The Girl Who Fell in Love with a Monster

[Coming soon: Monster Girl Reborn. Blurb below.] He’s a monster. But you love him. 1. The Man in the Painting A gang of thieves steals a portrait from an exhibition hall. The next day, they’re found dead at their hideout. By chance, Vera recovers the lost painting and meets the man inside it, whose bewitching charm is impossible to resist. He’s arrogant and willful, yet so beautiful it’s maddening. 2. The Egg of an Aberrant Species Irene finds a strange egg, and a monster with a mouthful of fangs hatches from it. Lonely Irene takes it in. Before long, the people who bullied her at school start disappearing, and the monster’s fangs are stained with blood. She resolves to kill the uncontrollable monster. But when it reveals a docile, harmless side and nestles against her with longing, Irene lowers the knife in her hand. 3. The Medium After moving into a haunted house, Bella meets her soulmate. Her lover has plenty of quirks. He never goes out during the day, for one, and never travels far from home. He supposedly lives right next door, but no one ever answers when she knocks. The number he gave her is always out of service, too. Bella never thinks much of it, until one day her lover confesses that he has been dead for many years. 4. The Dollmaker Cathy has a romantic encounter at sea. But the one she falls for isn’t human. Beneath his handsome exterior lies the heart of a cunning, cruel doll. At some point, this terrifyingly possessive monster secretly covers an entire wall with her photographs. ◆ A collection of sweet stories about romances with nonhumans. Warm and healing, not scary. - Coming soon: Monster Girl Reborn, where the heroine is a monster. You are a vampire who has slept for a thousand years. A human boy awakens you from your coffin, but you aren’t grateful. You treat him as your slave, your shield, and your emergency blood supply. He doesn’t resent you. For reasons unknown, he loves you passionately. At last, one day, you, the cruel and cunning one, are bound to a stake. He could have escaped, but instead throws himself onto the pyre and burns to ash alongside you. You suddenly remember that before you fell asleep, you promised someone you would wait a thousand years for him. Theme: True love knows no boundaries