Marilyn Barr, Paranormal Romance Author
Monstrously Hawt Books
It is no secret that I love to write romance on the spicy side. These books don't fade to black but instead bring the heat. Clutch your pearls and enjoy the wild side of happily ever after...
Snuggling Under Snowdrifts
Monster Romance Series
Book 1: Cuddling My Chuchunya
Her obsession stands before her, not as an extinct Australopithecus, but as a living chuchunya…an abominable snow monster who promises a lifetime of devotion in hiding…
Dr. Vera Thompson - I am one reindeer sleigh ride away from academic notoriety and the corpse excavation which will catapult my career from junior anthropology fellow to tenured professor. Crossing the tundra is not for the faint of heart but with modern technology like a GPS, cell phone signal, and all-climate winter gear, I’ll reach the suspected Australopithecus body unearthed by the melting permafrost. One more day of dodging methane gas pockets under the ice and my life will change forever…
Artyom - The hairless ones swarmed around my brother’s body like flies from the southern land. Tradition dictates his next of kin perform his last rites, so I follow the erratic driving of the hairless ones from a foreign land. If these invaders discover my chuchunya clan, I fear we are too few to defend our territory under the ice. I don’t understand why the sled driver throws his passenger into a ground popper, but the cruel deed activates my coupling (dushevnayasvyaz) instincts to heat my body to an inferno…the first sign of a soul bond…
Stuck between loyalty to his clan’s secrecy and his biology, will Artyom trade injured Vera for Denis’s body? Will Vera choose modern conveniences in Ohio or stay in Canada with the chuchunya who promises to cherish her? In such an unforgiving landscape, will Artyom prove his dushevnayasvyaz by pushing her toward an easier life, even if her leaving breaks both their hearts?
Trigger Warnings: This book is for adults with cursing characters, mild violence, and steamy romantic scenes between a consenting human and a monster. To survive while isolated in Arctic circle, they must eat whatever food is available—whether it is a reindeer companion or not.
Book 2: Spooning My Chuchunya
I found the most elusive spot to hide from my parent’s cult but in claiming my cave, I accidentally allowed a snow monster to claim me…
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Dr. Sydney Decker
Six months ago, Dr. Vera Thompson disappeared into the Siberian wilderness to settle with a mysterious “survivalist colony” without a known location. She may have bought their lies, but I was born into an isolated group of religious fanatics and can’t believe Vera would fall into the same trap. Her weak “find my phone app” signal is the lifeline between us, and I won’t stop searching the frigid tundra for her. My best friend helped me escape but now, it’s my turn to save her.
Sergei
Loneliness threatens my sanity with each rejection at the annual mating chase. Females fear my hot temper and need for control, instead of appreciating that I am the biggest and fiercest male chuchunya. I had lost hope I would discover my dushevnayasvyaz or soulmate, but then she found us. This season I find myself breaking the ancient rules and deliberately damaging the rituals I hold dear…at her request. I meant what I said when I promised to rearrange the world to make my dushevnayasvyaz happy, but when will I be pushed too far?
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Caught between the regimented conditioning of the clan and the willful spirit of his dushevnayasvyaz, Sergei must choose the order which keeps him stable or his chance at fated love. Will they escape punishment for their deeds or face shunning in a desolate place where community means survival? Will Sydney recognize he’s betraying his kin to win her heart or ignore their bond in fear of losing her independence?
Book 3: Cherishing My Chuchunya
Patricika
Three years ago, I found the love of my life, my soulmate, my dushevnayasvyaz, and I let him go. Fate brings us together time and again, shredding my heart. I’m tired of denying myself a happily ever after for the sake of my dying Chuchunya clan. Why must I suffer a loveless mating at every chase only to have the male despise me for not committing to him? Why can’t my future be filled with human/Chuchunya hybrids surrounded by love?
Adam
When I was injured and alone, a merciful angel—with furry arms, not wings—rescued me from freezing to death. Because I’m not a snow monster, I tried to do the right thing and live half a life without her. I’m an anthropologist and understand the need to preserve a culture in danger of extinction…but I can’t help how I feel. Mobsters, scientists, and the leaders of her clan fight to keep us apart, but they are no match for a dushevnayasvyaz. Even if it takes my life, we will have a chance to be together…so I can make her dream of creating a family come true.
