Monsters of Moonvale Series by Emily Antoinette

A woman trapped with her crush…When I agreed to go to an escape room with friends, I didn’t expect everyone to bail and leave me locked in a room with the hottest, most unattainable person I’ve ever met—my brother’s minotaur best friend. Tension from the tight quarters and frustrating puzzles leads to heated confessions, and the wildest night of my life.He says he wants more. He wants to be my daddy... moreA woman trapped with her crush…When I agreed to go to an escape room with friends, I didn’t expect everyone to bail and leave me locked in a room with the hottest, most unattainable person I’ve ever met—my brother’s minotaur best friend. Tension from the tight quarters and frustrating puzzles leads to heated confessions, and the wildest night of my life.He says he wants more. He wants to be my daddy. It’s everything I’ve dreamed of, but how am I supposed to manage the reality of being with him when I’m falling apart at the seams and plagued by self-doubt?A minotaur who won’t let his chance at love escape…Who knew one night in an escape room would change everything? Finding out my attraction to Ariana wasn’t one-sided woke up the dominant beast inside that me demands I take care of her, cherish her, and claim her as mine.Now all I have to do is figure out how to convince a woman who’s only ever been able to depend on herself to trust me enough to accept everything I’m desperate to give her. Oh, and not get my throat ripped out by my best friend for hooking up with his little sister.Escaping the Friendzone is a cozy, high heat monster romance featuring a burned out plus size woman and a doting daddy dom minotaur.This is a standalone story set in the Monsters of Moonvale universe. less

After my husband left, all I wanted was to find myself again. Turns out that’s a lot easier said than done when my chronic pain has me canceling plans and everything I try reminds me of my inadequacies.Things only get worse when my attempt at exploring submission is a total disaster. But hope comes in the form of my stoic, stunning vampire friend, Blair. She offers to teach me, giving me a space to safely explore a side of myself I’ve kept locked away.It’s meant to be platonic... moreAfter my husband left, all I wanted was to find myself again. Turns out that’s a lot easier said than done when my chronic pain has me canceling plans and everything I try reminds me of my inadequacies.Things only get worse when my attempt at exploring submission is a total disaster. But hope comes in the form of my stoic, stunning vampire friend, Blair. She offers to teach me, giving me a space to safely explore a side of myself I’ve kept locked away.It’s meant to be platonic. Just one friend helping another. So then why can’t I stop imagining what it would be like to take things further?A vampire losing control…I’ve spent the past ten years building a life where I’m in control. I swore I’d never go back to being the pathetic, emotional girl I was before I was turned.Then Grace showed up.I knew from the moment we met she’d be a problem. My monster craves her in a way that terrifies me, and her humor and beauty pierce through the cracks in my carefully crafted, cold facade. Yet keeping my distance would ruin one of the few friendships I have.How do I shore up the crumbling barriers around my heart before I end up more broken and alone than I was the night I became a vampire?Afterglow is a spicy, slow burn sapphic romance featuring a jaded, lonely vampire FMC and a bubbly, anxious human FMC.Afterglow is Book 2 in the Monsters of Moonvale series, however, it can be read as a standalone. less