Green Flag

A very short and steamy 18+ sci-fi romance set on Earth. Originally published in the Head Over Heels For Monsters anthology.

Description

Maddie is sick to death of dating, but she’s got a good feeling about John: he talks to her like she’s an actual human being and loves her endless stories about her rescue cat, Malk. So when a surprise downpour threatens to ruin their third date she thinks inviting him home is a solid plan. But maybe she should have been a little suspicious of just how well things were going…

Content Warnings: allusions to toxic/dangerous behavior from men, MCs working through body image issues, MMC dealing with isolation and estrangement.

Tropes: Dating, aliens among us, bisexual FMC, plus-size FMC, tentacles, knotting, unique monster anatomy, mild restraint/domination (FMC receives), sci-fi rom-com, HEA.

Additional information

Series

The Drakari • Book 1

Date Published

Jan 11, 2024

Tropes

edging, female monster, found family, friends-to-lovers, fun with gender roles, gentle femdom x dainty subby man, HEA, hurt/comfort, introvert x extrovert, marriage of convenience/political marriage, MF romance, murderously protective love interest, pegging, size difference, squishy cinnamon rolls

Content Warning

ableism, economic disparity, emotionally abusive parent, foul language, graphic depictions of consensual sex, MC with a parent who died during their childhood, mention of war and wartime propaganda, MMC with chronic but nonlethal cardiac illness, on-page panic attacks, violent combat that results in injury and death, xenophobia

Topes (Spoilers)

surprise pregnancy

Content Warning (Spoilers)

patricide (child kills father—but I promise he has it coming!), MMC drugged and kidnapped, bodily harm through torture that happens to a side character (torture is off-page), a poisoning attempt which affects a side character (non-lethal), body modification that results in a cis male character growing breasts (for nursing a child exclusively)