"I am yours, and I can be your prince as well as your beast."

Luke

I'm your typical small-town loser stuck in a dead-end job. Single, because dating is for well-adjusted human beings, not traumatized gay boys with trust issues. All I want is to leave my past behind and finally start living.

My wish comes true in the most bizarre way imaginable. One evening, a beautiful man with pointy ears and flowing dark locks appears out of nowhere. He proclaims I am to be his 'Dark Companion' based on some stupid deal I made in a dream. Oh, and apparently he's an elven prince, the Lord of Shadows, Protector of the Nightmare Realm, and Knight of Grief Ocean.

Which is a weird way to ask me out, but okay.

It's a hard no for me, but this absolute psycho abducts me to his palace in a moonlit realm populated by vicious beasts and backstabbing courtiers.

If I am to ever get back home, I need to adapt, because our full moon wedding is approaching fast. I can't allow myself to buy into his seductive kisses, poet shirts made of spider silk, and bouquets of sapphire roses. They hide poison and deception. A gilded cage is still a prison.

But…

What if I just never realized that what I need is a man with a cruel smile and a sword dipped in midnight? A man with secrets, scars, smoky eyes, and a past filled with darkness, and… have I mentioned he has a big d—

Taken by the Lord of the Nocturne Court is a standalone, scorching hot, dark gothic M/M romantasy filled with snark and dark humor, but also violence, peril, jealousy, and angst.

This book is a darkly romantic escape into the shadows where love and destiny collide. Listen to discover if a gilded cage can become a home when shared with a seductive elven prince devoted to his Dark Companion's every wish. Includes enemies to lovers trope; fake relationship; an obsessive hero; isekai; shadow magic; and monsters and fantastical creatures.

Intended for mature listeners.