

Books in series

#1
Tentacles Rock
2023
A tentacled waiter. A grumpy musician. A song that brings them together.
Nereus
I arrived in Miami to learn about the restaurant business so I could sail towards my goal of taking over my dad’s taverna. Or so I thought. Because when I meet Rick, a talented rockstar with a body to die for, my love for music reawakens. In the past, I found out through heartbreak and rejection, that the world wouldn’t accept a musician with tentacles. I can’t jeopardize my future and disappoint my family for a fling with a rockstar, no matter how much me and my tentacles want him.
Rick
After months of creative block and fruitless search for a new sound, I find something even better. A muse. But the waiter with a dimpled smile and talented tentacles becomes so much more to me all too quickly. The music we create together touches my heart, but it’s Ner who finally steals it. His dominant streak hidden behind easy smiles, the alluring shade of his teal skin, and the things he can do with those tentacles blow my mind.
If only he didn't have to return to Greece and the future he had planned before our paths crossed.
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Nereus and Rick’s lives couldn't be more different, their plans for the future more diverse, but the strength of their connection rivals the pull of the ocean.
Will they have the courage to battle the storm of their lives to choose each other?
Tropes/Themes: grumpy/sunshine, rockstar, tentacle fun, light b0ndage, steamy descriptive scenes, MM, HEA.
Tentacles Rock is part of the Tinsel and Tentacles multi-author collaboration and a complete standalone.
Expect to find a tentacled waiter chasing his dreams, a grumpy musician in search of inspiration, warm winter in Florida, sand snowmen, and very talented tentacles. The story takes place in the Cryptid Alliance series world.
Book 2: Tentacles All the Way

#2
Tentacles All the Way
2024
A crush on his best friend.
An artist unable to create.
A month in snow-covered New York.
How to spend magical Christmas time with your bestie without falling in love?
Marinos. Tentacled, dominant, secretly in love with his best friend.
How do I come out as pan to my gay best friend without telling him about my crush on him?
That’s right, my bestie from art college in Germany, the reason for my awakening, is going to stay with me for Christmas. No matter how tempted I am, I can’t crawl into his bed. Our friendship will suffer if he finds out that I know about his secret submissive side and I’ve been obsessed with learning how I could fulfill that for him. In my quest to become his dream dominant, I found out I have more in common with my kinky krampus friend than I ever thought. How would he react if he learned about that side of me? Worse yet, what will he think of me when he sees my failed career as a painter?
Kert. Horned and horny, burning for his tentacled bestie.
Five years of making eyes at my tentacled Greek God of a roommate, then three more of us keeping in touch long-distance. Now, I’m about to visit him, spend my favorite holiday in magical New York City, and find the inspiration I desperately need to continue sculpting.
I hoped face-to-face time with Marin would cure me of my infatuation with my straight friend. Instead, all I can think of is his tentacles around me, taking charge, using me however he likes.
Would he be shocked to learn about my submissive side? I can’t risk tainting our friendship.
But most of all, Marin can’t know that I’ve become famous while he didn’t didn’t find success. He’d resent me.
Will our reunion prove to be a Christmas disaster?
The book includes:
\- a tentacle shifter
\- a krampus who loves Christmas
\- Christmas in NYC
\- ice skating
\- best friends to lovers
\- snowed-in
\- tentacle lovin’
\- D/S elements
Standalone book 2 of Tentacled Christmas series (see book 1: Tentacles Rock)
Low angst, high steam.
Tentacles All the Way is part of the Tinsel and Tentacles season 2 multi-author collaboration and a complete standalone.
Author

K.C. Carmine
Author · 13 books
K. C. Carmine is a Polish-born writer, currently living in England. She loves writing about people falling in love with a focus on characters and their journey to HEA. As a member of the queer community, it is important to her that her writing reflects the diversity of voices around her. While she is a lover of romance, she also enjoys horror, paranormal and mystery stories. When she’s not writing, she likes travelling, playing the guitar, video games, and reading. FREE stories Amazon author page Twitter Instagram TikTok BookBub StoryGraph Facebook group Sign up for newsletter Carrd Link to free Christmas story 2021