Tam M. Nicnevin

In a battle of wills against her wicked stepmother and a cruel earl intent on her dowry, Alice Blanchard is positive she has no one to turn to... Regency England is a hostile place for twenty-five-year-old Alice Blanchard: half-Black, autistic, and wholly uninterested in the romantic company of men, her current plan in life is to endure the tyrannical abuse of her stepmother until the racist old woman dies of an apoplexy. That plan goes out the window when the cruel Madame Blanchard informs Alice that she's been betrothed to the equally cruel Lord Matthew Hillborough, Earl of Pennwood. Until four old friends show her what she's truly capable of... Ever since she was a little girl, the only people who've ever shown Alice real love were Magpie, Silver, Kapri, and Glashtyn: four strange, clawed, fanged, many-limbed creatures carved of black glass that appeared to her in her dreams. Now these beings are all grown up, and so is Alice. They love her, they're willing to do anything for her, and she's willing to do anything for them. She just has to find the desperation she needs to let her monsters step out of the dream world and into reality. All it takes is a full moon...and human blood like a scarlet tide... Mirror Monster on My Wall is a 22k-word erotic monster mash-up novelette of "Snow White" and "Alice in Wonderland" set against the backdrop of Regency England and featuring a new kind of monstrous lover. Warning: This novelette is the story of an abused young woman taking back her power and autonomy and escaping her monstrous abusers with the help of the real monsters who love her. It features explicit scenes between a human woman, a monster woman, and three non-binary monsters. Reader discretion is advised. Trigger warnings and content notes are listed in the book’s front matter.