Coffee Shop Monster AU: a small town MM monster romance

By K.C. Carmine

Rowan:
Moving to a tiny town for the summer was not ideal for a city bigfoot like me. My job in finance may be joyless but at least paid well and used to give me an office with a spectacular view. Not for the next two months. I'd be even more pissed off if Wendigo Hills wasn't surprisingly welcoming, and the barista in the coffee shop wasn't so damn cute.
Milo:
I was destined for chaos, not juggling work, debt, and school while visiting my last living family member, Ethel, in a nursing home.
It would have been another busy but boring summer if I hadn't followed great aunt Ethel's advice. I set my goal to get some action just as a hot and hairy bigfoot moved into my hometown.
What started as a summer fling quickly turned into heated dates and feelings neither of us expected. How will I survive the inevitable breakup when summer ends and Rowan goes back to Chicago?

* coffee shop meet-cute

* cryptid/human

* size difference

* opposites attract

* A fix-it with a hairy bigfoot and a chaotic human

Additional Tags: Milo/Rowan, Alternate Universe, bigfoot Rowan x human Milo, Monster AU, grumpy/sunshine, canon is just a guideline, Characters being Bad at Feelings, Consent, Feels, Food, I wrote this instead of sleeping, Mythical Beings & Creatures, Not canon compliant, Steam with plot, POV multiple, Steamy Content, Soulmates - sort of - you'll see, hurt/comfort, referenced minor character passing, I probably forgot some tags sorry, Have a good day everyone except Andrew, Everyone hates Andrew, Ethel is awesome, Supportive besties FTW, Rowan's Eyes are Hazel Truther, written without AI obvi, size difference iykyk, I mean Rowan is a bigfoot so yeah, Happy Ending, of all kinds for everyone except Andrew.

Coffee Shop Monster AU is a MM fanfiction style novel, based on the Canon short story written by AM Rose for the multi-author series Because Canon Sucks. In Canon, Milo and Rowan miss out on their happy ever after, so this series strives to give them one in every other universe.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HDYQ7F1T
• ISBN13: 9798192002179
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.0"