Stand Alone – set in a larger world across many of L.J.’s books
Tropes: apocalyptic romance, bully, reverse harem, protective men, captivity, touch her and ☠️, morally gray heroes, forced proximity

When civilization fell, so did the rules. 

Everyone knew the world was in trouble. No reasonable person had zombies on their apocalypse BINGO card. Yet, here I am—bloody, breathless, and running for my life from the only home I’ve ever known. 

Straight into the arms of three dangerous men who look like they were built to take on a horde of the de@d. 

Big. Brutal. Armed to the teeth. 

They drag me to their cabin in the woods and tell me there’s no chance of escape. They own me. 

I try to run. Of course, I do.

But they catch me right before I become some walking corpse’s midnight snack. 

Now, I belong to them. Wholly.

They protect me. Feed me. Keep me warm at night. 

And my body? That’s theirs, too. 

The longer I’m with them, the harder it is to remember what freedom feels like. Because their big hands know exactly how to make me forget. 

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🚨Trigger Warning🚨

Monsters in the Woods is dark, and may trigger sensitive readers. Here are a list of the triggers: 

• Shit you’d expect from zombies
• References to child abuse
• Brutal amputation 
• Death of loved ones (discussed, in past)
◦ Parents
◦ Very young brother
◦ Friends
◦ Ex-wife 
• Mental health issues
• Torture
◦ Discussion of past flaying
◦ Whipping
◦ Mutilation of corpse
◦ Removal of tongue(discussed, in past)
• Graphic sex
◦ Reverse harem(no sword crossing)
◦ Gun play
◦ Age gap 
◦ Dubious consent(paper thin)
• Talk of past cannibalism
• Sexual assault
• Captivity
◦ Stockholm syndrome 
• Discussion of past domestic violence
• Cruelty to spiders(discussed, in past)
• Punished FMC
◦ Isolation
◦ Used graphically
• FMC feeling guilty regarding being pissed off at her parents when the were alive(believe it or not, this is my biggest trigger—guilt haunts me!)