What's Under Your Veil? By Marilyn Barr

 Here comes the bride! All furry with slime!

Wait, what?

I’d like to introduce a new series where you never know what creature lurks under the veil. Monster Brides is a multiauthor series, coming this fall. Each month two M/F romances will be released with a monstrous twist. One book will have a monster groom while the other will have a paranormal creature in the big, white dress. Will the wedding occur as the happily ever after or as the start of an adventure? The books are as unique as the authors who write them. Variations don’t stop at the type of monster, but also heat level, plot tropes, setting, and book mood. Where else will you find an erotic comedy next to a dystopian space colonization piece?

To help you navigate the twists and turns of this series, the monster brides’ authors have put together a free sneak peek book. Experience some of the romantic scenes that will make you say ‘awe,’ clutch your eReader to your chest, and make your back teeth ache with sweetness. Who knows, maybe you will daydream of walking down the aisle. Will you wear a furry dress to marry a Yeti? A mile of flowing lace as you approach a Fae King? Or perhaps a suit of leaves as you gaze at your MothLady walking toward you?

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Whatever your monstrous preference—kraken tentacles or fiery phoenix wings—the series has a book groomsman or bride for you here.

Releasing in September, our first bride is a ghost. Haunted Hearts by S.C Principale is a continuation of her Pine Ridge Series (which starts with The Minotaur’s Valentine.) Immerse yourself in the paranormal town of Pine Ridge where the paranormal creatures hide in plain view and enjoy a ‘regular joe’ existence. This grumpy-sunshine romance is between a millionaire who chooses a haunted house as his place of hermitage and the lonely ghost who wishes for a friend. Can they coexist in the house when they are separated by death? Find out in Haunted Hearts here.

Also releasing in September 2023 is Ripples for Skies by Teshelle Combs. This forbidden love story takes us to the Griffin Realm and the houses of warlords. A spy falls for a Griffin General in a warring faction but can they be together? An arranged marriage, a Queen thirsty for secrets, and a servant carrying the weight of an empire pull the lovers in opposite directions in this heart-twisting tale. Grab your tissues before you preorder Ripples for Skies here.

Just in time to get spooky for Halloween, October 15^th brings two more monstrous weddings. Our bride grew up as a human but is forced to live as a mermaid for six weeks in As the Tide Turns by Grace Mirchandani. Marisol finds that leaving the human world behind is not so bad…when a dark merman catches her eye and twists all she thought she knew about herself. This book heats the seafloor…but what will happen in six weeks when Marisol must return to land? Preorder your copy of As the Tide Turns here.

If you guessed that my Monster Brides book would have fuzzy, snow monster vibes, you are correct. However, Betrothed to the Yeti is not another fluffy Chuchunya romance. Jaya is a beggar in the failed space colony of Alpha on Saturn’s icy Enceladus moon. Her last chance of survival is to enter the marriage lottery with her two older sisters. Not even offering her alien goat, Ku Huang, as BOGO can sweeten Jaya’s proposal enough for human suitors. She picked to be a rich brothel owner’s sacrifice to the alien Yeti the colony worships. Will Jaya’s life in the temple be a swift death as a Yeti’s dinner or will she create a happily ever after despite her traumatic childhood? Find out in the dystopian Beauty & the Beast-retelling, Betrothed to the Yeti here.

I feel like an infomercial host when I say, “But wait there’s more.” November’s romances are a magical Fae wedding (Claiming the Fae Crown by Lilliana Rose) and a human bride’s marriage to a snake-dragon monster (The Vishap’s Claim by Roslyn St Clair.)  In The Vishap’s Claim, Van is awoken after two thousand years on ice to find the Rings of Sin he guarded have been stolen. Lucky for him, the Ring of Lust is currently for sale in New York City but so is Luce, an Armenian girl with opinionated parents. Sparks fly as this pair head toward with aisle…much to her parent’s dismay. Even with fate pushing them together and gods trying to keep them apart, can a love between them succeed?

As for December, you will have to see what Santa drops under the tree. Could the next paranormal marriage be your favorite read?

Don’t forget your sneak peek book here and collect them all!