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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. What if Little Red Riding Hood wandered into the world of Blood Meridian?A dark fairytale.A primal obsession.A monster in the woods who is not what he seems.Cast out of her Puritan settlement for the sin of wearing a red shawl, Rosamund Harlow is forced into the winter wilderness of 1631 with nothing but a basket of bread, a threadbare cloak, and the knowledge that no god she has ever prayed to is coming to save her.She is sent north through the snow to seek refuge with her grandmother-a rumored healer, whispered witch, and the only woman who ever made Rosamund feel seen in a world built to discipline and silence girls like her.But when she reaches the cottage, it is abandoned.The hearth is cold.The door hangs open.And the forest is waiting.Set in the brutal snows of early-colonial Massachusetts, Little Red Blood Meridian blends American folklore, gothic fairytale, and dark historical fantasy into a story that is feral, violent, and hauntingly intimate.As Rosamund searches the ancient woods for her missing kin, she begins to realize that the wilderness is not empty. It watches. It listens. It remembers.She encounters two beings who will alter the course of her fate: A wolf larger than any natural beast-silent, watchful, golden-eyed.And a man who rises naked from a frozen pond at dawn, his body scarred and powerful, his gaze carrying the same molten light.The forest is old.The laws are older.And something in the deep places has chosen her.Raised to believe the woods are a place of punishment-of wolves, witches, and winter-Rosamund soon learns that the settlers of New Canaan fear what they cannot name. Beneath the boughs of the primeval forest, she feels more alive than she ever has among godly men and narrow rooms.Until another danger finds her.A woodsman. Broad-shouldered. Pious. Familiar with the paths where bodies vanish. The kind of man whose faith becomes a weapon, and whose attention settles on Rosamund like a claim.When he sets his sights on her, the forest does not remain silent.Something ancient moves in the dark.Something territorial.Something that does not tolerate rivals.As Rosamund descends deeper into the wilderness-beyond scripture, beyond settlement, and into the realm of older magic-she becomes entangled in a fate woven long before she was born: vanished women, circles of mushrooms that appear overnight, a grandmother who may not wish to be found, and a monstrous guardian whose devotion is as dangerous as it is absolute.This is not a story about taming the beast.It is a story about what happens when the beast chooses you.Bleak, lyrical, and steeped in dread, Little Red Blood Meridian is an adult retelling of Little Red Riding Hood rooted in early American folk horror, dark fantasy, and the seductive pull of the untamed. It explores the thin line between fear and longing, the violence of purity culture, and the ancient magic that awakens when a woman steps off the path she was told never to leave.This dark fairytale is perfect for readers who love: - adult fairy-tale retellings with teeth- folk horror and dark historical fantasy- atmospheric witchcraft and haunted forests- morally ambiguous, possessive monsters- 1600s New England horror and folklore- violent, lyrical literary novellas- gothic fantasy with primal intensityEnter the woods.Something old is waiting. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. On a desolate New England coast where storms take what they want and the ocean never returns the same thing twice, lighthouse keeper Thomas Greeves finds a woman washed ashore after a brutal winter shipwreck.She is naked.Bruised.Silent.And wrong.He names her Catherine, after his dead wife.At first she seems like a miracle for a widower drowning in grief. But Catherine does not eat. She does not sleep. She moves with the confidence of an apex predator and slips into the sea at night like she is returning home. Gulls vanish. Dogs go missing. Bones wash up at low tide. And Catherine always comes back to him wet, cold, beautiful-and starving.Thomas knows he should run. He knows she is not human.But loneliness is a hunger of its own-and the ocean has always taken more from him than it has ever given back.As winter deepens and storms hammer the coast, the wreckers grow suspicious. Pirates arrive with whispered tales of siren creatures that hunt men in the dark. Something old and occult stirs beneath the waves. Catherine's true nature sharpens, her body shifting in ways that defy the human shape.And Thomas realizes the truth too late: He did not save her.He was chosen.When Catherine becomes pregnant with a child that is half-human and half-deep-sea monster, her hunger turns catastrophic. The thing growing inside her is ravenous-consuming her from within, demanding meat Thomas must provide. What begins as protection becomes complicity. What begins as devotion becomes slaughter.As rumors of a coastal demon spread and the militia gathers, Thomas faces an impossible choice: let Catherine and their unborn child die-or become the thing the village already believes him to be.What is love when it devours?What