Monsters' Bride Market Series by Cara Wylde, Ava York, Eva Brandt, Lia Frost

I am a thing of horror.A failed experiment, stitched from mismatched parts. I carved out our place in the wastelands of Alia Terra, yet even my own kind, perfected by my work, avoids me. Hideous and utterly alone.Years ago, consumed by this loneliness, I sent my blood to a Marriage Temple, and to my surprise, I was matched to a maiden. What happened when she saw me sent me into a spiral of despair and grim thoughts. I vanished behind my mansion's gates, forever... moreI am a thing of horror.A failed experiment, stitched from mismatched parts. I carved out our place in the wastelands of Alia Terra, yet even my own kind, perfected by my work, avoids me. Hideous and utterly alone.Years ago, consumed by this loneliness, I sent my blood to a Marriage Temple, and to my surprise, I was matched to a maiden. What happened when she saw me sent me into a spiral of despair and grim thoughts. I vanished behind my mansion's gates, forever.But forever is a long time to be lonely. If this is my fate, then I’ll reject my immortality and be done with it. Or I can try once more…I visit the bride market with no hope in my soul. I bid on every woman, the highest offer, always refused. Until...She points at me. "Sold." Our eyes meet. I don’t know why this fierce, beautiful woman lets me buy her. I pull my cloak tighter, sure she is terrified. No matter. If I can have her, I'll hide my form, never touch her.Welcome to the bride market! Monsters bid, you choose.This is a spin-off series to Arranged Monster Mates. We're back on Alia Terra with steamy stories told by your favorite paranormal romance Eva Brandt, Lia Frost, Cara Wylde, and Ava York. less

I sold myself to a monster so I could kill him.He bought me to save what’s left of his soul.They say never meet a Void Walker’s gaze.I made him look.I stepped onto the auction block with blood in my teeth and revenge in my heart. Nezavek claimed me with one silent bid—and eyes that burned like stars.Now I’m trapped in his shadowed realm, where reality bends, silence pulses, and heat coils between us like a living thing. He touches like he’s starving... moreI sold myself to a monster so I could kill him.He bought me to save what’s left of his soul.They say never meet a Void Walker’s gaze.I made him look.I stepped onto the auction block with blood in my teeth and revenge in my heart. Nezavek claimed me with one silent bid—and eyes that burned like stars.Now I’m trapped in his shadowed realm, where reality bends, silence pulses, and heat coils between us like a living thing. He touches like he’s starving. Watches like I’m the last light in his collapsing world.But he’s hiding secrets—about my sister, about the enemy hunting us both, and about the bond that’s tethering us tighter with every breath.I came here to destroy him.I never meant to crave him.And I never expected to have to choose between vengeance… and desire.Welcome to the bride market! Monsters bid, you choose.This is a spin-off series to Arranged Monster Mates. We're back on Alia Terra with steamy stories told by your favorite paranormal romance Eva Brandt, Lia Frost, Cara Wylde, and Ava York. less

Worthless. Defective. Barren. I was dead inside, living an empty life. Until a hellhound found me.My people say a woman’s worth is in her womb. They spit on me, throw rocks, burn everything I hold dear. “Cursed,” they call me.Then he saves me. Theron. A monstrous Cerberus from the Blighted Lands. Death follows in his footsteps, but he looks at me and doesn’t see something broken.“Mate,” he decides... moreWorthless. Defective. Barren. I was dead inside, living an empty life. Until a hellhound found me.My people say a woman’s worth is in her womb. They spit on me, throw rocks, burn everything I hold dear. “Cursed,” they call me.Then he saves me. Theron. A monstrous Cerberus from the Blighted Lands. Death follows in his footsteps, but he looks at me and doesn’t see something broken.“Mate,” he decides.This massive beast could crush a man’s skull with his bare hands, but his claws touch me with infinite gentleness. His hellfire doesn’t burn me. Under his protection, I’m not defective.I’m treasured. Worshipped. His.There’s only one way for us to be together. The death-touched bride market. I must step on the auction block in the city of the dead and choose him.There’s just one problem. Monsters who bow to death don’t take credits as currency. The price for my new life might be higher than I ever imagined.Welcome to the bride market! Monsters bid, you choose.This is a spin-off series to Arranged Monster Mates. We’re back on Alia Terra with steamy stories told by your favorite paranormal romance Eva Brandt, Lia Frost, Cara Wylde, and Ava York. less

