Taken Beneath The Ice: A Kraken Tentacle Monster Romance

She went into the dark cellar expecting warm laundry water-she never expected an ancient creature to reach back. Eight months at Blackrock Pass Waystation had taught Maren two things: mountain winters are merciless, and the underground lake in the cellar never freezes. As the bathhouse attendant, she spends her evenings scrubbing linens in the steamy dark, singing to pass the hours. She thought she was alone, until a massive, warm hand reaches out from the black water and holds her wrist. Vessh is a four-hundred-year-old leviathan who has spent centuries beneath the mountain, learning human speech by listening through stone. He intended to stay hidden forever, but Maren's song and warmth pull him to the surface. What begins as tentative late-night touches soon turns into an intoxicating connection deeper than the subterranean lake itself. When the snowbound innkeepers discover a creature in their water supply and plan to foul the lake, Vessh prepares to retreat into the cold open sea to protect Maren's safety and reputation. But Maren refuses to lose the gentle leviathan who breathes life into her lungs. To save him, she must defy the whole house and expose her deepest secret before he slips away forever. Taken Beneath The Ice is a cozy, steamy standalone fantasy monster romance featuring a gentle kraken, a resilient bathhouse attendant, snowbound forced proximity, and deep subterranean passion