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How Not to Court Your Human Captive
Six human women, betrayed by their own only to be rescued by the very demons they were taught to fear, find themselves trapped in a harrowing, magical city.
But the cautionary tales were wrong, and they’re quick to learn demons don’t inspire terror but temptation…
When a human’s fury meets a demon’s fire, hatred isn’t the only thing to ignite.
Stolen from her prison cell and sold to slavers, Ember’s anger is all she has left to survive the nightmarish Achreos Barrens and its demonic inhabitants. Never mind her tenderly healed wounds and cozy cottage confines, she’s still being treated like a criminal. Her warden is a hardened soldier so hateful of humans that Ember stands no chance at exoneration. Sure, there may be moments when her demon jailor’s domestic ineptitude is endearing and his presence feels startlingly like security, but neither will stop her from provoking him and his disgusting tail.
Squadron leader Severath has failed at his sole duty to protect his home. Burdened with guarding a killer and coping with the loss of an eye and horn, he’s rewarded only with the human’s ire. Judgement should be simple since she’s pled guilty, but her unbridled hostility feels like a façade. He should be fighting to reclaim his position on the guard and his solitary life rather than verbally sparring with such a menace, but he never thought his home could be so lively or that he might enjoy having a miniscule murderess torment him at every turn.
Ember and Severath soon discover the border between animosity and affection is as thin as the veil between the human and demon worlds. Confined in close quarters, the two are forced to share their truths and confront their aversions to intimacy. But falling for a demon is dangerous, especially with Ember’s pending trial and Severath’s uncertain career. Will they land safely in the arms of their fledgling love or spiral into shared loathing?
Falling for Demons is a fantasy monster romance series set in a cozy and spicy shared world by authors Laura Winter and A.K. Caggiano. Each book can be read as a standalone novel but is interconnected, following six human women and their budding romances with the demons they once feared as they settle into a monstrously magical world.
How Not to Court Your Human Captive
How Not to Court Your Human Captive
Cozy Pairings
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Why we chose this: Six human women, rescued from slavers and brought to a sunless city of demons who turn out to be nothing like the monsters they were taught to fear: gruff soldiers, awkward apothecaries, possessive beastkeepers, charming architects, gentle bakers, and one demon who practices magic and finds himself falling for the human who was only supposed to be pretending. These are warm, cozy, genuinely tender stories about people building lives and love in a place none of them planned to end up. Vanilla + Cashmere carries the soft, enveloping warmth of a series this full of unexpected gentleness, quietly indulgent and entirely without fuss. It is the candle for every book in this series. Light this candle and let the warmth of vanilla and cashmere fill the room like a cozy cottage in a demon city where the fires are always going and everyone is slowly, carefully learning to trust.