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Weary Skullstalker, Vale, is given a rest from caring for his void when he is summoned to the mortal realm and presented with an a strange, soft mortal woman.
He wants nothing to do with mortals, but it has been centuries since he last had an assistant. So he accepts their offering and spirits the mortal back to his increasingly needy void.
It is an immediate disaster. Not only does his void mysteriously start to rot, but his new mortal gets sprayed by a magical pollen. A pollen that awakens her deepest desires…
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Meek Ivy Silverpetal has been given one secretly weaken the Skullstalker void so her people can march inside and bind the Skullstalker to fight for them.
Ivy isn’t expecting to get struck down by lust pollen. Vale insists it connects her to her deepest desires, but that isn’t it also connects her to the void she just poisoned. The void that Vale once loved so much that it loved him right back.
With the pollen in her heart and a Skullstalker’s void in her head, it’s impossible to do anything but fall for Vale, who gets weaker with each day. Soon she’ll have to make a stand with him, or let her people claim him?
GIVEN is a high-heat monster romance with more steamy magic; a sentient home, and a HEA. Perfect for fans of Opal Reyne and Katee Robert. It is Book 3 of the Skullstalker Brides series but can be read as a standalone.
-Hurt/Comfort
-"Stay here and be my queen."
-Wilting Flower Turned Badass FMC
-Size Kink
-Sentient Vines Get Involved in Naughty Times
-Plus Sized FMC
He wants nothing to do with mortals, but it has been centuries since he last had an assistant. So he accepts their offering and spirits the mortal back to his increasingly needy void.
It is an immediate disaster. Not only does his void mysteriously start to rot, but his new mortal gets sprayed by a magical pollen. A pollen that awakens her deepest desires…
-
Meek Ivy Silverpetal has been given one secretly weaken the Skullstalker void so her people can march inside and bind the Skullstalker to fight for them.
Ivy isn’t expecting to get struck down by lust pollen. Vale insists it connects her to her deepest desires, but that isn’t it also connects her to the void she just poisoned. The void that Vale once loved so much that it loved him right back.
With the pollen in her heart and a Skullstalker’s void in her head, it’s impossible to do anything but fall for Vale, who gets weaker with each day. Soon she’ll have to make a stand with him, or let her people claim him?
GIVEN is a high-heat monster romance with more steamy magic; a sentient home, and a HEA. Perfect for fans of Opal Reyne and Katee Robert. It is Book 3 of the Skullstalker Brides series but can be read as a standalone.
-Hurt/Comfort
-"Stay here and be my queen."
-Wilting Flower Turned Badass FMC
-Size Kink
-Sentient Vines Get Involved in Naughty Times
-Plus Sized FMC
183 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 9, 2025
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January 23, 2026
Another amazing addition to the skullstalker brides
Yet again Isabelle Taylor weaves a tale of deception and terrible humans and an extremely lonely skull stalker who doesn't even know what he is lonely for I just love the characters of ivy and Vale they are perfect together, I'm certainly hopeful that Zax will be the next to find his bride
Yet again Isabelle Taylor weaves a tale of deception and terrible humans and an extremely lonely skull stalker who doesn't even know what he is lonely for I just love the characters of ivy and Vale they are perfect together, I'm certainly hopeful that Zax will be the next to find his bride
December 16, 2025
I liked it. They both fell in love. The void wanted them to be together so it keeps growing pollen that makes her very in the mood.
December 22, 2025
The cover is a blatant rip off of The Ancient Magus' Bride. The story is based off of it as well, just with grown up themes / sex.
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January 5, 2026Love this series! Short sweet and sexy! Give me more!
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