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The village of Gévaudan is full of wild tales, from wolves that turn into men, to trickster faeries and monsters that frighten all. Taught to fear the woods and those that do not look the same, humans shun the magical side of the world as much as they can.

Finlee is the village’s local pariah, and on one fateful night, she’s taken as repayment by one creature in particular that human’s fear above all else.

But when she accidentally shares a potion with the ogre, things neither of them can control begin to happen, cementing their fate for eternity. She was supposed to be his until dawn—and now she will become his forever.

54 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 19, 2022

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Profile Image for Darlene I read WAY to many books.
3,685 reviews2,449 followers
November 4, 2022
If you love shrek yeah Shrek this one is for you lol. Sean has a task to do bring a female to this person so his land is safe. And when he kidnaps Finlee he wasn’t think more of it. The banter and sass between them was so good and funny lol. But when Fin drinks something they get extremely sexual 😈😈😈

Sean also is effected and he doesn’t care the spice the dirty words lordddd who knew shrek smut was this yummy hehe.
That’s all you need to know really it’s short sweet and oh so yummy.



No ow/om drama, no cheating, Sexy times, virgin gal and no manwhore

Recommend-yes
Cover-⭐️⭐️⭐️
Heat level-🌶🌶🌶🌶


Instalove
breeding kink
23h/ idk his age
primal play
dubious consent
tail play
knotting
spitting
a really long forked tongue
No condom
Hea
Epilogue
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135 reviews41 followers
October 21, 2022
obsessed

Ruby made all my dreams come true and then my brain short circuited with the spice. The storyline is so cute and I love when two different species “explore” each other. The way I would DIE for Sean. I highlighted almost even single line he says cause he’s filthy. I still can’t believe this is Ruby’s first time writing monster romance. She really dove head first with this one and said “buckets, forked tongue and knotting please.” I swear this will convert anyone that hasn’t read monster romance yet.
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75 reviews14 followers
October 22, 2022
My first monster romance and I will DEFINITELY be reading more. This novella is quick, easy and spicy. If you want a quick read I recommend it 🫣 just make sure you read it when you’re alone lmao I was out in public and I know my face was flushed the entire time reading it 😭
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212 reviews2 followers
February 1, 2024
Daddy Shrek vibes? Please 🥵

Short n steamy. Like volcano levels of hot and eruptions if ya get me

Check the triggers

Lost a star coz I’m lil bit repetitive but I guess there’s only so many ways you can express pound town getting harder/faster/intensererer

But wtf happened to broski?? Like stomp off aye but didn’t realise he meant ALL THE WAY HOME 😂
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572 reviews164 followers
November 6, 2022
actual 3.5

I feel like a review isn’t necessary because you’re getting monster smut so you know what to expect.

That being said, I was shooketh to my core (ha) when I found out this was inspired by Shrek.
👁👄👁 to say the least lol

Virgin heroines aren’t my thing (cause ya girl is a h03), but this was a fun novella if you want some: knotting, primal, tail play, somnophilia, and a very very long forked tongue.
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571 reviews3 followers
November 10, 2022
a gem of a find

I came upon a recommendation for this story in a fb group. This author and story is new to me, despite this tale being out in the cyber world for several years now. With the current love for orcs and all things monster I am surprised this one hasn’t been mentioned prior. Hopefully others will find it as well. As always, I wish there was more but alas, there is not. If you wish for a quick tale this one is perfect.
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472 reviews22 followers
August 27, 2024
We love and adore a quit hot steamy monster read

Excuse me miss juniper please write a whole series of little novellas in this world please and thank you!
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712 reviews20 followers
October 25, 2022
Listennnn, y’all already know that I’m usually not a fan of novellas. But this one… 🫠😮‍💨 Some of the hottest fifty-something pages I’ve ever read. Ruby was meant to write monster smut. Bridget did us all a huge favor with this one, just saying. Get ready to one hand read this quick, spicy asf erotica.
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Author 6 books109 followers
January 17, 2023
Quick, hot, & dirty

Exactly what I was looking for! Finlee and Sean are a wild match, with no one more surprised than the ogre to find she’s made for him. More of these please <3
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129 reviews24 followers
October 28, 2022
I had seen this little novella all over social media, and I was really intrigued! I’ve never read anything by the author before, it was their first monster romance AND Shrek inspired. Sign me the f up.



Until Dawn follows Sean, our devilishly handsome people named Ogre, and our sassy FMC, Finlee.

Relations between Ogres and humans are pretty dire, mainly due to the common misconceptions that our spread about Ogres. Ogres have to pay a “tax” on their lands in order to keep humans from running them down. Sean is told by the Prince that his payment must be to bring him a human female 😬. We never actually see the prince, but he’s seems like a bad one. After her capture, Finlee finds herself in heat after swiping, what she believed was whisky, a horse mating potion and taking a drink.

