Scout's Honor

I came here to get lost.

To bury the girl who cried through her mother's hospice nights and let a man like Marcus whisper his way into her bones. I thought if I packed enough food and walked far enough into the wild, I'd finally hear myself again. Maybe even become someone new.

I didn't expect him.

Kael isn't human. Not exactly. He's taller than the myths say, quieter too—careful in a way that makes the cave walls feel like home and the world outside feel foreign. He saved me from the man who promised he wouldn't stop until I was his again. But Kael doesn't want to own me. He just... sees me. The way no one ever has.

Now I'm hiding in the hollow of a mountain, learning how to speak without words. How to breathe without fear. How to want something real.

But Marcus is still out there, and he won't stop until I'm caught—or gone.

And Kael? He may be the only thing strong enough to protect me.

Scout's Honor is a fiercely intimate survival romance with a mythic twist. Perfect for fans of wilderness thrillers, found-safety tropes, and slow-burn heat between heroines who never asked to be saved—and the monsters who would burn the world to keep them safe.

🔥 Tropes & monster romance · sasquatch/cryptid hero · extreme size difference · protective possessive hero · hurt/comfort · forced proximity · only-one-bed · touch her and unalive · wilderness survival · healing from abuse · found home · grumpy-sunshine · who did this to you · slow burn to inferno · spice 🌶🌶🌶🌶

For readers who Ruby Dixon · Kathryn Moon · Opal Reyne · C.M. Nascosta · monsters with soft hearts and big hands