is mercy when the sea asks for blood?And what remains of a man who gives everything to something that can never be satisfied?The Salt Wife is a visceral, atmospheric work of dark folklore and maritime horror, steeped in gothic dread, body horror, seaside legend, and mythic dark fantasy. A modern folktale about grief, hunger, inheritance, and the monstrous bargains we make in the name of love.Perfect for readers who love: - gothic coastal and maritime horror- folklore and dark mythology- lighthouses and seaside dread- sirens, sea wives, and ocean monsters- occult and supernatural horror- slow-burn obsession and tragic devotion- creature horror with emotional depth- stories like The Witch, The Fisherman, The Mermaid of Black Conch, The Only Good Indians, and The TerrorHaunting, brutal, and deeply human, The Salt Wife lingers long after the waves erase the evidence-whispered in shanties, carried in storms, and feared by anyone who ventures too close to the rocks. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Condizione: New. Print on Demand.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. What if Little Red Riding Hood wandered into the world of Blood Meridian?A dark fairytale.A primal obsession.A monster in the woods who is not what he seems.Cast out of her Puritan settlement for the sin of wearing a red shawl, Rosamund Harlow is forced into the winter wilderness of 1631 with nothing but a basket of bread, a threadbare cloak, and the knowledge that no god she has ever prayed to is coming to save her.She is sent north through the snow to seek refuge with her grandmother-a rumored healer, whispered witch, and the only woman who ever made Rosamund feel seen in a world built to discipline and silence girls like her.But when she reaches the cottage, it is abandoned.The hearth is cold.The door hangs open.And the forest is waiting.Set in the brutal snows of early-colonial Massachusetts, Little Red Blood Meridian blends American folklore, gothic fairytale, and dark historical fantasy into a story that is feral, violent, and hauntingly intimate.As Rosamund searches the ancient woods for her missing kin, she begins to realize that the wilderness is not empty. It watches. It listens. It remembers.She encounters two beings who will alter the course of her fate: A wolf larger than any natural beast-silent, watchful, golden-eyed.And a man who rises naked from a frozen pond at dawn, his body scarred and powerful, his gaze carrying the same molten light.The forest is old.The laws are older.And something in the deep places has chosen her.Raised to believe the woods are a place of punishment-of wolves, witches, and winter-Rosamund soon learns that the settlers of New Canaan fear what they cannot name. Beneath the boughs of the primeval forest, she feels more alive than she ever has among godly men and narrow rooms.Until another danger finds her.A woodsman. Broad-shouldered. Pious. Familiar with the paths where bodies vanish. The kind of man whose faith becomes a weapon, and whose attention settles on Rosamund like a claim.When he sets his sights on her, the forest does not remain silent.Something ancient moves in the dark.Something territorial.Something that does not tolerate rivals.As Rosamund descends deeper into the wilderness-beyond scripture, beyond settlement, and into the realm of older magic-she becomes entangled in a fate woven long before she was born: vanished women, circles of mushrooms that appear overnight, a grandmother who may not wish to be found, and a monstrous guardian whose devotion is as dangerous as it is absolute.This is not a story about taming the beast.It is a story about what happens when the beast chooses you.Bleak, lyrical, and steeped in dread, Little Red Blood Meridian is an adult retelling of Little Red Riding Hood rooted in early American folk horror, dark fantasy, and the seductive pull of the untamed. It explores the thin line between fear and longing, the violence of purity culture, and the ancient magic that awakens when a woman steps off the path she was told never to leave.This dark fairytale is perfect for readers who love: - adult fairy-tale retellings with teeth- folk horror and dark historical fantasy- atmospheric witchcraft and haunted forests- morally ambiguous, possessive monsters- 1600s New England horror and folklore- violent, lyrical literary novellas- gothic fantasy with primal intensityEnter the woods.Something old is waiting. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. On a desolate New England coast where storms take what they want and the ocean never returns the same thing twice, lighthouse keeper Thomas Greeves finds a woman washed ashore after a brutal winter shipwreck.She is naked.Bruised.Silent.And wrong.He names her Catherine, after his dead wife.At first she seems like a miracle for a widower drowning in grief. But Catherine does not eat. She does not sleep. She moves with the confidence of an apex predator and slips into the sea at night like she is returning home. Gulls vanish. Dogs go missing. Bones wash up at low tide. And Catherine always comes back to him wet, cold, beautiful-and starving.Thomas knows he should run. He knows she is not human.But loneliness is a hunger of its own-and the ocean has always taken more from him than it has ever given back.As winter deepens and storms hammer the coast, the wreckers grow suspicious. Pirates arrive with whispered tales of siren creatures that hunt men in the dark. Something old and occult stirs beneath the waves. Catherine's true nature sharpens, her body shifting in ways that defy the human shape.And Thomas realizes the truth too late: He did not save her.He was chosen.When Catherine becomes pregnant with a child that is half-human and half-deep-sea monster, her hunger turns catastrophic. The thing growing inside her is ravenous-consuming her from within, demanding meat Thomas must provide. What begins as protection becomes complicity. What begins as devotion becomes slaughter.As rumors of a coastal demon spread and the militia gathers, Thomas faces an impossible choice: let Catherine and their unborn child die-or become the thing the village already believes him to be.What is love when it devours?What is mercy when the sea asks for blood?And what remains of a man who gives everything to something that can never be satisfied?The Salt Wife is a visceral, atmospheric work of dark folklore and maritime horror, steeped in gothic dread, body horror, seaside legend, and mythic dark fantasy. A modern folktale about grief, hunger, inheritance, and the monstrous bargains we make in the name of love.Perfect for readers who love: - gothic coastal and maritime horror- folklore and dark mythology- lighthouses and seaside dread- sirens, sea wives, and ocean monsters- occult and supernatural horror- slow-burn obsession and tragic devotion- creature horror with emotional depth- stories like The Witch, The Fisherman, The Mermaid of Black Conch, The Only Good Indians, and The TerrorHaunting, brutal, and deeply human, The Salt Wife lingers long after the waves erase the evidence-whispered in shanties, carried in storms, and feared by anyone who ventures too close to the rocks. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. 1855. The Black Hills. A forbidden land. A dark fairy tale rewritten in blood.Goldie was sold into marriage and dragged west by a righteous man who called obedience love and cruelty salvation. Six weeks on the trail taught her how women disappear quietly on the American frontier.But when the wagon train strays onto sacred ground, the story changes.In the shadow of Bear Lodge live three brothers bound to the land and to each other. Trackers. Hunters. Bear shifters shaped by old magic and older myths. To outsiders, they are men. To the mountains, they are guardians. To Goldie, they are danger, refuge, and something she was never meant to touch.This is Goldilocks and the Three Bears as it was never meant to be told.She does not wander in by accident.She is not rescued.And she does not belong to only one of them.GOLDILOCKED is a dark historical reverse harem bear shifter romance, where folklore is feral, devotion is dangerous, and survival demands transformation.Three bears.One woman.And a choice that will remake them all.When Goldie runs from her husband into the Black Hills, she expects the wilderness to kill her quickly. The land is hostile. The mountains are watched. The stories say monsters live here, waiting for foolish travelers who stray too far from the trail.The stories are true.Mato, Atho, and Thio are bear shifters bound by blood, land, and an ancient power that predates the frontier. They live beyond law and scripture, guarding sacred ground that was never meant to be claimed.They should turn her away.They should not shelter her.They should not touch her.But Goldie is already changing.The land recognizes her suffering. The old magic stirs. And when the violence of the civilized world follows her into the wilderness, the bears must decide what they are willing to destroy to protect what they have chosen.As the past closes in and transformation takes hold, Goldie learns that survival is not enough. She must decide whether she will remain prey or become something feared. Something powerful. Something feral.This is a dark fairy tale retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears where the girl does not return home, the bears do not apologize, and the ending is written in blood, devotion, and choice.GOLDILOCKED is a why choose / reverse harem romance. Goldie does not choose between the bears. She chooses all of them.What to expectReverse harem / why choose romance (MMFM)Bear shifters rooted in American frontier folkloreA dark fairy tale retelling of Goldilocks and the Three BearsHistorical setting in 1850s Wyoming TerritoryHigh heat intimacy with feral, devoted loversA heroine escaping abuse and reclaiming her body and powerSacred land, forbidden magic, and violent consequenceTransformation as survival, not punishmentDark themes, mythic tone, and cathartic feminine rageGOLDILOCKED is a standalone novel in the Devoted Monsters series and can be read on its own.Perfect for readers who love dark romance, monster romance, reverse harem dynamics, and fairy tales with teeth.Enter the forest.The bears are waiting.And this time, Goldilocks does not leave. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.