Their forbidden love story depends on whether or not the clan is ready to believe in a dushevnayasvyaz without the biological symptoms. Sure, a female can be captivated by the throes of dushevnayasvyaz …but can a human male? The spring thaw promises to bring the clan’s greatest joy in a new kit and their greatest fear, a jealous Dr. Barbahall with nothing to lose. Will risking his life be enough to keep his family safe?
Book 4: Enbracing My Chuchunya
Kaitlyn
When I asked to be surrounded with ‘creature comforts,’ I should have been more specific. Accountants like me aren’t built to ‘rough it’ in the university’s satellite anthropology lab on the tundra, nor are we equipped to fight off mobsters who rob us. What is there to steal in an anthropology lab, housed in a rusted shipping container anyway? The hero who rescued me claims to be my true love, but he’s a little too ‘creature’ and his idea of ‘comfort’ is a cavern under the permafrost…
Serik
As soon as I smelled Kaitlyn’s raven-black hair, I knew she was mine. Adam warned me she was too prickly to be a Chuchunya mate, but I don’t care. I show all the symptoms of a snow monster soul mate bond, our dushevnayasvyaz, except my female’s acceptance of me. Why didn’t she fall in love the moment I saved her? How can I win her heart before the others discover what I’ve done?
Serik’s time to seduce Kaitlyn runs thin as the boreal forest’s snow melts into spring. Will Timor learn that Serik kidnapped a human and force Kaitlyn to select her male at a mating chase? She won’t choose Serik—not when she despises him for taking her. Will the other human mates find Kaitlyn first and help her escape? Serik’s impulsive decision may have blown his one chance at love…
Book 5: Forgiving My Chuchunya
Hannah
I’m trapped in a horror movie and I’m not ‘final girl’ material. Blame Mercury retrograde, but against my better judgment, I took a position as a traveling nanny—the Canadian Arctic can’t be too cold in the summer, right? Not even my tarot cards could predict my employer would book the cheapest, shadiest tour operation to guide us. Our buses now rust on the bottom of the Arctic Ocean and my rescuer refuses to return me to the group. Did I mention he’s disguised as a yeti? Yeah, he’s eccentric but there isn’t another soul for miles, so I’m stuck with my warm and fuzzy companion.
Gleb
Kidnapping, chasing, and hoarding our mates are ingrained in Chuchunya culture. The clan leaders support males who claim human women as mates. However, when I drag Hannah from the freezing ocean’s depths and nurse her to health, the leaders declare I must return her to her pleasure mate or face shunning. She’s my dushevnayasvyaz and belongs in my home, not with a human who can’t protect her from the dangers of the Tundra. I’ll never give her up, so we are shunned…alone under the permafrost…with her pleasure mate at the bottom of the ocean where I left him.
Will Hannah and Gleb survive without the support of the Chuchunya clan, or will his primitive lifestyle break her spirit? Will their dushevnayasvyaz hold them together when Hannah discovers what happened to her boyfriend, Jack?
Snuggling Under Snowdrifts Book 6: Holding My Chuchunya...will release in 2025! Thank you to everyone who has supported this series and made my dreams for it manifest!
Betrothed to the Yeti: Monster Brides Romance
Will Jaya’s bitterness unleash the darkness in Pabu’s soul, or will their love save the village of corrupted Alpha from self-destruction?
Jaya, human colonist on Enceladus, Moon of Saturn, 2700 AD
As the third daughter of a beggar, my prospects at the Alpha’s betrothal ceremony range from horrific to nightmarish. Sometimes I wonder if I should have taken matters into my own hands…like my eldest sister, Nima. Her fate rests in her baby bump. Where I sleep tonight depends on the mercy of the Seer, and what the colony Leaders voted to do with me. Will I be chained in the brothel or somewhere more terrifying? Do I dare wish for a life far away from Alpha?
