The Monster I Married

When Wren Ashby offers herself as bride to the monster of Hollowmere, she does it for one reason only: grain for her starving village and a chance to keep her sister alive. Everyone says the lord of the mountain is a beast, and the brides sent to him never return. But the creature waiting in the dark is not the horror Wren expected. He is Cael—cursed, hidden, and far more afraid of hurting her than she is of him.The-Monster-I-Married-FULL-2.docx Bound by an ancient rite, Wren finds herself trapped in a castle full of shifting halls, stolen names, and women the curse has not quite let go. The closer she gets to the man behind the monster, the clearer it becomes that Hollowmere's darkest secret is not what it devours, but what it keeps. And loving Cael may cost Wren far more than the life she already traded away.The-Monster-I-Married-FULL-2.docx To save her sister, free the lost brides, and break the thing buried beneath the mountain, Wren must decide whether love is another bargain—or the one force the curse can't survive. The Monster I Married is a dark fantasy romance filled with forced marriage, gothic atmosphere, slow-burn tension, monstrous devotion, and a heroine too stubborn to let the dark win.