In the Jaws of an Oak (18+)
She yearned for freedom and solace from her familial home.
He wished for companionship after a life of isolation.
After a chance encounter at a masquerade ball, a deal is struck between the two to provide what the other desires. But as the horror behind unspoken truths becomes known, this marriage of convenience takes a dark and emotional turn that thrills her...and frightens him...
In the Jaws of an Oak is an illustrated erotic monster romance that is one part Regency fairytale and one part "Bloodborne-esque" horror, following an aromantic woman who is a survivor of abuse and a cursed beast. For fans of Beauty and the Beast retellings where the beast only becomes more monstrous instead of turning human.
Contains sexually explicit content of human and monster characters engaging in fear kink exploration and BDSM, and while not seen on page, it is heavily implied the human is a survivor of sexual violence and incest. Full list of content warnings can be found here.
34k words with 18 illustrations, includes aromantic, pan, and sapphic representation, available in DRM-free EPUB and PDF. Kindle and paperback can be found here.
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- updated ebook filesAug 20, 2024
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I got this book as part of the Monster Manor Book Fair and quite literally swallowed it in a few hours.
It was dark, touching, thrilling, and just the right amount of gory to where my mental gag reflex could handle it. The FMC and MMC…man, they did some weird stuff (and cried a lot 😂)…but it was from a place of consent and reclamation and accepting one’s authentic self.
This book was basically everything I love about monster romance. 🥹
omg that was so fast hahaha thank you for reading <3
I’m a fast reader lol but the book was SO devourable — thank you for your service!! 🫡
I really enjoyed the softness with which the main characters treat each other in this story! I love a good smut-softness balance and this novella definitely managed that.
I don't usually read m/f spice but I did enjoy this.
I ofc loved the illustrations, and I think the way this story works with names also worked surprisingly well!
Def recommend!
This story was beautiful! I loved reading it so much.
I just finished this story, and it was WONDERFUL! I don't know how I found out about it, but I love everything about it. I love Bea being into her fear of Art, I love the happy family they all make together, her asexuality and him needing to retreat from all the hardcore stuff. I love their honest communication and care for one another. This is a perfect story and I would wish it were longer, except it's perfect.
I just finished reading the novella and it was very enjoyable! It would be great to read more human and creature (I like to call these, "creature features") romance stories! I look forward to buying the more explicit illustrations for this story when it becomes available! Keep up the fantastic work!
glad you enjoyed it! more stories are definitely on the way :)
I was so excited for this to come out and while the writing was fantastic I was upset there weren't so many new illustrations. You posted a lot of them on twitter before it came out so there was no new excitement on that end. Along with the lack of sexual illustrations there was no showcase of his second form which to me is essential to the story and understanding of Bea's excitement/fear. I'm slightly disappointed because this story has fully ended so there will be no chance of continuation. I hope you do create new books with monster x human romance that provides a little more on that end. Netherless you provided a delightful story that I believe haven't been explored and again hope continue to write.