mine.
He can't be mine. Because if he was, he'd be in danger too.
When he begs me to see him through just one more full moon, my heart gets the better of me and I give in. Snowed in at his cabin in the woods, I'm finding out just how hard it is to resist his relentless optimism, his goofy charm, and his huge knot.
Contains mature themes."
"Would you make a deal to be used by a unicorn . . . and his herd?
I've got a secret and I haven't told a soul: I'm pregnant to my deadbeat ex-husband and thousands of dollars in debt.
So when the chance comes up to become an escort with Monstrous Deals, I jump at it. After all, it sounds like my dream job. I wear pretty lingerie, I flirt and serve drinks, and the perks are I can play with a whole herd of unicorns if I want to? Sign me up!
I'm in my ho era, OK. Gotta have fun while I can.
Only one of the herd won't stop watching me. Stirling is big and strong and hung like a horse! During the party he makes my pleasure the main attraction and I'm absolutely swooning.
But when he tells me I'm his bond mate and he wants me to join his herd, I run a mile. I'm not looking for anything serious. Not again. Besides, there's no way he'll stick around when he learns my secret.
Contains mature themes."
"Could you master the minotaur billionaire?
I'm not a dominatrix. I'm just a single mom struggling to pay the bills and raise my two kids. But when my sister, Kalli signs up as an escort for a demon and ends up with a billionaire demon boyfriend, I can't help wondering if I should re-think my work situation.
I'm not looking for a boyfriend, but if the huge, handsome, rich minotaur wants to pay to get on his knees for me, I'd have to be stupid to turn that down, right?
Jarradek is a politician with a problem: he's bored of girls who want to fawn over him. He's looking for something more!
Controlling him is such a rush. Every time this powerful monster submits to me, it gives me back something I never even knew I was missing. He can't be caught seeing an escort weeks out from the election, but he can't stay away. What happens when people find out the guy who wants to be in charge of the city just wants me to tell him what to do?
Contains mature themes."
"Would you make a deal with a deadly basilisk?
Diamonds are a girl's best friend, or that's what they say. That's why I love my job as an escort with Monstrous Deals. When the billionaire property mogul who's just opened a new casino in Heartstone tracks me down and demands to be my next client, I'm thrilled. He is far more handsome than my regular clients and dangerously charming.
The catch: Erserro is an ancient, deadly basilisk who can kill with a single look.
There are rules. I have to be blindfolded and I can never look at him when he touches me. That seems OK at first, but when feelings start to grow, I can't help but long for a closer look at this creature who gives me more pleasure than anyone has ever done. He claims he's a monster. That he's cursed. But the more I get to know him, the more I'd risk everything to uncover a treasure that might be worth more than any diamond.
Contains mature themes."
"Would you make a deal with a big, grumpy troll?
Trolls belong lurking under bridges, not in the arms of beautiful human women. That's what Hisondine tells me. He's not fooling me, though. I see the way he looks at me. I know the way he touches me. He's huge and muscled and hard as stone. But that's not the only thing about him that makes me feel safe. He treats me like I'm precious. I've been a companion to plenty of monsters, but I've never met one who makes me feel special the way he does.
Despite our size difference, it's clear he can't stop thinking about me. So I'm going to do everything I can to make him mine, even if it's only fake dating.
I should be smarter than this. I'm only doing this job to pay off my college debt. I know it's just work and I shouldn't be feeling this way, but I can't help counting the hours until I see him again. But at the end of the day, it's not real. He's a billionaire and I'm an escort.
So how do I turn this dream into a reality? Because I want the fairytale, but it's not the prince I want to take home. It's the monster!
Contains mature themes."
"Would you dance for a statue? What if he woke and claimed you?
I've got big dreams of a career on the stage. Unfortunately dreams don't pay the bills. Working as an exotic dancer for a mysterious monster client sure beats being groped by some of the sleazy humans I've danced for.
Performing alone on a rooftop for a statue sounds strange, sure. Then the statue comes alive and turns into a huge, sweet protective gargoyle. My dance frees William from his rocky prison, but he tells me if I don’t stop, he'll have no choice but to claim me forever. Beneath the rough, stony exterior, my powerful gargoyle mate has a tender heart. But he's holding back.
How can I convince him he's worthy? Will he still love me when he realizes how much trouble I am?
Contains mature themes."
"My grumpy dragon boss doesn't want a mate and I don't want him either! In fact, he's the last guy on earth I can see myself with…
Worse: he fires me with no warnings for a totally stupid reason. Rude!
If I thought he was a jerk when I worked for him, that's nothing to the way Kivrayn makes my blood boil now. So I went to work for his biggest rival, looking for my opportunity to have my revenge.
It's like he goes out of his way to make me uncomfortable: glaring at me across a crowded auction room; frequenting my favorite coffee spot. He even turns up on the only date I've had in months and completely ruins it! What a prick!
Only, the more we keep running into each other, the more I start to wonder if the heat in his stare is more than hatred.
When a drunken hate f*ck turns my world upside down, it's time to admit that the fire between us is explosive in the bedroom. But that's hardly a good basis for a relationship, and dragons mate for life. Have I bitten off more than I can chew?
I can't be bound to the grumpiest, bossiest monster I've ever met, for the rest of my life…"
"Would you make a deal with a monster?
I need money. My rent is overdue, my aircon is busted, and my bank account is overdrawn. So when I get an email from Monstrous Deals offering discreet well-paying clients willing to negotiate all sorts of arrangements, I'm not too proud to sign up.
Then I meet Rin. Impeccably styled, perfectly cultured, and devastatingly gorgeous, this handsome billionaire is too good to be true. When I find out exactly what he has in mind, it's even more unbelievable. Beneath his smooth, polished facade, hides a beast. A ferocious oni demon set on devouring one thing: my pleasure. Over and over again.
Will he demand more than I can give? Is that even a thing? Or will Rin be the answer to all of my fantasies?
Contains mature themes."
"Oops, I just summoned my grumpy demon boss!
In my defense, I needed revenge on my cheating ex after he announced his engagement to the woman he left me for. And yeah, I might have been drunk.
When Azeroth shows up in my kitchen, my half-baked plan for revenge feels like an afterthought in the face of his dark, dangerous eyes and his chiseled body—who knew he was hiding abs of steel under his business suit? But a summoning is a summoning, and now he's stuck by my side until I'm satisfied.
Fake dating my billionaire demon boss sounds like the perfect revenge right about now. What better way to show I'm so moved on already?
Only, the more I get to know the real Azeroth, the more I see a guy who really deserves my love. Our relationship might be fake, but surely there's no faking the heat that ignites between us every time we touch.
My grann told me never trust a demon, but I think I'm falling. I just hope I don't get my heart broken again."
"It's a bad idea to fake marry your grumpy minotaur boss on reality TV, right?
But when ratings are down and he catches me snooping on his computer, I open my big mouth and... well...
I might have come up with an idea to rescue the network, but I didn't take into account what it would feel like to be his. Even if it's not real.
Now, we're stuck together on a romantic island on my dream honeymoon, with only one bed!
He's the monster husband of my dreams. He's controlling, yet tender. His knowing smile and monstrous good looks make my mouth dry and my panties… not! I used to wish he'd notice me. The problem is all he seems to notice about me are the ways I annoy him. While all I notice are the ways he'd be perfect for me.
Can we save the network and his job—and mine? More importantly, can I keep from falling desperately, madly, painfully in love with him? Because that would be the worst mistake of all!"
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