Taken by the Lord of the Nocturne Court

<h4><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>I am yours and I can be your prince as well as your beast.</em></strong></h4><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Luke</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>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.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>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.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Which is a weird way to ask me out but okay.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It's a hard no from me but this absolute psycho abducts me to his palace in a moonlit realm populated by vicious beasts and backstabbing courtiers.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>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.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But...</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>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 and scars and smoky eyes and a past filled with darkness and... have I mentioned he has a big d-</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>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.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The book is a darkly romantic escape into the shadows where love and destiny collide. Dive into the pages 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.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>POSSIBLE SPOILERS:</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Themes: </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>abduction enemies to lovers size difference fake relationship dark humor snark jealousy hurt/comfort afraid to commit obsessive hero forced marriage isekai fantasy elven prince gothic castle childhood trauma shadow magic monsters and fantastical creatures fish-out-of-water secrets portal fantasy</span></p><p></p>