Monsters aren't born. They're made.
Every seven years, the town ties a cursed daughter to the tide-stones and lets the sea take her. They call it a tithe. They call it holy. This year, they call it me.
I went down that rope with my chin up and a curse on my lips, ready to drown.
The thing in the deep had other plans.
It doesn't want my fear. It's older than the town, older than the stones, and it's been waiting a long time for a girl who came down cursing instead of begging.
What it offers me isn't rescue. It's a bargain, and a slow, dark unmaking of the girl they tied to that rock.
They think they drowned me.
They should have made sure.
The Drowning Season is the first book in The Making of Monsters: a romance series about the villains fairytales never let you understand. Standalone, with a happily-ever-after.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Every seven years, the town ties a cursed daughter to the tide-stones and lets the sea take her. They call it a tithe. They call it holy. This year, they call it me.
I went down that rope with my chin up and a curse on my lips, ready to drown.
The thing in the deep had other plans.
It doesn't want my fear. It's older than the town, older than the stones, and it's been waiting a long time for a girl who came down cursing instead of begging.
What it offers me isn't rescue. It's a bargain, and a slow, dark unmaking of the girl they tied to that rock.
They think they drowned me.
They should have made sure.
The Drowning Season is the first book in The Making of Monsters: a romance series about the villains fairytales never let you understand. Standalone, with a happily-ever-after.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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