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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. 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 command: claim, protect, keep. But her past threatens the only family she has left. And to save them, I must choose between two impossible things: Let her walk away. Or risk tearing myself apart to bring her and her sister home. A spicy, 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 the world 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 authors: Eva Brandt, Lia Frost, Cara Wylde, and Ava York.