Hi First name / there!
It's release day for the first book in my new Hemlock Woods series! Woohoo! I'm so excited for you to enter this world I built. 😊 If you enjoy fantasy / paranormal romance with non-human heroes, fated mates, lots of spicy goodness, and a sweet happily ever after, it's time to meet Salvatore Gallo, the beast of Gallo Hall, in Once Upon a Beast!
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A literal beast of a man. A secret species on the verge of extinction. Fated mates whose bond could change history.
SALVATORE
No females of my kind remain. Humans have the closest physiology to my species, but our reproductive urges are very different. For their safety, direct contact with human women has always been strictly forbidden. 
 
When my time ends, so will countless generations of Gallo lineage. The chains in my dungeon will never have to restrain another mating-frenzied beast. I will have done my part to bring a peaceful end to my species while protecting the nearby human population.
 
That was my resolution, my life’s mission, until the day I caught her scent in the orchard behind my ancestral home. 
 
She shouldn’t have been there.
It wasn’t time in the lunar cycle for me to enter the frenzy.
Her scent triggered my long-deprived beast.
 
For close to a century, I’ve lived on the outskirts of Hemlock Woods, alone in Gallo Hall, successfully avoiding the town’s residents. My days of solitude are over, along with adherence to my species’ law.
Instinct demands I claim her—no matter the cost to her, or to my soul…

A steamy, fated mates, beast romance with a guaranteed Happily Ever After
 
I'm so grateful for the wonderful reviews coming in!
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What to expect in Once Upon a Beast:
• protective, possessive cryptid beast man
• determined human heroine
• dual virgins
• cross-species fated mates
• mystery
• claiming
• marking
• knotting
• sweet happily ever after
 
Oh, and it's set in 1970. Yes, it really is. 😉
 
Available now from Amazon in ebook & paperback!
Or, read in Kindle Unlimited!
 
I'll be back next week with a giveaway and more bookish fun things, so make sure you open that one when it drops into your inbox.
Until then, enjoy Once Upon a Beast! 💗
 
thanks so much for reading!
xo karla
 
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