Bound by the Bond

Bestselling author Lena Carter has spent years crafting the dark and thrilling world of Moonbound. But after writing a tragic ending where her protagonist dies, she regrets it instantly. As she types “The End,” a surge of pain knocks her unconscious. When Lena wakes up, she finds herself inside Moonbound—but she's not the protagonist. She's the villainess queen who set everything in motion. Trapped in a world that could save her life in reality but destroy her in fiction, Lena's only hope lies in the four powerful, supernatural mates fate has bound her to. These mates, once imprisoned and tortured in Lena's tower house, now hold the key to her survival. But as the villainess, Lena had exploited their mate bond for her own gain, leaving them broken and wary. To rewrite the ending and escape Moonbound, Lena must convince her mates that she's not the monster they remember. However, as Lena works to regain their trust, she realizes that the mate bond she once manipulated now threatens to consume her. Trapped in a story she twisted to her will, Lena must survive the dangerous desires of the men she betrayed—all while enemies lurk in the shadows, waiting to strike. She needs to escape, to rewrite her fate before it’s too late. But when hatred turns to hunger and vengeance becomes obsession, will she still want to? ⸻ Excerpt: They shoved her down, their bodies a cage of heat and hunger. “Look at you now,” they murmured as one, shadows flickering in their eyes. “Under our mercy.” Lena gasped. She should have fought, should have run—but her traitorous body begged for more.