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Monsters of Moonvale
Series · 4 books · 2023-2024

Books in series

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#1

Behold Her

2023

A woman who dreams of more… I’m having a hard time. And no, that's sadly not an innuendo. Depression is slipping back into my life like a toxic ex, and I know I need to do something before it consumes me. So when I run into the man of my dreams on my first attempt to get out of the house, it feels like fate. But he turns out to be a nightmare, following me home and lurking outside my apartment. To make matters worse, after that terrifying encounter, I can’t stop dreaming about him. Night after night, he visits me in increasingly depraved dreams. They should be nightmares. So then why do I go to sleep each night desperate for more? A monster fighting his desires… Moving to Moonvale was a fresh start. A chance to leave behind the drama and heartbreak my demonic heritage has brought me. But thanks to awful timing, I’ve already screwed things up. The beautiful, intriguing woman who felt like the key to living again thinks I’m stalking her. All I can do is stay away and try not to terrify her more. Easier said than done, when dreams of her consume me. They call out to the literal inner demons that I’ve tried so hard to shut away. But how can I let the monster inside me out without becoming monstrous? Behold Her is a high-heat paranormal romance featuring a plus-size FMC and a monster MMC that blends dark themes with humor and heart to create a spellbinding story of transformation and love.
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#1.5

Love Lights

2023

A man spending the holidays alone… After my grandpa’s death, I’m back in my hometown for one last Christmas in the house I grew up in. But when mom cancels her flight to join me in saying goodbye, I’m left lonelier than ever—until a mothman saves me from a deadly decorating disaster. As if learning monsters are real isn’t enough, he also claims I’m his mate. In his arms, I find the warmth and care I’ve always craved. But with only a few weeks in Moonvale before I have to go home, how can I avoid ending up even more heartbroken and alone when the holiday ends? A mothman trusting his instincts… Like a moth to a flame, a house covered in bright holiday lights pulls me away from my usual path on my late-night walk home. After saving the distressed human who lives there from falling to his death, I realize something stronger drew me there. Something magical. A mate bond. My heart and soul cry out for me to claim my precious, perfect mate as my own. But how can I ask him for anything more than a holiday fling when he doesn’t feel the same instinctual bond? Will I find a way to convince him to stay past December? Love Lights is a M/M monster romance novella featuring a lonely human and a doting mothman, taking the coziness of a Hallmark holiday movie and adding a heavy dose of spice. While Love Lights is in the Monsters of Moonvale setting, it is a standalone story.
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#2

Afterglow

2024

After my husband left, all I wanted was to find myself again. Turns out that’s a lot easier said than done when my chronic pain has me canceling plans and everything I try reminds me of my inadequacies. Things only get worse when my attempt at exploring submission is a total disaster. But hope comes in the form of my stoic, stunning vampire friend, Blair. She offers to teach me, giving me a space to safely explore a side of myself I’ve kept locked away. It’s meant to be platonic. Just one friend helping another. So then why can’t I stop imagining what it would be like to take things further? A vampire losing control… I’ve spent the past ten years building a life where I’m in control. I swore I’d never go back to being the pathetic, emotional girl I was before I was turned. Then Grace showed up. I knew from the moment we met she’d be a problem. My monster craves her in a way that terrifies me, and her humor and beauty pierce through the cracks in my carefully crafted, cold facade. Yet keeping my distance would ruin one of the few friendships I have. How do I shore up the crumbling barriers around my heart before I end up more broken and alone than I was the night I became a vampire? Afterglow is a spicy, slow burn sapphic romance featuring a jaded, lonely vampire FMC and a bubbly, anxious human FMC. Afterglow is Book 2 in the Monsters of Moonvale series, however, it can be read as a standalone.
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#3

Escaping the Friendzone

A Daddy Dom Minotaur Romance

2024

A woman trapped with her crush… When I agreed to go to an escape room with friends, I didn’t expect everyone to bail and leave me locked in a room with the hottest, most unattainable person I’ve ever met—my brother’s minotaur best friend. Tension from the tight quarters and frustrating puzzles leads to heated confessions, and the wildest night of my life. He says he wants more. He wants to be my daddy. It’s everything I’ve dreamed of, but how am I supposed to manage the reality of being with him when I’m falling apart at the seams and plagued by self-doubt? A minotaur who won’t let his chance at love escape… Who knew one night in an escape room would change everything? Finding out my attraction to Ariana wasn’t one-sided woke up the dominant beast inside that me demands I take care of her, cherish her, and claim her as mine. Now all I have to do is figure out how to convince a woman who’s only ever been able to depend on herself to trust me enough to accept everything I’m desperate to give her. Oh, and not get my throat ripped out by my best friend for hooking up with his little sister. Escaping the Friendzone is a cozy, high heat monster romance featuring a burned out plus size woman and a doting daddy dom minotaur. This is a standalone story set in the Monsters of Moonvale universe.

Author

Emily Antoinette
Emily Antoinette
Author · 10 books
Emily loves cozy, emotional, and spicy romances with a monstrous twist. When she isn’t musing on the merits of doting, dominant monsters, she works on her spicy D&D podcast, reads an obscene amount of romance novels, and cultivates her eccentric recluse persona.
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