Pabu, Enceladus Yeti deemed the Protector of Humans
After generations of loneliness, I summoned the courage to request a companion in the villages’ tithes. I yearn for the relationship I had with the first Earthlings to land on this snowy wasteland, the ones who taught me the language and ways of humans. Jaya is an ill-tempered shell of those jovial humans. She says she’s my bride, but will my darkness take her claim as an invitation to consume her? How long can I hide my baser instincts when my fondness for her grows by the day and her angry suit of armor melts faster than snow…
Monstrous grooms and beastly brides? Don't be afraid of falling in love... it's super-natural! Explore the entire Monster Brides series, one tantalizing happily-ever-after at a time!
Marrying My MothLady: Monster Brides Romance
Horus
Dedicating your life to a good cause shouldn’t feel like you’re the scum of the Earth. In my quest to preserve the forest insects I love, I took a left turn into corruption without knowing it...a tenured research position in entomology, an engagement to our largest donor's daughter, and potentially more money than I can spend in a lifetime is a recipe for happiness, right? Every time I think of my future life, my ulcerative colitis flares and I spend the next hour contemplating my mistakes—in a bathroom stall. If I’m smart enough to deserve all this, how did I miss that my university department provides data to the mining company bulldozing the forest I love? It took two locals, a crack on the head, and a bungled kidnapping to see what I’d done. How can I fix this?
Millie May
Well, I’ve gone and ruined my brother’s plans now. Being the children of the legendary Mothman should mean we are better at scaring, kidnapping, and holding hostages than this. Trapped between keeping my existence a secret and saving my home, I revealed my moth lady self to the scientist we stole…and fell in love. Horus sees the lady inside the moth and, dagnabbit, I refuse to give him up. He’s rough around the edges but when we’re alone, he vows to find a way for me to leave my isolated life and live my dreams. Are these pretty promises to escape my treehouse or will he champion our cause?
Will Horus risk it all to save the ecosystem he's studied for years? Or is his integrity compromised by the promise of a billionaire's lifestyle, tempting him to cash in on Millie May’s secrets?
Tied to Ms Krampus: A Monster Brides Romance
Liselotte
One hundred years fly by when climbing up the Krampus hierarchy. This Christmas Eve will be my last night chasing brats if the elders accept my application. Tomorrow opens the Krampus Village housing window and I’m missing one piece—a Krampus male to sire the next generation. After the Krampus males trampled me for one hundred years, I’d rather bed one of the possessed pine trees of Christmas Town than them. My last option is to convert a human into a Krampus before Santa’s elf assassins can take him from me…and I selected my fiancé twelve years ago.
Gerhard
While my son’s antics greyed my hair during the year, my annual game night with Ms. Krampus on Christmas Eve made every embarrassing brush with the authorities worth it. I never signed up for the single-dad role, but my bitter divorce twelve years ago forced my hand. My son spiraled out of control but slowly found his place in society—thanks in part to Ms. Krampus. Sending my son, Dirk, to college means he’s grown out of her jurisdiction, but she’s sipping coffee at my poker table. In the game’s pot is the adventure of a lifetime, but why me? Surely a retired P.E. teacher can’t be her first choice to join her in Christmas Town and start a family? What’s the catch? Does she bluff her hand or secrets about Christmas Town?
Spelunking for a Goblin Husband:
A Monster Brides Romance
Chloe
Aliens attacked and I may be the last human left alive. One minute I’m fishing a tourist’s stuffie from the underground caverns and the next I’m witnessing the Mammoth Cave Tour bus’s demise. Ka-boom! Fear locks me in the caves where I raid the trash cans for food like a raccoon—and I’m out of trash cans. Without food, my medicines, or Mr. Meone, I don’t know how much longer I can survive underground. I just need supplies and my beloved cat to live happily ever after. No other companions are required…especially a Kentucky Cave Goblin.
Ray
Blasted Chay won my marriage amulet last night at the Goblin Games while I was on a bender. Cave crickets make a goblin do stupid things like get engaged to Putrid Portia by gambling with her crooked father. Before the Goblin King arrives to sanctify the marriage, I must find someone to beat Chay at his games…someone gullible…someone desperate…well, what do we have here?
Can Chloe trust Ray not to doublecross her, feed her to the aliens, or gamble her away to another goblin? Will he take her to rescue Mr. Meone or wait for her autoimmune disease to consume her? After a trip to the Goblin Games, she wins his marriage amulet from his nemesis…but will she win his heart too?
