{"product_id":"the-binding-9798245294032","title":"The Binding","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Anna Viktoria Luv\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Romance - Fantasy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIllustrations by A.V. LUV\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe door shouldn't exist. I know that. But I'm so tired of my life going nowhere that I push it open anyway.\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn the other side, I find him.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMassive. Monstrous. Bleeding black blood onto marble floors.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHis eyes lock onto mine-ancient, burning gold-and his voice scrapes through me like smoke and gravel.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"You came.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLike he's been waiting. Like he knows me.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI should run. Instead, I stay.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMara is twenty-eight and watching her life slip away. Sydney's housing crisis has scattered her friends to cheaper cities, her parents are selling the childhood home, and she's stuck treading water in a life that was supposed to have started by now. When she discovers a mysterious door on a cliff path, she walks through-because something, anything, needs to finally happen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe doesn't expect to find a demon. She doesn't expect him to be gentle. And she definitely doesn't expect the way her body responds to his touch-or the way he looks at her like she's the only real thing in his world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKael has been bound for centuries, ancient magic slowly killing him while he waits for something he'd stopped believing would come. He's monstrous, powerful, and utterly honest-a creature who has never lied, never played games, never pretended to be anything other than what he is. When his human steps through that door, every instinct screams to claim her. To keep her. To worship her until she forgets she ever wanted to leave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Mara isn't a prisoner. The door works both ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe can leave whenever she wants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe doesn't want to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan she trust a monster who's never lied to her? Can he let her close enough to break him? And when the magic that binds him demands a price, will their bond be strong enough to survive it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemon Romance\u003cbr\u003eForced Proximity\u003cbr\u003eHe Falls First (and HARD)\u003cbr\u003eTouch Her and Die\u003cbr\u003eOnly Soft for Her\u003cbr\u003eCaptive Romance\u003cbr\u003eShe Chooses to Stay\u003cbr\u003ePossessive Monster\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Binding is a steamy monster romance novella for readers who like their heroes dark, devoted, and distinctly inhuman. If you want a demon who will burn the world for his woman but trembles when she touches him, this book is for you.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47571328860311,"sku":"9798245294032","price":1137.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798245294032.webp?v=1774886931","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-binding-9798245294032","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}