Strung Up By Her Web: A Monster Girl Fantasy

She survived seven centuries. Love may be what destroys her.
 

Beneath the ruined world of kings and empires lies a cavern realm where monsters remember every betrayal.

For seven hundred years, Sylvia—the last arachne—has hidden herself in the endless dark below Loúuldi. Feared as a creature of nightmare and burdened by a past soaked in blood, she survives in exile, haunted by the shadow of the woman she once served: the immortal Matron of Shadows, Madam Nightingale.

Then a band of wandering adventurers stumbles into her domain.

What begins as a hunt for a legendary weapon becomes something far more dangerous. A scarred elven captain. A solemn warrior with quiet devotion. Twin gargoyles hungry for affection and violence alike. A stubborn dwarf with songs still left in his heart. And Fennic—the gentle young elf who dares to love the monster waiting in the dark.

For the first time in centuries, Sylvia allows herself to hope.

But peace is fragile in a world ruled by ancient horrors.

When the sins of Sylvia's past come clawing their way back into the caverns, love itself becomes a battleground. Bound by grief, desire, and impossible devotion, Sylvia and her found family must confront a truth more terrifying than death:

Some monsters are not born.

They are made.

A sweeping tale of tragic romance, monstrous longing, and devotion forged in darkness, Strung Up By Her Web is the first tale from the beloved Tales of Ardor series.