Untethering Dark is a monster romance and a wicked Yuletide romp with Grimms’ Fairy Tale vibes, a vicious leading lady, and a monstrous forest god. Published by Harlequin (Carina Press) on February 4, 2025.
Untethering Dark is Harlequin’s first monster romance.
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In the shadows of the forest, he waits…
A bloody and bewitching monster romance.
A winter hag in training, Astrid spends her days in the Black Forest sharpening her spell craft and flinging axes at tourists, and her nights leaving offerings to the ancient eldritch monster that guards the woods. She’s one sex ritual away from leaving the last trace of her unwanted humanity behind and stepping into her full power.
It’s the perfect life. Until a group of unruly humans brings that same deadly monster to her doorstep. Now, her only hope for survival is a plate of poisoned cookies.
Gudarīks has roamed the Black Forest since it sprouted its first trees, consuming any who violate his beloved land. Lured to the witch’s gate, he is amused at her attempt to poison him with sweets…but spending time with her awakens millennia of repressed desire. Astrid doesn’t shy away from the gentle caress of his claws or his most ravenous attentions.
As witch and monster find long-buried heat in the wintery landscape they call home, signs of a dark, lost magic begin to appear. When a rising supernatural threat has them questioning not only their ability to protect the forest, but Gudarīks’s own immortality, their only solution may be to share their strength and create a union beyond mortal comprehension.
For fans of R.M. Virtues, Opal Reyne, C.M. Nascosta, Katee Robert, Harley Laroux, Aveda Vice, and Rien Gray.
Content Warnings
This book contains sexual content. It is not intended for anyone under the legal age of adulthood. All characters depicted in sexual situations herein are over 18 years of age.
Other sensitive content within this book, includes, but is not limited to, descriptions of blood, violence, child abuse and neglect, ritual sacrifices, intense bodily harm, body horror, on-page human death, and off-page animal death (none of the pets or familiars). Reader discretion is advised.
So many German words! And how do you pronounce the male main character’s name?!! Never fear, there’s a Glossary. You can also read my Author’s Note to learn more about the story’s origins and the research that went into crafting this dark Yuletide fairytale.
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