The bride market offers women a choice. I walked in ready to pick someone survivable—not someone terrifying. Not someone I wanted.In Alia Terra, monsters rule. The only way out for a broken, unmatched woman like me? Sell myself at auction—and hope I don’t regret it.But when the bidding begins, it’s not the sleazy merchant or the four-armed aristocrat who makes my blood burn.It’s the shadow in the back of the warehouse. Towering. Unmoving. Watching.When he speaks, the others fall silent... moreThe bride market offers women a choice. I walked in ready to pick someone survivable—not someone terrifying. Not someone I wanted.In Alia Terra, monsters rule. The only way out for a broken, unmatched woman like me? Sell myself at auction—and hope I don’t regret it.But when the bidding begins, it’s not the sleazy merchant or the four-armed aristocrat who makes my blood burn.It’s the shadow in the back of the warehouse. Towering. Unmoving. Watching.When he speaks, the others fall silent.And when he wins me, I know I’ve made a mistake.Because Kiakoa isn’t just a monster—he’s a pain hunter. Feeding on agony. Built for destruction. And somehow, gentle with me.Until he’s not.Until he touches me like he needs me to live. Until I start craving the heat of his skin and the violence in his voice. Until I realize…He’s not going to break me.He’s going to ruin me.🔥 Touch-starved monster. Broken human soldier. Bond forged in heat, hunger, and healing.Stand-alone monster romance set in the Bride Market world. One-click and devour now in KU.Welcome to the bride market! Monsters bid, you choose.This is a spin-off series to Arranged Monster Mates. We're back on Alia Terra with steamy stories told by your favorite paranormal romance Eva Brandt, Lia Frost, Cara Wylde, and Ava York. less

A bride who climbed out of her own grave. A king who speaks to the dead. A cold that finally feels like home.OLWENI've been faking a pulse for three months. Faking warmth. Faking breath. Counting petals to remind my heart how to beat, and how easily it could forget.At the Bride Market, a wolf's heat nearly burns through my borrowed life. So I choose the monster in the corner instead. The one made of shadow and frost. The one they only whisper about... moreA bride who climbed out of her own grave. A king who speaks to the dead. A cold that finally feels like home.OLWENI've been faking a pulse for three months. Faking warmth. Faking breath. Counting petals to remind my heart how to beat, and how easily it could forget.At the Bride Market, a wolf's heat nearly burns through my borrowed life. So I choose the monster in the corner instead. The one made of shadow and frost. The one they only whisper about.The Raven King buys me with funeral coins and says he's purchasing my silence. I don't tell him I'm already dead. I don't tell him his cold is the first thing that hasn't hurt since I clawed my way out of the ground.I just need to keep pretending long enough to vanish.CADORI see the living. I see the dead. I see the ones trying very hard not to be either.My new bride is none of them. A void where a soul should glow. A silence shaped like a woman. My ravens call her sister, and perhaps I should fear her.I don't. She's hiding something impossible, and she's exhausted from holding it alone. I want to know what happens when she finally lets herself rest.A spicy, dark gothic fantasy romance with a guaranteed HEA, complete as a standalone.✓ Bride auction✓ Monster hero / Death-speaker✓ Undead heroine✓ "What are you?" tension✓ Touch-her-and-die energy✓ Gothic dark romance✓ Found familyShe's faking a heartbeat. He's pretending not to notice. Two monsters circling each other in the dark.Perfect for fans of Scarlett St. Clair's Hades x Persephone and Katee Robert's Dark Olympus who want a gothic death-king and an undead bride.Welcome to the bride market! Monsters bid, you choose.This is a spin-off series to Arranged Monster Mates. We're back on Alia Terra with steamy stories told by your favorite paranormal romance authors: Eva Brandt, Lia Frost, Cara Wylde, and Ava York. less

