The Hunger She Keeps: A Gothic Monster Romance

By Thea Silk

She came to kill the monster. She's starting to think it's the only one trying to save her.

Five years ago, Wren Castellan's sister died in the woods outside Hollow Creek - ruled an accident, closed without a second look. Now the Guild has sent Wren back with a kill order and a coordinate: an ancient entity bound beneath the old mill, designation Class-7, threat confirmed.

But the thing in the mill isn't what killed her sister. It's what's been holding the real horror back - alone, in the dark, for two hundred years.

As Wren digs into what actually happened to Ivy, she uncovers a town built on a bargain older than its oldest family, a Guild that isn't what it claims to be, and a bound, silver-eyed entity that has never once tried to hurt her - even when protecting her costs it everything it has left.

She was trained to kill monsters. She was never trained for this: falling for the one thing standing between her and the dark that wants her town, her blood, and her.

THE HUNGER SHE KEEPS is a slow-burn gothic monster romance for readers who want their horror atmospheric, their love interests feral and devoted, and their small towns hiding something rotten under the floorboards.Monster hunter x ancient bound entitySmall-town gothic horror with a rotten conspiracy at its coreGrumpy, protective, feral love interest who cannot lie to youFound-family horror - the monster has been saving the town's children for decadesSlow burn to a hard-won Happy For Now endingBook 1 of The Guild Chronicles
If you loved the atmosphere of Mexican Gothic, the monster-and-girl ache of A Court of Thorns and Roses, and the dread of The Hunger by Alma Katsu - Hollow Creek is waiting for you.

The door is old. The town is older. And something has been paying the price for both, alone, for two hundred years - until her.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HG4D5XL8
• ISBN13: 9798194001675
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 540 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"