Monsters Ball

Confirmed wallflower Penelope Essex has every intention of tending her brother's library for the rest of her days. But first, she must survive the Monsters Ball. Held at a remote gothic estate, the three-day ball is rife with monstrous nobles all determined to claim a mate. They'll do whatever it takes to seduce her into hidden corners, to tempt her into signing a marriage contract. Escaping with her spinsterhood intact seems impossible, until she spots her childhood crush: the now monstrous Duke of Roth. Lord William Warwick is normally as cool as the cold fire covering his body. When he became a frost-flame demon, he swore he'd never take a mate. Yet when he sees Penny Essex struggling to resist three monstrous nobles, he rushes to her side and pretends to be her fiancé. A fake betrothal is the perfect cover. Except the longer they're together, the more she wants his fire to claim her. But will her duke treasure her heart and her beloved books, or will their passion send them both up in flames? Contains mature themes.

Dear Miss Antnia Santos Pereira, at the bequest of your late father's will and on account of your potential ruined status and age, her majesty has hereby ordered you to attend the Monsters Ball to find suitable prospects for your family lineage. Antnia is back in London after the passing of her father. Living overseas most her life, without the burden of family affairs, she is accustomed to a life that allows her to do as she pleases without answer to anyone. The missive changes everything, however. She will do as she must, but if her husband thinks he will rule her, he will be sadly mistaken. Hiding behind the guise of a beastly baron, Louis Lockheart, the unseelie king, has little patience for the unsavory human world. He tolerates it for only one purpose: to find the one he was betrothed to long ago. When fate brings him face to face with her, he is determined to take what her father promised him. He is intent on sweeping this innocent maiden off to the Unseelie Court, no matter the cost. Can Antnia find love in this forced matrimony to a monster that both frightens and fascinates her, or is she doomed to be trapped in his courts lonely forever? Contains mature themes.

Phillipa Willoughby already had one successful Season, betrothed to Wesley, Duke of Chelmsford. But after her kind and gentle husband mysteriously disappears on their wedding night, she finds polite society intolerable and withdraws to the woodlands. She is delighted to learn the ways of the herbs and crystals she's found in the forest, and the traditions of the fae who call the woodlands home. But all is not peaceful in this newly found sanctuary. The woodland creatures are being terrorized by a Wolven King. When Her Majesty demands she attend The Monsters Ball, a three-day affair at a remote gothic estate, her family threatens to shun her if she attends. She plans to seduce the noblest members of this monstrous society to get information on the fearsome Wolven King. Few have seen the beastly royal with their own eyes, but she'll stop at nothing for the chance to confront him. But the Wolven King is on a mission too. When he's given a chance to reveal himself to Phillipa in his wolven form at the ball, he's reluctant. He's feral. And he's determined to reclaim the love of his life, even if the lady has vowed to destroy him. Contains mature themes.

Ruined and shipped off to live with her mother's relations in London, Maggie Phillips faces the immediate prospect of living in shame as the poor relation in her uncle's house. Her mother wants to make a lady of her by setting her up with a proper marriage but Maggie desires nothing of the sort, nor is she willing to trust another man again. The only solution is to ruin herself thoroughly abroad, and what better place to do it than the Monster's Ball! But that means searching for the proper scoundrel to carry out the deed. “The Marquis of Sheradeen Depths” is certainly not that. Despite her best intentions, his haunting allure draws her to him whenever he's nearby. Can she dare to risk everything for love, or will her charade mean sacrificing her heart? Lord Thrane Vaskanth has little hope of finding his "songbound" among the land dwellers, and certainly not at the ball his father insisted he attend. With his first rut upon him, however, he has little choice left but to choose a human bride and surrender his expectation of a future with a cherished songbound mate. Until he finds his destiny in the lovely Miss Margaret Phillips, and no amount of occult mysteries or dangers shall stop him from wooing and claiming her. With one's songbound, one kiss will never be enough. Contains mature themes.