Tentacles and Teeth

Tentacles and Teeth is a standalone novella opening Rowan Merrick's Consorting with Monsters series, a collection of spicy monster-romance stories set in the same world as the author's Cairn Riders series. Katarina goes out for a single night of uncomplicated fun with a gorgeous, tentacled bartender, expecting nothing beyond that encounter.

When she wakes up the next morning still drawn to him — and unexpectedly runs into his roommate in the hallway — she has to reckon with the possibility that this is more than a one-night stand. The novella is explicit paranormal erotica built around monster/human intimacy, with the series' books functioning as standalones that each end Happy For Now rather than with a guaranteed permanent resolution.