Most people go mad when they hear a Keres’s death screech. Me? I was already mad.I came to the city of monsters to trade away the visions tormenting me. One deal, then I’d be free. One deal, and I'd leave the land of the dead behind.Then Phonos found me.This massive, winged warrior looks at me as if I’m the answer to every prayer he’s never dared to speak. His death-scream should drive me into a murderous frenzy, but to me, it’s music. And for him, I make the most dangerous choice of my life... moreMost people go mad when they hear a Keres’s death screech. Me? I was already mad.I came to the city of monsters to trade away the visions tormenting me. One deal, then I’d be free. One deal, and I'd leave the land of the dead behind.Then Phonos found me.This massive, winged warrior looks at me as if I’m the answer to every prayer he’s never dared to speak. His death-scream should drive me into a murderous frenzy, but to me, it’s music. And for him, I make the most dangerous choice of my life.I enter the bride market.He claims me with the ferocity of a death god. His wings cage me in, his talons a promise of protection no one else ever dared to give. In his arms, I’m not feared, or insane. I’m worshipped.But for the first time since my gift awakened, I can't see my fate. I can't see his. And in a city where only the death-touched survive, that blindness might be more dangerous than any vision.Welcome to the bride market! Monsters bid, you choose.This is a spin-off series to Arranged Monster Mates. We’re back on Alia Terra with steamy stories told by your favorite paranormal romance Eva Brandt, Lia Frost, Cara Wylde, and Ava York. less

I’m a creature of possession. What is mine, remains mine. Forever.Years ago, a servant girl fled my palace after a… let’s call it “regrettable incident”. Tonight, I find her standing on a bride market block, selling what’s left of herself to the highest bidder.An amusing turn of fate. The other monsters never stand a chance. A wyvern always reclaims his property... moreI’m a creature of possession. What is mine, remains mine. Forever.Years ago, a servant girl fled my palace after a… let’s call it “regrettable incident”. Tonight, I find her standing on a bride market block, selling what’s left of herself to the highest bidder.An amusing turn of fate. The other monsters never stand a chance. A wyvern always reclaims his property.I pay an obscene fortune, and when she looks at me with delicious defiance in her eyes, I tell her the simple I’m not buying a wife, I’m buying a servant to return her to her rightful place.Now she’s trapped in my gilded cage, and her hatred is the most exquisite torture. She thinks she’s my prisoner, but she has no idea. Having her hate me under my own roof is a luxury I’ve earned and a pain I plan to savor.Welcome to the bride market! Monsters bid, you choose.This is a spin-off series to Arranged Monster Mates. We're back on Alia Terra with steamy stories told by your favorite paranormal romance Eva Brandt, Lia Frost, Cara Wylde, and Ava York. less

A bride auction. A Roc untouched for two hundred years. A nest he builds around her while she sleeps.WRENWhen my uncle's creditor raises a paddle to claim me, I do the only reckless, impossible thing that might save me. I choose the monster in the shadows instead.Tavrin is nothing like the horror I braced for. He fills my room with books I've whispered about only once. He brings me tea before I know I want it... moreA bride auction. A Roc untouched for two hundred years. A nest he builds around her while she sleeps.WRENWhen my uncle's creditor raises a paddle to claim me, I do the only reckless, impossible thing that might save me. I choose the monster in the shadows instead.Tavrin is nothing like the horror I braced for. He fills my room with books I've whispered about only once. He brings me tea before I know I want it. And when he thinks I'm sleeping, he builds a nest around my body, arranging each book by how fiercely I love it.He watches me like I'm a treasure he's spent lifetimes searching for. But I can't curl into safety. Not yet.TAVRINI bought her to free her. Now I'm the one undone.The mate bond snaps into place, and the change follows. Wings splitting skin, instincts narrowing to one claim, protect, keep.But Wren's uncle threatens the only family she has left. And to save them, I must choose between two impossible Let her walk away. Or tear this cursed city apart to bring her and her sister home.A spicy, dual first-person gothic monster romance with a guaranteed happily-ever-after, complete as a standalone.✓ Fated mates✓ Possessive monster hero✓ Bought bride / Bride auction✓ He falls first, hard and helpless✓ Touch-her-and-die energy✓ Found family + sister rescueFeral devotion. Dangerous tenderness. A Roc who would level a city for the woman he loves.For readers of Ruby Dixon and Harley Laroux craving a gothic monster husband who builds his bride a nest instead of a cage.One-click now and let the Roc carry you home.Welcome to the bride market! Monsters bid, you choose.This is a spin-off series to Arranged Monster Mates. We're back on Alia Terra with steamy stories told by your favorite paranormal romance Eva Brandt, Lia Frost, Cara Wylde, and Ava York. less