Bought by the Wild Roc (Monsters' Bride Market)

A bride auction. A Roc untouched for two hundred years. A nest he builds around her while she sleeps.

WREN

When my uncle's creditor raises a paddle to claim me, I do the only reckless, impossible thing that might save me. I choose the monster in the shadows instead.

Tavrin is nothing like the horror I braced for. He fills my room with books I've whispered about only once. He brings me tea before I know I want it. And when he thinks I'm sleeping, he builds a nest around my body, arranging each book by how fiercely I love it.

He watches me like I'm a treasure he's spent lifetimes searching for. But I can't curl into safety. Not yet.

TAVRIN

I bought her to free her. Now I'm the one undone.

The mate bond snaps into place, and the change follows. Wings splitting skin, instincts narrowing to one claim, protect, keep.

But Wren's uncle threatens the only family she has left. And to save them, I must choose between two impossible

Let her walk away. Or tear this cursed city apart to bring her and her sister home.

A spicy, dual first-person gothic monster romance with a guaranteed happily-ever-after, complete as a standalone.

✓ Fated mates
✓ Possessive monster hero
✓ Bought bride / Bride auction
✓ He falls first, hard and helpless
✓ Touch-her-and-die energy
✓ Found family + sister rescue

Feral devotion. Dangerous tenderness. A Roc who would level a city for the woman he loves.

For readers of Ruby Dixon and Harley Laroux craving a gothic monster husband who builds his bride a nest instead of a cage.

One-click now and let the Roc carry you home.

Welcome to the bride market! Monsters bid, you choose.
This is a spin-off series to Arranged Monster Mates. We're back on Alia Terra with steamy stories told by your favorite paranormal romance Eva Brandt, Lia Frost, Cara Wylde, and Ava York.