In the Jaws of an Oak (18+)
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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 noble, 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 EPUB and PDF. Kindle and paperback can be found here.
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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.
I'm so sorry that you were disappointed about the lack of more sexually explicit illustrations. This novella was also published as an ebook and in paperback on Amazon and their guidelines are lil vague so to be cautious so I wanted to be careful for me first book juuuust in case.
I am planning to put together and throwing up on here a lil digital sketchbook that'll be "pay what you want" in the near future that WILL have more explicit illustrations. And I do plan to write more, already have some WIPs in the process.
But again, so sorry you found the art lacking. I still hope you still enjoyed the story itself.
The lack of sexual illustrations wasn't the biggest problem again the writing was great in its descriptions and story scenes. I was just expecting more illustrations that matched the intensity of the ones you already showcased on twitter. I will definitely be buying your sketchbook but of course that's still separate from the novel. 10/10 on the writing, 10/10 for your beautiful illustrations (your penmanship is incredible) just the formatting didn't work as well for me.
Okay, I think I get what you are saying now and definitely going to consider this feedback going forward with future works. I am glad you enjoyed the writing and art there is present, and definitely going to try to improve my selection of moments to capture in the next one.