A mother makes the ultimate sacrifice!
To save her daughter from a lecherous monster,
Duchess Olwen Arenigs offers herself instead.
TAKE ME INSTEAD is a romantasy of sacrifice, second chances, and slow-burning passion, set in the enchanted world of Wyrdwood—where promises have power, winter tests the heart, and love may be the most dangerous magic of all.
To save her daughter from a lecherous monster,
Duchess Olwen Arenigs offers herself instead.
TAKE ME INSTEAD is a romantasy of sacrifice, second chances, and slow-burning passion, set in the enchanted world of Wyrdwood—where promises have power, winter tests the heart, and love may be the most dangerous magic of all.
- slow-burn romance (open-door spice 🔥🔥'''')
second chance love
later in life romance
crossover characters from Wyrdwood (Duke Ziggy, Steel, Duchess Olwen)
magical setting
contemporary world
SUMMARY:
When a kappa king rises from the dark waters of Fortunate Lake to claim Olwen’s only child as his winter bride, Olwen makes an unthinkable bargain. She promises to spend every winter in the monster’s mountain cabin—trading her freedom, her future, and perhaps her life—so her daughter can escape to Reality and attend a Normal human university.
But winter is cruel, promises are binding, and the kappa’s intentions are far darker than Olwen imagined.
As a blizzard traps her with King Pulcro in his ramshackle mountain cabin, an unexpected protector appears: Sir David Cullhook, a knight long rumored to be cursed to love Olwen. Forced into close quarters by storm and fate, Olwen must confront her trauma, dangerous magic, and a question she never thought she’d dare to ask—can love chosen freely heal what love twisted by power has destroyed?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Written by Angel Leigh McCoy, award-winning writer on White Wolf's CHANGELING: THE DREAMING and GUILD WARS 2, these stories feature magickal characters living among Normals.
ABOUT THE SERIES:
"Angel's Pocket Realm Romances" are stand-alone love stories with cross-over characters from the modern fantasy world of Wyrdwood. Read them in any order!
Love and danger intersect when worlds collide.
Welcome to Wyrdwood, a mist-kissed coastal town where magick seeps through the cracks of reality—and love never follows the rules. Here, fae dukes drink in human bars, landvættir healers keep secrets from their neighbors, and every seashell carries whispers from realms beyond the veil.
Each standalone romance in this series explores the entwined fates of magickal and non-magickal people caught between duty and desire, enchantment and choice. Whether it’s a bounty hunter falling for her mark, a duchess bound to a cursed knight, or a selkie torn between sea and shore, every story is steeped in myth, mystery, and slow-burn passion.
For readers who crave lush world-building, witty banter, and emotionally charged romantasy, Pocket Realm Romances from Wyrdwood delivers heart-pounding adventure and love that defies the boundaries of magic—and the worlds that keep them apart.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Used availability for Angel Leigh McCoy's Take Me Instead