With a snarl and a flash of golden fur, the hunter becomes the hunted. But this predator is far from ordinary—she is one of the gods’ children, a manticore-like lion woman named Lawai. 

Rafail, a hunter, longs for a place he belongs in the forests beyond his town. When Lawai spares his life, he repays the debt by healing the wound that drove her to starvation.

Passion ignites, and where lust flares, love follows. But a wild thing like Lawai does not belong in human lands, and Rafail cannot abandon his family. Can they find a future without losing each other—or themselves—in the process?

BY THE RIVER KYVELI: STALKED BY THE MANTICORE is a spicy monster (F) x human (M) romance novella standalone (19k words) set in ancient Greece. A story of passion, lust, and longing, BY THE RIVER KYVELI celebrates how love transforms us into our truest selves.