have you met the beast yet?
 
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Happy Saturday! It's grey and pouring rain here in southwestern Ontario, Canada. I hope it's brighter where you are. Even though I wish the sun would come out, it's still springtime, and that's good enough for me. I'm so glad to have winter in the rearview mirror!
 
Tuesday was release day for ONCE UPON A BEAST. I seriously love this first book in my new Hemlock Woods series! Each book features a different couple and has a guaranteed happily ever after. No cliffhangers, so go ahead and jump in! The second book in the series hits Kindles on May 31st. Not long now!
 
Have you picked up your copy of ONCE UPON A BEAST from Amazon or Kindle Unlimited yet? You can also purchase it as a pretty paperback, if that's your preference!
 
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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 GALLO
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…
 
How about a teaser excerpt from
once upon a beast…
“You won’t hurt me,” she whispers. “I know you won’t.”
 
“Never intentionally. But you must stay away, Alexandra.” Merely speaking her name makes me crave her. I can never have her, not the way I need, but while her voice is in my ear, I’m taking what I can. I transfer the handset to my bandaged hand, then unbutton my pants and free my cock.
 
“What if I can’t stay away?”
 
Can’t. Not won’t. There’s a difference, and I think she knows it.
 
“It wasn’t a request.”
 
“You’re very bossy and rigid,” she says with a laugh that stirs my blood. “What will you do if I come out there again?”
 
“You don’t want to know.”
 
“I need to know. Tell me. And not vague warnings of doom. Tell me the truth, Salvatore.”
 
The sound of my name on her breath stokes the fire burning in my loins. “If you come here again, I will chase you,” I say, dragging my fist up my shaft, from its thick root to the bulbous tip. “You won’t get away. I won’t let you. Instinct demands that I catch you. And when I do, I will claim you.”
 
“Does that mean—”
 
“That I will use my claws to shred the clothes from your small, soft body, then breed you, endlessly, mercilessly. That’s what I will do if you make the mistake of violating our treaty again.”
 
“It’s not our treaty. We’re not enemies.” Huskiness laces her soft voice. “And you won’t have to chase me, because I won’t run from you.”
 
Don't forget to preorder the next book in the series, THE BEAST WITHIN
coming May 31st!
 
Thank you so much for reading  my books.
i appreciate your wonderful support so much! 💗
Talk to you again next week, when I'll pop by your inbox with some new releases from my friends, and a giveaway to celebrate my new release!
Until then, happy reading!
xo Karla