He Who Slumbers Beneath the Mountain
Hope Winter's faerie landlord, Astor Ravenfell, is charming, devastatingly handsome, and probably evil. A week before her graduation, he performs an unexpected inspection on her flat and gives her a two week eviction notice for keeping pets. Reading up on landlord-tenant laws in Wurmheim, Hope files a lawsuit against him with the magistrate. Too bad the magistrate is in Ravenfell's pocket. But Ravenfell has other schemes afoot. When he finds out Hope's first-class degree is in magical beast taming, he offers to renew her contract if she agrees to train his illegal baby dragon for reasons he won't disclose. Unable to find another suitable flat, she accepts his proposition.
But their heated interactions don't go unnoticed. To her dismay, Hope finds her fraught relationship with Lord Ravenfell the hottest topic of speculation in Wurmheim's gossip rags. Other powerful figures begin to notice her, including a faerie lord from another county who is convinced Ravenfell is up to no good. What seems like an insignificant bargain to keep him updated on Ravenfell's activities quickly becomes a curse. To break it, Hope must betray Ravenfell and steal the mysterious Godheart, said to grant one's deepest desire. If she fails, her friends and family will continue to suffer terrible misfortune.
To make matters worse, the legendary, ancient dragon that sleeps in the mountains outside Wurmheim is waking up, and a secret from Hope's birth comes back to haunt her. All the while, she finds herself growing closer to Ravenfell, but is his romantic teasing only a manipulative ploy, or is something deeper growing between them? Hope's professional expertise might be taming beasts, but in her arrogant landlord, she may have met her match.
Mature Novel
- Romance
- Fae
- Faerie
- Romantasy
- Fairy Tale
- Enemies To Lovers
- Dragons
- Romance
- Fantasy Romance
- Fantasy
- Mild Spice
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Elle Montague
I'm an avid reader of all genres. I am especially inspired by Jane Austen, Olivia Atwater, Susanna Clarke, Rachel Gillig, Naomi Novik, and Sarah J Maas.
