An Alien Shifter for October

She was supposed to be his next victim.
She became his undoing.

OCTAVIA

I came to the outer systems to find myself through art—not to be captured, sold, and claimed by the galaxy’s most notorious monster.

Lord Skarreth is a nightmare made flesh: seven feet of obsidian skin, ice-blue eyes that promise death, and a wolf form that hunts his captives through a maze of blood-red roses. They say none survive his estate.

I should be terrified. I should fight.

But when he looks at me, I don’t see a monster—I see hunger. Loneliness. A fracture running straight through the mask he wears.

My gift reveals truth through paint, and the visions flooding my canvas whisper of lies woven into this estate. Of blood that was never meant to be spilled. Of a reputation built too carefully to be accidental.

Secrets that could destroy him.

Secrets that could get me killed.

He promises to hunt me tomorrow.
He’s been saying that for weeks.
And every dawn I wake untouched, I wonder whether I’ve been spared… or chosen.

SKARRETH

For twenty years I’ve built a reputation soaked in blood—one terrifying enough to keep my enemies exactly where I need them.

I can’t afford complications.
Can’t afford conscience.
Can’t afford to care.

Then she steps onto the auction block—an artist with fire in her eyes and paint-stained hands I can’t stop imagining on my skin.

Octavia sees too much. Paints truths that could unravel the lie holding my power together. And when she touches my wolf form without fear—when she looks at me like I’m a man instead of a monster—

I should hunt her. Silence her. Protect what I’ve built.

But every stolen moment, every whispered confession, every painting that reveals more than it should drags us closer to exposure.

Closer to war.

And closer to something far more dangerous than either of us expected.

Hope.

???? Perfect for readers who love:
• Morally gray alien shifters with devastating secrets
• Gothic Beauty and the Beast retellings in space
• Psychic heroines who see past the monster’s mask
• Deadly games that turn into obsession

⚠️ Contains: Deadly rose mazes, prophetic paintings, wolf shifter obsession, forced proximity that ignites into passion, and a captor who may not be what he seems.

This standalone sci-fi romance guarantees a satisfying HEA and enough heat to set your Kindle on fire.
Alien Abduction Romance of the Month novels are for mature audiences only.