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Title: Stalked by the Kraken

Series: Monstrous Matches #1

Author: Lillian Lark

Genre: Folklore, Shapeshifters, Monsters, Romance, Paranormal, Adult, Erotica

Status: Finished

Rating: 4/5

Sypnosis: A matchmaking witch, an ancient sea creature, and the sex contract they make.

Welcome to the Love Bathhouse where desire and acceptance are in the water.

The Witch

Celibacy is a bad look for a matchmaker.

Especially a matchmaker who works at the kind of paranormal bathhouse that would have grandmothers clutching their pearls.
A worse look is a matchmaker experiencing a crisis of confidence.
I am that matchmaker.

We need raw magic, desperately.

And now a mysterious man walks into my office, offering me the exact solution I need.
The problem is that he wants to be matched… with me.
Matching doesn’t work for me; I found that out the hard way.

The Kraken

I saw her and the creature inside me wanted.

She doesn’t want a relationship. She says that the most we can have are the three nights she promised me, but the dark part of myself isn’t going to let the woman who snared its attention go.

I found her. I hunted her. She’s mine.

**Stalked by the Kraken is a monster romance that features tentacles. This book is a standalone and takes place in the same world as, and prior to the events of, Three of Hearts with some character crossover.

Content Warning: Book includes breeding behavior and mentions infertility

Review: I cannot believe I find the monster romances to be far better than the cheesy, bodice-ripping romances I used to read as a teenager. Seriously, I really do like these better because the storylines tend to be unique, the monster is far different from the hero and much sexier, and the sex is drool-worthy.

Seriously, I need to find an AA-type group for these stories because I haven't quite found one story that would take me out of this world quite yet and I have read a ton of hentai so these are quite tamed compared to those mangas.

Our Female Lead is a match-making witch who runs a bathhouse. Here couples can come to enjoy sex-positive romances in the privacy of these rooms. Our FL thought she had managed to match herself well with another named Jackson, but that ended up in a bust and our FL swears off romance in order to focus on match-making others.

Our Male Lead is a treasure hunter who feels he has lived such longevity of life. One day while in the cafe, he hears our FL talking which awakens the beast within him who wants nothing more than to hunt his little mate.

A necklace. A set of wards. And a Kraken on the hunt for his mate sets the plot for this story.

I really enjoyed this one. The romance and storyline were fun and the characters were great. I would love to revisit this place, especially the side characters because I would love to know if her cousin got what he wanted. xD

Seriously, take a chance with this one. It is really sweet.