Inner Beasts: A Tale Dripping in Crimson V

by Erica Beale

When Dr. Loweman and Dr. Gamal find themselves in a dangerous game of predator vs prey, the passion afterward is almost as risky but infinitely steamier.


After a lavish costume party thrown by the enigmatic Kain Knightstone, Dr. Kevin Loweman's control slips, unleashing a monstrous beast that shares his skin. His desperate struggle against this transformation puts him on a collision course with Dr. Oriana Gamal—a sassy and mysterious professor at Crimson University. Their night spirals into a deadly game of predator and prey, with Oriana’s quick thinking and divine powers barely taming the wild creature within him.

As the dawn breaks, their encounter ignites an unexpected spark. Oriana offers Kevin a chance to explore a night of passion, with no strings attached, just comfort after a harrowing night. Yet, the tension between them hints at deeper connections and untapped passions.

Inner Beasts is part five of the Tales Dripping in Crimson series, but it stands on its own.

35 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 23, 2024

About the author

Erica Beale writes paranormal romance and romantasy for grown-up readers who like their fantasy messy, magical, sensual, and full of yearning.

Her stories feature complicated supernatural characters, slow-burn romance, found family, dangerous magic, and heroines who don't have to be nineteen, tiny, or destined for a throne to deserve an extraordinary story.

She is the author of The Veils Between Them, the first novel in the Crimson series, set in Crimson, Maryland, where witches, vampires, demons, fae, and other supernatural beings live a little too close to ordinary humans for anyone's comfort.

When she isn't writing, Erica is usually reading romantasy, developing unnecessarily elaborate theories about fictional people, or discovering that one of her own characters has ruined the plot again.

Magic. Mayhem. Burning & yearning.

Visit Erica at https://www.ericabeale.com