Starve
A.J. Merlin
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
3.93
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 29 ratings · 354 pages · Published: 31 Jul 2025
One breakdown and I ended up behind the locked doors of Bluebone Ridge Sanitarium.
Something is wrong here.
It whispers through the cracked windows, coils beneath the floorboards, and breathes in the frozen Washington air that never truly warms, even in the summer.
Something hungry.
At night, the screaming starts. I’m locked in like prey, and the dark watches with hollow eyes. When someone—or something—finally sets me free, it isn’t a mercy. Because whatever haunted Bluebone Ridge followed me out. It’s ancient… starving. And now it knows my scent and the taste of my blood.
He doesn’t know whether to devour me or claim me.
But either way, I’m sure I won’t survive unchanged.
STARVE is a MF standalone, folklore-esque monster romance. It does not end in a cliffhanger, and contains quite a few aspects readers should be aware of. For a full list of potential triggers, please check the front of the book.
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- monsters 7
- horror 7
- dark romance 6
- paranormal 6
- m-f romance 6
- alpha male 5
- non-human hero 5
- contemporary 4
- suspense 4
- fantasy 4
- possessive hero 3
- primal/chase play 3
- masc-dom 3
- forced proximity 2
- shapeshifters 2
- childfree 2
- small town 2
- neurodivergent mc 2
- slow burn 2
- urban fantasy 1
- survival 1
- independent heroine 1
- sweet/gentle heroine 1
- early 20s fmc 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- mental illness 5
- graphic violence 2
- self harm 2
- mental trauma 1
- animal abuse 1
- torture of mcs 1
- geography
- north america 4
- washington state 4
- Format
- audiobook
- first person pov 4
- standalone 1