Monstrous grooms and beastly brides? Don't be afraid of falling in love... it's super-natural! Explore the entire Monster Brides series, one tantalizing happily-ever-after at a time!
White Wedding Black Widow: A Monster Brides Romance
Coming to the Monster Brides on 10/15/2025!
You’re never too old to lead a rebellion.
Lt. Colonel Dash McMartin, 2855 AD
I’m a sucker. Accepting one more space force mission before retiring was stupid, but I couldn’t let those kids crash my favorite ship while I sat at my desk. Noah and Ethan may have stripes on their uniforms, but my shoes have more extraterrestrial experience than they do. Their bravado and stupidity turn deadly when we crash on the forbidden exoplanet, Latrodectus. Retirement sounded awful after the death of the love of my life, but this is what I sought to avoid—spending my last days on the US space force stranded on a distant planet infested with giant spider aliens.
Lucacha
As long as my sister can’t find a breeding partner, the torture of our colony will end with her. The resistance cheers her every memory lapse and stumble. Rumor has it she’s not appearing in public as often because she’s developed brain rot, but I have yet to see it for myself. She plotted my death when we were children, but my friends in the royal guard hid me on the dark side of the planet. Now, I’ve grown into a formidable adult, and revenge will be mine as I take my rightful place on the throne. However, the arrival of humans threatens the plans I set in motion before they existed…Which sister will deliver a clutch of eggs first when the human males refuse the queen and Dash escapes the colony? Will Dash join Lucacha’s rebellion to save the colony or resent becoming a pawn in a fight between sisters?
Jockeying for a Centaur's Heart:
A Monster Brides Romance
Coming to the Monster Brides series in 2026!
The Spiritual Spy Duology
Book 1: The Spy Who Was Out Cold
Ito may call Katya his umnyashka, but this clever telepath has made a catastrophic mistake. When Sergei assassinated their captors, Katya rejected Sergei’s offer of freedom for Ito’s promise of love as he worked his way up to mob boss. Fifteen years later, Katya has traded her metal cage for an endless string of hotel rooms with no hope of escape until Sergei steps into her life with a second chance.
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Sergei thought he could forgive himself for his crimes as a teen cage fighter if he rescued enough kids from similar situations. Now he doubts it, but the institute won’t surrender its most effective vigilante to his dreams of retirement. With a prayer to his spirit guardians, Sergei vows this rescue will be his last…one way or the other.
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Sergei’s final mission squeezes him between the loyalty to his childhood comrades and the hope of a simple life. Is Katya part of Ito’s expansion into human trafficking, an innocent in need of rescue, or possibly the one who will share his new life? Will Katya choose redemption, or will her wicked programming jeopardize the mission and Sergei’s life?
The Spy Who Loved
My Russian Tea Cakes
Reiki Practitioner Cassie Morgan is the black sheep of her family. She would rather work over the Christmas holidays than answer her family’s interrogation about her non-existent love life and career choices. She assures herself it has nothing to do with the handsome coma patient, Sergei Chekov who stars in her dreams.
Sergei wakes from blackness and dreams of a siren’s call. He isn’t sure who he can trust when the woman from his dreams walks into his room with his favorite childhood treat to jog his memory. Despite his attraction to her, he must escape to safety.
Cassie is heartbroken and left with nothing but questions. Who was the woman who convinced her to wake Sergei? Why is the FBI involved? And will she ever see Sergei again or will she be left to pine over the spy who loved Russian tea cakes?
Hell of a Husband:
Standalone Demonic Rom Com
They're a match made in hell...
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Spamato the demon of email mischief is suffering from obsoletism. He's working around the clock to create email mischief for mortals but his plans are always derailed by the quintet of social media demons. Obsoletism means he burns in the Pit of Eternal Damnation and Spamato will do anything to avoid his fate. If only he could find a sucker willing to take his place...
Rachel's career as a corporate embezzler comes an abrupt end when she falls off a building while evading police. They may send her to hell, but that doesn't mean she'll fall in line...not when the line leads to the punishment rooms. She slides into hell's server room and right into Spamato's trap.
Spamato has his sucker but can he stand aside and watch Rachel fade into obsoletism, or has one of hell's demons caught feelings for a newbie? Will Spamato reverse the deal and if so, what will he offer instead?