Mutual gratification is then needed (until dawn 👉🏻👉🏻) and then it’s a wild erotica for the rest of the group. Throughout it all, Sean was so sweet and caring. They become a mated pair, and it’s a really sweet ending.

I really enjoyed this. The author set out to write a monster erotica, and they did exactly that. It was wonderful.

The word gaping was thrown round a few times, after what his tail did to her bum 🤣…and yeah…that was not a sexy image. But overall, great little read. Please keep writing monster novellas, and I can’t wait to read the rest of your work.
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533 reviews40 followers
November 11, 2023
“𝒀𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅. 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅…𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒎𝒆,”



𝖂𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖙𝖔 𝖊𝖝𝖕𝖊𝖈𝖙:

✔️ 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘬
✔️ 𝘒𝘪𝘥𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨
✔️ 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺
✔️ 𝘋𝘶𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵
✔️ 𝘛𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺
✔️ 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨
✔️ 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨
✔️ 𝘈 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘦
✔️ 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 & 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯
✔️ 𝘚𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦


“𝒀𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒏 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒔, 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒑. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈.”


What a novella this was. This was first book I read by Ruby and I am obsessed. This was a perfect dose of monster smut. I am not always a fan of novellas because I love my books chunky, but I truly enjoyed this one.

“𝒀𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒍𝒆𝒆. 𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒓𝒖𝒏, 𝑰’𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏. 𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒎𝒆, 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌. 𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆, 𝑰’𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓.”



Now on to the other Ruby's books.


𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆. 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒌𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒖𝒈𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕. 𝑰’𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒚𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍.
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277 reviews7 followers
October 20, 2022
another monster romance for the win!

When I first found out that Ruby Medjo had a new pen name and would be writing a monster romance novella, I was extremely EXCITED! I love her work and was curious to see how this would go.

Safe to say I was NOT disappointed. This book had all the monster smutty goodness with the hint of a cute little romance between human and monster.

“I want to break her beneath me, over and over and over, and then hold her so tightly that she knows nothing in this world will ever get to her.”

Sean may be a monster but his dirty talk to Finlee was HOT 🥵 I enjoyed their time together and see how well they fit and complete each other. The epilogue was so cute but still has that hint of sexiness.

“You’re mine now, Finlee. If you run, I’ll hunt you down. If you hate me, I don’t give a fuck. If you try to kill me, I’ll breed you like a wild animal until your body remembers its master.”
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688 reviews48 followers
November 5, 2022
𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒅𝒂𝒘𝒏; 𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice: 🔥🔥🔥
Tropes: MW, monster romance, knotting, tail play, breeding kink, virgin heroine, primal play, dub con, forked tongue

⚠️Check triggers⚠️

Finlee is taken by Sean, an ogre, for repayment for the prince of the kingdom. When they both accidentally drink a potion that helps horses mate, they can't deny the attraction they have to one another and decide to spend the night exploring one another.

I'm in love with this smutty monster novella. Sean and Finlee are perfect together. They have fun banter in the beginning that made me laugh. I adore Sean. He's obsessed with Finlee and his mouth is filthy. I love when he calls her "little one" 🥺 The spice was so good and some of the things Sean said made my toes curl 🥵
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475 reviews12 followers
August 7, 2023
Stars: ★★★★
Spice: 🌶🌶🌶🌶

“You’re mine until the sun rises, until my cock is limp. You do not have to do anything.”
♥ Orc/Human
♥ Size Difference
♥ Breeding
♥ DP
♥ Knotting
♥ Tail Play
♥ Forked Tongue
♥ Minor Sadism

“What’s a…knot?” I gasp. His dark chuckle is my only warning. “This, baby girl. Scream for me.”
Pure glorious monster smut.
That’s it. That’s the review.

“Shh, baby, it’s okay,” he soothes, gently thrusting until more of his thick cock pops past a band of resistance inside of me. “I’ll make it fit.”
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1,050 reviews20 followers
August 9, 2024
The thing I don't like about novellas is that you have to put a lot of information into a very short time frame, and sometimes the story comes out rushed. It's hard to make sure all the pertinent information is included when you are only writing so much. I liked Finlee and Sean but again, their "love" seemed too fast. I think this story would have been better as a full-length book. I love Ruby Medjo so this won't deter me from reading any of the other books written under Juniper Hale!
⭐️⭐️⭐️
HEA? yes
3rd act break-up? no
🌶🌶🌶🌶/5
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969 reviews13 followers
August 24, 2024
Until Dawn
Fantasy
Juniper Hale
⭐️⭐️⭐️

• ᴅᴜᴀʟ ᴘᴏᴠꜱ • ᴏɢʀᴇꜱ • ᴍᴀᴛɪɴɢ •

This book wasn't quite what I expected. I knew there would be spice, but by 30%, Sean and Finlee were already doing the deed. Actually, the majority of the book was about it 😂.

