Lonely Minotaur's Sacrifice
(2027)(The seventh book in the Ironhorse MC series)
A novel by Eden Valentine
Tropes: Friends to lovers, Slow burn, He's loved her all along, The sacrifice that can't be undone, Size difference, MC romance
India Lane surveys trees for the forestry service. Timber Lewis cuts them down. They've been working the same Idaho forests since he arrived in Silver Hollow — eating lunch on tailgates, arguing about which stand is ready for harvest, her radio crackling while his chainsaw idles. Everyone in town assumes they're together.
They're not. They've never touched on purpose.
India moved to Silver Hollow after she was attacked in a city — random, violent, no reason. The mountains feel safe in a way crowds never will again. Timber is the first person whose presence doesn't put her on edge. He's sat next to her for years and she's never once flinched.
Timber has loved India since the first tailgate lunch. He's also a minotaur, and minotaurs claim their mates by filing a piece of their horn — keratin that never grows back. The sacrifice is literal and permanent. He's already carrying one gap from a woman who took the offering and left. Giving a second piece to India means there will be even less of him left if she walks away too.
He's always been the friend. Steady. Reliable. The guy women confide in about the men they actually want. And his herd was scattered during the Emergence — India and the logging crew are the only community he's built. Risking the friendship for love means risking the only belonging he has.
But when a logging corporation threatens the forests they both work, and the line between friend and something more starts to blur, Timber has to decide: is he willing to sacrifice a piece of himself that will never grow back for a woman who might not feel the same way? He already gave that gift once. She didn't stay.
Slow burn friends to lovers with a minotaur who's loved her all along and a sacrifice that can't be undone. Purring, horn sensitivity, and an irreversible claiming that will ruin you. Standalone HEA.
Ironhorse MC: Forged, Not Born.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
India Lane surveys trees for the forestry service. Timber Lewis cuts them down. They've been working the same Idaho forests since he arrived in Silver Hollow — eating lunch on tailgates, arguing about which stand is ready for harvest, her radio crackling while his chainsaw idles. Everyone in town assumes they're together.
They're not. They've never touched on purpose.
India moved to Silver Hollow after she was attacked in a city — random, violent, no reason. The mountains feel safe in a way crowds never will again. Timber is the first person whose presence doesn't put her on edge. He's sat next to her for years and she's never once flinched.
Timber has loved India since the first tailgate lunch. He's also a minotaur, and minotaurs claim their mates by filing a piece of their horn — keratin that never grows back. The sacrifice is literal and permanent. He's already carrying one gap from a woman who took the offering and left. Giving a second piece to India means there will be even less of him left if she walks away too.
He's always been the friend. Steady. Reliable. The guy women confide in about the men they actually want. And his herd was scattered during the Emergence — India and the logging crew are the only community he's built. Risking the friendship for love means risking the only belonging he has.
But when a logging corporation threatens the forests they both work, and the line between friend and something more starts to blur, Timber has to decide: is he willing to sacrifice a piece of himself that will never grow back for a woman who might not feel the same way? He already gave that gift once. She didn't stay.
Slow burn friends to lovers with a minotaur who's loved her all along and a sacrifice that can't be undone. Purring, horn sensitivity, and an irreversible claiming that will ruin you. Standalone HEA.
Ironhorse MC: Forged, Not Born.
Genre: Paranormal Romance