Bought by the Golem: Monsters' Bride Market

By Cara Wylde

My body is becoming a prison of stone.

For years, I chased a ghost. It is the curse of my kind: without a soulmate to anchor our life force, a golem is doomed to harden into stone. The Marriage Temple never sent a letter; my DNA match never appeared. Now, I am too stiff to travel, dragging my heavy limbs to the nearest bride market as a final, desperate act. The calcification is claiming my breath, my pulse, and my ability to feel. Unless I find her, I will be nothing but a statue, a boulder void of life.

Then I see her.

She doesn't stand tall like the others. She is cowering, shaking, her pale skin mottled with dark bruises. My hardened heart gives a jagged, painful thud. I know the odds are against me. She is likely another match that won't take, but I raise my paddle anyway.

If I am to end as a cold, unfeeling object, let my last act be her freedom.

Welcome to the bride market Monsters bid, you choose.
This is a spin-off series to Arranged Monster Mates. We're back on Alia Terra with steamy stories told by your favorite paranormal romance authors: Eva Brandt, Lia Frost, Cara Wylde, and Ava York.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GYRFSPRB
• ISBN13: 9798258879899
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 193 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 5.0"