How Not to Court Your Human Captive (Falling for Demons #1)
A.K. Caggiano
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· 22 ratings · 360 pages · Published: 24 Jul 2025
But the cautionary tales were wrong, and they’re quick to learn demons don’t inspire terror but temptation…
When a human’s fury meets a demon’s fire, hatred isn’t the only thing to ignite.
Stolen from her prison cell and sold to slavers, Ember’s anger is all she has left to survive the nightmarish Achreos Barrens and its demonic inhabitants. Never mind her tenderly healed wounds and cozy cottage confines, she’s still being treated like a criminal. Her warden is a hardened soldier so hateful of humans that Ember stands no chance at exoneration. Sure, there may be moments when her demon jailor’s domestic ineptitude is endearing and his presence feels startlingly like security, but neither will stop her from provoking him and his disgusting tail.
Squadron leader Severath has failed at his sole duty to protect his home. Burdened with guarding a killer and coping with the loss of an eye and horn, he’s rewarded only with the human’s ire. Judgement should be simple since she’s pled guilty, but her unbridled hostility feels like a façade. He should be fighting to reclaim his position on the guard and his solitary life rather than verbally sparring with such a menace, but he never thought his home could be so lively or that he might enjoy having a miniscule murderess torment him at every turn.
Ember and Severath soon discover the border between animosity and affection is as thin as the veil between the human and demon worlds. Confined in close quarters, the two are forced to share their truths and confront their aversions to intimacy. But falling for a demon is dangerous, especially with Ember’s pending trial and Severath’s uncertain career. Will they land safely in the arms of their fledgling love or spiral into shared loathing?
Falling for Demons is a fantasy monster romance series set in a cozy and spicy shared world by authors Laura Winter and A.K. Caggiano. Each book can be read as a standalone novel but is interconnected, following six human women and their budding romances with the demons they once feared as they settle into a monstrously magical world.
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- paranormal 5
- fantasy 5
- enemies to lovers 5
- demons 4
- m-f romance 3
- childfree 3
- forced proximity 3
- hurt/comfort 3
- bondage 3
- creative anatomy 3
- abduction 3
- disabilities & scars 3
- small town 3
- criminal heroine 3
- grumpy/cold hero 3
- non-human hero 3
- bodyguard/protector hero 3
- fem-dom 2
- slavery 2
- sweet/gentle hero 2
- monsters 2
- slow burn 1
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- content warnings
- ableism 3
- mental trauma 3
- past abuse 3
- self harm 2
- past child abuse 2
- past sexual abuse 2
- human trafficking 2
- victim blaming 2
- rape 2
- misogyny 2
- child sexual abuse 2
- racism 2
- abuse 1
- mental illness 1
- death / grief 1
- Format
- Audiobook
- dual pov 3
- third person pov 2
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The 'Falling for Demons' series
4.23 · 33 ratings
paranormal · demons · fantasy · m-f · ableism · dual-pov · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · third-person-pov · abduction · small town · disabilities and marks · bondage · past-abuse · mental-trauma · explicit-open-door
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