Moonlight Monster Market Series by Celeste Storme

When the empire calls, debt is paid in blood—or in song.Raina was born with a voice the crown would kill for, a gift whispered to be older than the stars. When her village’s debt comes due, she offers herself in their place, believing her talent will buy their freedom. But the song she carries is forbidden, a melody that can bend light, summon darkness, and awaken the dead.At the Moonlight Market, she is auctioned to the highest bidder—a monster made of shadow and sorrow... moreWhen the empire calls, debt is paid in blood—or in song.Raina was born with a voice the crown would kill for, a gift whispered to be older than the stars. When her village’s debt comes due, she offers herself in their place, believing her talent will buy their freedom. But the song she carries is forbidden, a melody that can bend light, summon darkness, and awaken the dead.At the Moonlight Market, she is auctioned to the highest bidder—a monster made of shadow and sorrow. Malric, the wraith who claims her, was crafted to serve, hollowed of every human desire. Yet when Raina sings, something long-dead stirs in a heart, a hunger, a pulse.He binds her voice to save her. She touches his darkness and begins to unmake his curse.But as their bond deepens, so does the danger. The crown hunts for the girl whose song can unravel empires. Ancient powers wake, remembering the lullaby that once tore the heavens apart. And when love defies both life and death, Raina must decide whether to reclaim her stolen voice—or share it with the wraith who would burn the world to keep it. less

When the sea stirs and the deep remembers, the tides hunger—and they demand a maiden.Thalia never expected to be chosen. She was the invisible girl, quiet as low tide and twice as overlooked. But when a ten-year-old child’s name is drawn at the Midnight Auction, Thalia steps forward and offers herself instead. A sacrifice. A placeholder. A girl who dances because no one has ever cared enough to see her.But the sea sees her.And so does the stranger who steals her from the god who claims her... moreWhen the sea stirs and the deep remembers, the tides hunger—and they demand a maiden.Thalia never expected to be chosen. She was the invisible girl, quiet as low tide and twice as overlooked. But when a ten-year-old child’s name is drawn at the Midnight Auction, Thalia steps forward and offers herself instead. A sacrifice. A placeholder. A girl who dances because no one has ever cared enough to see her.But the sea sees her.And so does the stranger who steals her from the god who claims her.Caspian is a myth wrapped in moonlit water—a cursed prince carved of marble and shadow, bound to a castle beneath the waves. For centuries he has drifted through existence hollow and numb, a relic forgotten by time. Until Thalia dances on the glass above the sea… and something dead inside him begins to breathe again.He buys her with the most precious treasure in the ocean.He saves her from a god’s possession.He brings her into his world.But Thalia is no helpless offering.Her presence stirs ancient magic.Her courage awakens storms.And her touch calls Caspian back to life.As desire deepens into devotion, their bond ignites forces older than the sea itself—magic that could break Caspian’s curse or drown them both. And when the sea god rises in fury, demanding what was stolen from him, Thalia must Return to the shore as the forgotten girl she once was……or claim the depths, the power, and the cursed prince who would give up eternity for her. less

When a kingdom hunts for hope, it steals it—one girl at a time.Nara was born with nothing but her stories—tales spun like thread, bright enough to distract from the plague hollowing her lungs and the fear hollowing her village. When the moon turns full and tribute is demanded, she offers herself, believing her voice will buy her people one last month of mercy.But in the auction beneath the earth, her story does the unthinkable. It stirs interest in the darkest of fae... moreWhen a kingdom hunts for hope, it steals it—one girl at a time.Nara was born with nothing but her stories—tales spun like thread, bright enough to distract from the plague hollowing her lungs and the fear hollowing her village. When the moon turns full and tribute is demanded, she offers herself, believing her voice will buy her people one last month of mercy.But in the auction beneath the earth, her story does the unthinkable. It stirs interest in the darkest of fae.Lord Ashen—collector of endings, curator of death, a creature of bone and shadow—claims her not for her beauty or her fear, but for the unfinished tale she refuses to surrender. In his palace of ivory halls and preserved tragedies, Nara finds impossible words that take shape, memories that breathe, and a monster who was once a man with a heart worth dying for.As Nara and Ashen uncover the truth buried in her stories, they learn she carries more than imagination in her veins. She carries a fragment of a shattered fae queen—a woman broken by love, cursed by grief, and willing to spill oceans of mortal blood to reclaim what she lost.The queen is coming for her pieces.And the largest one lives in Nara.With the full moon approaching and an ancient bargain tightening its grip, Nara must decide whether to finish the story that binds her to Ashen…or unravel the one that could destroy them both.Because some endings kill.And some rewrite the world. less