Wylde-lings, I've been dying to tell you about this series! Arranged Monster Mates is the brainchild of Layla Fae, Eden Ember, and moi - Cara Wylde. We started talking about it last year, when we thought it would be cool to come together and work on a project. Since we're friends and all that, you know. So... we're doing it! And the first three novellas are scheduled to release in March!

The pre-orders are up, and I'm excited to show you the covers and the blurbs. I hope you enjoy this series!

Here's a short introduction to the world, so you know what to expect:

No one remembers the world before the Shift. It was thousands of years ago, all lost, all forgotten. Scientists and historians say that before, the world was better, brighter, and our planet belonged to us, humans. There were proud countries and bustling cities, and technology was at its highest.

We can hardly imagine all that. There is no proof, no written texts, no pictures of Alia Terra before the Shift. All we know is the face of Alia Terra now. The land haphazardly divided into territories, the walled cities, the poor living on the fringes, barely surviving.

The monsters.

The temples where young virgins can take a DNA test and be matched to one of them. An arranged marriage to a monster is often the only way a woman can save herself or give her family a chance to not starve.

This is Alia Terra. It belongs to the monsters, and we belong to them.

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As you can see, we have a dystopian world, Earth is not called Earth anymore, and no one remembers that things were good and nice once. We also have arranged marriage! Well, arranged matings, since we're dealing with monsters and shifters, and maybe later with vampires and demons, who knows?

Check out the individual books!

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Wed to the Wolfman

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Release date: March 15

Alone.

Even surrounded by my devoted wolves, I feel alone and forsaken. The legends of my clan say that an Alpha without a mate will wither in time, and weakness will infect him until a stronger wolf will challenge and dethrone him.

I cannot allow that to happen.

I’ve searched for my mate far and wide, and when I couldn’t find her among my species, I turned to the walled cities of the humans. They are filled with fair, fertile females, but none of them smells or feels like my mate.

There is one last thing I can try. The Temple. Can a simple draw of blood match me to my fated mate? I don’t believe it.

Until I see her. She is beautiful, fierce… She is untamable. Her scent tells me all I need to know.

She is mine.

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Wed to the Minotaur

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Release date: March 8

I arrive on Alia Terra tempted by the promise of fertile land and females.

Filled with longing, I cannot rest until I find a sweet mate just for me. One who will warm my bed at night, one for whom I will build my fortune under the scorching sun.

There is only one way to meet a perfect match: the Temple. I do the test and focus on building a prosperous ranch for the female who is destined for me. She will have the best of everything.

The wait is long. Long enough to lose hope.

And then, the letter comes. My mate is ready to be claimed, and I set out immediately. Nothing can stop me now.

When I see her, my blood burns with desire, and the instinct to make her mine overshadows everything. She is precious, perfect, and too beautiful to be true. She is everything I could have dreamed of.

I will never let her go. I will pamper, love, and caress her until every inch of her body belongs to me. No other male will drink from her nectar. No other will plunge deep into her sweet depths.

I will claim what’s mine.

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Wed to the Ice Giant

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Release date: March 1

She is tiny, frightened, and all mine. I won’t let her get away.

As king of the ice giants, I must have heirs. But our customs do not satisfy me. I do not want a giantess who will bear me a child and then leave to be with another. I would much rather pursue a union the human way: find a partner who will share my bed, bear my children, and stay by my side.

Until death do us part.

One drop of blood is all it takes to get a match. And when I see her, my cool blood rushes faster in a daze of heat. Only one thought is clear in my mind: she belongs to me. I must claim her before my subjects to prove once and for all this female will not take lovers. She will be mine forever.

I will show her vigorously how different I am from puny human males. And once she knows what it means to be with the king of the giants, she will never want to leave.

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Until March, here's something you can read now. Check out Zoe Ashwood's orc romance!

Her Orc Warrior

I escaped a life of crime to save my daughter…

But my plan for making it to a safer town has gone awry. The driver of the wagon we snuck on isn’t human at all, and now we’re stuck in a traveling caravan of massive orc merchants.

And the driver who first noticed me? He claims I’m his fated mate. The one person destined to be everything to him.

He says we’re safe. That he’ll protect me and my little girl from the men following us. But I know better than to trust pretty lies. Life has taught me that I can’t rely on anyone but myself, and I intend to keep it that way.

But orcs are a warrior race, and if I can learn from them, I will. And my orc mate is the perfect male to teach me everything he knows about combat…and perhaps about love.

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Talk soon,

Cara