A.K. ROOK
FLAMEBOUND
Dr. Hina Tanaka came to Ahi’koa to monitor a dormant volcano. She was not supposed to find someone living in it.
Six months after the thermal anomaly first showed up on her instruments, she’s standing at the rim of Mauna Keo with a man — if he can be called a man — whose body runs hot enough to redden the air around him, who learned English forty years ago and never updated it, and who has been waiting for her since 1981.
The notebooks of the woman who came before her are in Hina’s hands. The bond is in her blood. The volcano is no longer dormant.
Ahiakua means the spirit of fire. He says it to Hina like a confession.
A note from the porch
It’s been a year of writing inside a volcano. Hina’s book asked me harder questions than the first two — about who gets to choose what they carry, about loving someone whose body runs at a temperature yours can’t match, about the women who came before us and left us their notebooks. Pualani’s pages took me longer to write than any chapter I’ve drafted, and I’m still thinking about her.
If you’ve been waiting for this one since the thermal anomaly showed up at the end of Skinbound — thank you. Thank you for trusting me to bring you up the mountain.
The island has been waiting for them. All of them. Two more to go.
Which Monster Is Yours?
On my nightstand
What I’ve been reading between drafts. If you finished Flamebound and need somewhere to land — start here.
Stalked by the Kraken
A matchmaking witch hires the wrong investigator and ends up tangled with an ancient sea creature who’s been watching her longer than she’d like to know. Tentacles, tension, and the slow recognition that being pursued can also feel like being chosen.
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A noblewoman taken captive by an orc captain who has a plan for her — and then something else happens, something slower and more inconvenient. Fenn writes the slow burn like it’s actually burning. Gothic fantasy setting, excellent tension, and a monster who uses his words.
Find it →Reeled In
A short, spicy monster romance from an indie writer who’s quietly built a backlist nobody talks about loudly enough. Exactly the palate cleanser you want between heavier reads.
Find it →Treasure of the Abyss
Book one of The Kraken — a sailor pulled under by a sudden storm wakes to a rescuer who refuses to let her go. If Naia and her trench worked for you, the whole seven-book series will too.
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