When darkness falls, monsters come to play.

Heat. Claws. Teeth.
They rake over your body and draw you in.
There is no one here but you and them; only their breath on your neck and your pulse throbbing in your veins.
They creep from the shadows, from the darkest of dreams. They are here to take. Conquer. Claim.
You know what they are, and terror seizes your breath.
But you open yourself to the monsters.
And you let them in.

Ten exceedingly sexy short romances that will give you goosebumps in all the right places.

Reticent Desire Publications and the monster-loving readers’ group, Monsters, Demons & Knotting, oh My! is thrilled to present this limited-edition anthology featuring steamy encounters with creatures both paranormal and alien.
Our guys may be monsters—but your heart won’t be all they’ll eat….

*PARTICIPATING AUTHORS*
Isoellen
Ophelia Bell
Nora Ash
L.V. Lane
Leann Ryans
Godiva Glenn
Leslie Chase
V.T. Bonds
Merel Pierce
Cass Alex

An orphan, I live by the charity of my lord. Through me, the Goddess heals, yet I am treated like the lowest servant.

In the wake of an attack, a young beta hunter is mortally wounded. I lay with Emric to heal him upon the forest floor. Everyone saw. Now an alpha, a beta, and a shifter pack all have me in their sights.

And all the while, Petra, my lord’s spiteful daughter, despises me for taking a man she saw as her own.

Trapped in a life of drudgery and cruelty, my only hope is to take a mate to escape Petra’s tyrannical rule before her jealousy takes a deadly turn. But why would her lord father let such a valuable asset leave?

I may be at the mercy of their whims now, but I have allies waiting in the dark, waiting to make their move and claim me as theirs.

The only question is who?

And will they be too late?

Grady took my heart then left... for two years. Now he's back and determined to make me his.
There's just one problem. I've moved on, and the sweetly wicked Byron has taken his place.
Then there is Declan, Grady's brooding brother-in-arms who watches both Grady and me with the same barely tempered yearning.
But I have a secret. With the help of the herb mistress, I concealed my very nature from the entire court.
Now my secret is out, my potent scent will drive each man's animalistic side to claim.
No one man will be enough.
I'm about to be claimed by three.

Claimed by Three is a barbarian fantasy romance with dark explicit themes and conflicted jealous / possessive heroes... times three!
A standalone novel set in the Coveted Prey universe.

I have a reputation for being a brat... I prefer to think of it as strong-willed.
My brother is trying to marry me off. I'm nothing but a nuisance to him now that he has taken a mate.
I don't mean to get into trouble, but sometimes trouble comes for me.
Now I have pushed my lord and brother too far. He's handed me off to his commander, Hawthorn, to see to my discipline and training that I might be better behaved. Not only Hawthorn, for his second and third men are also enlisted to aid in this arduous task.
But their stern ways don't only bring out my rebellion, and fate has other plans.

Publisher's Note: Prize is the first part of a duet for Priya's story. A fantasy fated mates romance with three stern warriors and a stubborn bratty mate.

For as long as I can remember, Brandon has been my obsession. But the shifter warrior had far higher standing in the clan and barely noticed me.

Until one day he did, and everyone assumed we would wed.

Then war arrived and brought a forgotten Alpha back into my life.

Gage, the mysterious warrior I found injured in the woods. Son of a clan king, he is also our enemy.

I can’t deny that I want Gage.

But I want Brandon too.

Then I revealed ...

Now both men want me.

Once again, war is coming, only this time ... it is over me.

Claimed For Their Pleasure is a fantasy fated mates romance with two barbarians determined to own their sweet but stubborn mate!

*Standalone novel with HEA

A broken mate whose scent has not changed.
Trapped, and a prisoner of my home lest my scent send men mad with lust.
I just need a moment.
But I won't get one.
For tonight brings outlaws who remind me that I am prey.

Publisher's Note: Taken is the second part of the duet that concludes Priya's story! A fantasy fated mates shifter romance with three stern warriors, a wolf-shifter, and a stubborn, rebellious mate.

I am far from home.

I am injured.

And I will not reach safety unless I seek the regal centaur’s aid.

He is a monster in some ways. But he is also a man.

There are rumors about centaurs, though, rumors that they expect payment in kind in exchange for a debt…

The one moon month of my life he demands does not seem so high a price.

But then I ask him what he would expect of me during that time.

“Anything,” he says. “Anything I desire.”

The Centaur in My Forest is a dark and steamy short story set in the Coveted prey universe. It contains detailed, explicit scenes.

Winter

He’s supposed to be my protector, the towering male with the delicious scent that drives my body wild.

He’s supposed to obey me, although he rides the line of disrespect with infuriating ease.

And when he’s injured, I’m supposed to gift him my powerful blood.

Only I don’t, and I can’t, and now my actions have broken the rules

And the man who once obeyed is going to own me.

Jacob

Beautiful, cold, and untouchable, Winter is all that and more.

The tiny little fairy with the frosty disposition and heart made of ice.

She’s supposed to heal me, but my miserly mistress gives me only scraps.

My mind despises her, even as my body craves her blood.

Trapped by circumstance, my broken fairy will break both the rules and me.

But revenge, sweeter than the blood flowing through her veins, will ultimately be mine.

Rapture is a dark and steamy enemies to lovers paranormal, fairy-vampiric mashup. It contains detailed explicit scenes and triggers.

★ Fairy - vampire mash-up

★ Enemies to lovers

★ Action, humor, and heat!

★ Portal fantasy worlds with fairies, humans, orcs, and shifters!

★ Standalone story with HEA

My life turned on its head the day I revealed.

There would be no civilized wedding for me.

My kind is taken as a mate by men in touch with their wild, animalistic side.

Tied together for life by a knot instead of a ring.

Tonight's grand ball in my honor is merely a facade.

Choose, I have been told.

Tomorrow, I must choose.

Publisher's note: Ravished is a standalone omegaverse fantasy portal romance short story with a sweet, sassy heroine, and a dark hero who comes to her rescue.

Sloane:

The quadrant. The place where they put men with an inner monster.

A place no sensible citizen goes unless they’re seeking a dark, unrestrained kind to thrill.

Only I love my little sister. It’s her birthday, and despite being the sensible, dependable, boring one, I end up in the quadrant surrounded by the kind of men only mentioned in hushed whispers with a sneer of distaste.

That’s when I met him.

Nearly seven feet tall, all muscle and a devilish smile that promises a night of pleasure. I can do this. I can escape the drudgery for a night, enjoy the wild side, then slink back to my small sensible life.

But his touch does more than light a fire inside me, it reveals a part of me I didn’t know existed.

Jace:

Every monster has a match. A female who is weak and yet strong. One who responds to pheromones and is driven by instincts every bit as beastly as the monster inside me.

Those women should be protected, not touched. After what I saw my sister go through, I kept my animal side on a tight leash.

Then I saw her, the cute little citizen taking a walk on the wild side.

But fate has other plans, and she’s not the ordinary I expected.

Mine, the beast inside me says.

I want to protect her.

I want to ruin her for everyone but me.

And I can’t have it both ways.

But if I want to save her, I might not have a choice.