Heart of the Mountain King

“Go away, little man,” Rask grunted at the creature who’d dared to dog a bergsrå’s footsteps for the past three days. “Big storm coming. Rask’s mountain no place for you.”

Limned by moonlight, the human stepping cautiously out from behind the knobbled trunk of the ancient pine looked nothing like the figure Rask first spotted trailing his goats on the far side of the ridge.
Once, the tunic he wore had been the light blue of a morning sky, and whole. His dark hair and beard had been sleek and tidy; his rucksack full; his eyes bright. That had been quite some time ago, however. Now, after chasing Rask’s path up and down and through some of the mountain’s worst terrain, the man’s gaze was wary and tired; his pack gone; all of him mud-streaked and ragged.

Standing there in the tall summer grass, the human looked about as stubborn as the most mischievous little goat of Rask’s herd, and twice as disreputable…

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There Be Monsters is a spicy cozy fantasy romance series set in the world of a Sunless Land, inspired by Scandinavian folktales and Norse sagas, stirred liberally with classic sword & sorcery fantasy, then all given an LGBTQIA+ twist.

Warning: Get ready for steamy open-door MM romance, low stakes adventure, wonder, magic lessons, mystery, cross-cultural exploration, size differences, age gap, quests, folklore, hurt/comfort, HEAs, and — on occasion — a fae and a human sharing a sauna together.

It is intended for mature audiences.

(Please note that both ‘Steamy’ & ‘Romantasy’/Discreet cover variants contain the same book content inside.)