The world building was quite limited, and the pacing was ok. I liked the epilogue, which jumped 13 months.

The ending was quite sweet, but I wanted more of a plot. There was no information about the Prince, what happened when Sean didn't give Finlee to the Prince as promised, etc. I'm sure other readers would like this book more than I did, though.
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177 reviews14 followers
October 20, 2022
So this just proves that Juniper (Ruby) knows how to write a kick-ass spicy short story in both dark fiction and omegaverse (gimme them monsters).

Sean, a grumpy-sunshine ogre, abducts Finlee, a curvy, sassy human. They find themselves in quite a predicament when she accidentally drinks from the wrong flask (whoops), then he does (double whoops), with steamy results.

When I say that Sean has a dirty mouth, I mean to say he has a *filthy* mouth. Praise kink go brrrrrt!

Loved this short but hot story. Looking forward to Juniper's next release!
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413 reviews17 followers
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December 4, 2022
My friends are horrible influences 😂
I’m still not sure how I feel about this genre but I read this book in less than an hour! Pretty much 0 plot, they just do it a lot. A LOT. 🌶️🌶️🌶️

➕Finlee was actually super hilarious and I wouldn’t mind a full book about her!
➕ The spice 🤌🏼

Lots of TWs and things that made me cringe. But I read it and that is that! The MMC was an ogre so that was new.

Also, where TF did the brother disappear to during all this?!

Thanks to Kate and the rest of the monstrous brigade for corrupting me 😂
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646 reviews25 followers
June 26, 2023
4.5/5⭐️

WAIIIIT this was so much fun omg. I am still newer to monster romances and this did what it needed to.

I saw in someone else’s review that I’ve you liked Shrek as a kid you will love this and I couldn’t unsee that while reading this story — and I am not mad about it at all.

Sean was somehow filthy and sweet at the same time. And Finlee truly just did what any normal person would do — fall in love with him 😂

Beware it is unhinged with smut (in the best way possible) and IMO the plot is the smut. Do what you want with that information 😛
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353 reviews11 followers
November 22, 2022
perfectly yummy smut!

I loooove this novella! And the fact Ruby is trying her hand at monster romance! She far exceeded my expectations. I honestly need to know more about how this world is set up, and would love to see more about this setting.

Maybe a novella with the prince, see what satiates him! Haha
But I loved how Finely and Sean accidentally stumbled into lust and more!
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453 reviews25 followers
December 5, 2022
Romance ☑️
Hate to Love☑️
Sci-fi ☑️
Too-Hot-To-Handle ☑️

If you need a quick read that will get you hot and bothered and ready for release…💦then you found the perfect book. Tail have got a totally new use in this world…yum

Hero: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Heroine: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Chemistry: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Storyline: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Darkness: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Possessiveness:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Sexual Tension: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Sex Scene: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Story Ending: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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167 reviews11 followers
December 15, 2022
Until Dawn

Was there a plot? Not really, but, I mean Juniper did warn you about it. Until Dawn is a short, monstrous novella and was gloriously smutty in the world of monster smut and I am here for it! The way this book ended was very cute!

If you like:
▸ Tail play
▸ Breeding kink
▸ Knotting
▸ Spitting
▸ A really long forked tongue
This book is for you!

⚠️ Do look up content warning ⚠️
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169 reviews3 followers
July 13, 2023
Okay this story was great. Hot with size difference in every way. You could say there was dub-con since a potion was drunk to facilitate the fucking, but honestly if you're reading this story I don't think that's your biggest concern LOL. I appreciate that the author really emphasized that this ogre is huge in every single way in every single aspect. Like if this was hentai you'd see that stomach distend. An excellent monster fucker story and I hope the author writes more tbh lol. Spice 5/5.
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124 reviews4 followers
December 25, 2022
first monster smut and idk what to think tbh... kinda enjoyed it.. but it's short and therefore lacked substance. kinky ogre takes a smart-ass human girl captive and ravages her. it's like less than 60 pages with lots of steam. i don't like it when characters drop the "i love you" too soon.

tropes:
breeding kink
no condom
knotting
insta-love
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214 reviews23 followers
February 10, 2023
If you want a quick read, HOT & fun - just read it! Jump right in & do it!!!

All I’m going to say is I want a 7foot - over/orc, with a massive ribbed peen that knots, a split tongue & a tail that plays 😈😈

Thank you @smutandspice for inspiring @rubymedjoromance to write monster novellas!

Ruby this was so much fun!
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23 reviews
October 3, 2023
Short & Steamy (spoilers)

This was a great short read when you are craving something not so normal and really spicy.
This book has a lot of good points to it
•different species
•different relationships views
•even completely different sizes in body types.
My only question is, where did the other ogre go?
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