Xavier Hollow is the king of destruction. A shifter, a vampire, a demonâevery nightmare you haveâall rolled into one very smoking hot package. Xavier snaps his fingers, and the world falls at his feet. His enemies tremble in fear. And the women who want him? They tremble with yearning. Life (and death) is one fabulous rideâĶuntil a certain very old curse kicks in for him. A curse that threatens to take away all of his dark power.
He needs someone goodâĶto fall for him. STAT.
Three days. Thatâs how long Xavier has to tempt one Mercy Josephine. Innocent, pure, the actual descendant of an angel, sheâs all the things that normally give him hivesâliterally. Heâs allergic to good and just canât stand it. Committing a âgoodâ act causes Xavier physical pain. The bigger the act, the more intense his suffering. But, for Mercy, heâll have to pretend to be someone very, very different. Someone who isâunfortunately and ever-so-disgustinglyâgood.
Heâll corrupt her. Sheâll save him.
A simple enough task. Go to the costume ball. Charm the modern-day princess. Get her to sacrifice her soul for him. Done. He could probably bring her to the dark side with just a kiss. But then he meets Mercy and realizes that heâs not the only one looking to destroy some goodness. Other beasts are closing in, and in order to break the curse that haunts him, Xavier will have to do the one thing he never expectedâĶprotect Mercy. Beautiful, brave, andâshudderâgood Mercy.Â
The plan wonât change.
By the time the clock strikes midnight on the third day, Mercy will be under his spell. Heâll convince her that heâs a hero, that sheâs desperately in love with him. Sheâll give up her soulâand her lifeâfor him. The desire that rages between them is hotter than the fires ofâwell, home. Temptation is his specialty, and he can seduce her like no other.
Not like heâs going to change his mind for her. Not likeâĶ
Not like anyone can teach a monster to love. Because only the good love. And Xavier is many things, but he will never, ever be good. Not when being bad is so much fun.
Time for the world to burn. Time for an innocent to fall. And time for the monsters to reignâĶ
MONSTER WITHOUT MERCY is a steamy paranormal romance (41,000 words) featuring one seriously intense hero, lots of life-or-death drama, and more monsters than you can handle. HEA guaranteed and no cliff-hangers.
Cynthia Eden is a New York Times, USA Today, Digital Book World, and IndieReader best-