Eight Arms To Hold You
(2026)(The third book in the Monsters, Mayhem, & Mating series)
A novel by Jeanette Clarke
He's been napping for 500 years. She's about to wake up everything.
Dr. Isla Cooper didn’t mean to awaken an ancient god. She just wanted to study deep-sea vents, not prod a sleeping demigod's pectoral muscle with a robotic claw. But one accidental touch later, the Kraken rises—and he’s fixated on her.
Nerion is seven feet of tentacled muscle, golden eyes, and wildly outdated courtship tactics. He brings her shipwrecks. He manifests in her lecture hall with a giant lobster and declares her his mate. He’s jealous, possessive, and absolutely certain Isla is the most precious creature in the ocean. The problem? He might be right.
Now Isla's dealing with a viral scandal, a Navy investigation, a jealous Siren, an ex who wants to dissect her demigod boyfriend, and eight incredibly dexterous tentacles that seem to know exactly where her stress lives. As the surface world closes in, Isla must decide: cling to the life she built, or surrender to the deep—and the god who wants to worship her forever.
The ocean isn't the only thing that's going to get wet.
A kinky, hilarious, surprisingly emotional monster romcom where the Kraken learns to cook breakfast, the heroine learns to breathe water, and the tentacles are always—always—consensual.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Dr. Isla Cooper didn’t mean to awaken an ancient god. She just wanted to study deep-sea vents, not prod a sleeping demigod's pectoral muscle with a robotic claw. But one accidental touch later, the Kraken rises—and he’s fixated on her.
Nerion is seven feet of tentacled muscle, golden eyes, and wildly outdated courtship tactics. He brings her shipwrecks. He manifests in her lecture hall with a giant lobster and declares her his mate. He’s jealous, possessive, and absolutely certain Isla is the most precious creature in the ocean. The problem? He might be right.
Now Isla's dealing with a viral scandal, a Navy investigation, a jealous Siren, an ex who wants to dissect her demigod boyfriend, and eight incredibly dexterous tentacles that seem to know exactly where her stress lives. As the surface world closes in, Isla must decide: cling to the life she built, or surrender to the deep—and the god who wants to worship her forever.
The ocean isn't the only thing that's going to get wet.
A kinky, hilarious, surprisingly emotional monster romcom where the Kraken learns to cook breakfast, the heroine learns to breathe water, and the tentacles are always—always—consensual.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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