Captured by the Fae Beast (Monsters of Faery, #1)

by Mallory Dunlin

"What makes the sort of intense situations in romance books satisfying and alluring is the removal of uncertainty. No matter the differences between the people, or their struggles, you know that in the end they're going to be in love and happy, and that it's going to last forever for them."

It made me a little breathless to think about, to be honest. Having someone move heaven and earth to fix himself for you because you want him to be a better man is a standby in romance for a reason. Whether it's going to therapy to unlearn bad behaviors, struggling through trials with your handkerchief tucked under their breastplate, or riding towards a foreign king to end a war, there's something intoxicating about knowing that the reason for undergoing the trial is you. We dream about wounded men who love us passionately enough to do the hard work of healing. Dain was actually doing it. He'd sworn he would the first day we'd seen each other in Faery without me asking for it, and he was following through, more than I had ever expected.

"Come to bed with me," he said. "Let me wash my blood off your face, and brush your beautiful dark hair for you. Wear my clothing to bed again, and run your hands over my body so your fingers can remember what they already know."