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🎧 JUST $5.99 thru 10/31 on Audible! 🧛 Hot Monster Girl Gamers Hunting Vampires! Blood Knight: Vampire Slayer (#1)

October 7, 2025 by Edie Skye Leave a Comment

Hark! I just finished up one Blood Knight: Vampire Slayer sale … only for Audible to choose the audiobook for its October sale. 🤣 That said, if you’re into hot monster girl gamers hunting vampires, you can grab Book 1 of the Blood Knight series for just $5.99 through the end of October!

GRAB BLOOD KNIGHT: VAMPIRE SLAYER ON AUDIBLE

But also, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that The Complete Series Box Set just came out. So if you’d rather grab the whole thing for the cost of a credit, you can do that here:

GRAB THE BLOOD KNIGHT BOX SET ON AUDIBLE

I hope you enjoy it! 😃


CONTENT WARNING: All relationships are positive, supportive, and consensual, but there is some rowdy werewolf BSDM.

TROPES:

  • Extra Spicy Fast Burn Romance
  • Badass Monster Girls
  • Smut with Feelings
  • Spicy Power-Ups
  • Lots of Banter
  • Found Family
  • Marriage & Pregnancy
  • Small Harem (MFFFFF)
  • Extra Spicy Gamer Girl Succubus FMC
  • Witchy Goth Gamer Girl FMC
  • Sassy Slime Girl With An Unexpectedly Sad Backstory FMC
  • Rowdy Tomboy Wolf Girl Who’s Mostly at Game Nights for the Pizza FMC
  • Slow Burn Amnesiac Angel Game Master Who’s Still Figuring Out How Earth Works FMC

Blood Knight: Vampire Slayer

Blood Knight #1

by Edie Skye

Performed by Jess Trepanier & Daryl Mayfield
Published by Royal Guard Publishing

***

An insatiable succubus? A shy werewolf? A scatterbrained angel? This team needs a leader!

J.B. Clarke enrolled in college to earn his degree and find a steady job. What he got instead was an adventure in a secret underworld where vampires rule over all. Emma Rose, a friendly gamer who turns out to be a succubus, recruits him into Broken Fang, an overly ambitious team of monster girls. These lovely ladies know they’ll need help if they’re to stand a chance against the vampires, and they’re looking for a few good men.

Well, one man, actually. And that’s him.

Clarke is soon thrust into a hidden world full of magic, mystery, and mythical creatures. He’s in way over his head because Broken Fang is a dysfunctional mess, and his calculus professor is a sadistic vampire who snacks on pet animals. He’ll need more than his (considerable) experience with fantasy games to solve this problem!

Fortunately, he’s far from helpless. He’s a blood knight, descended from an ancient and powerful line of vampire hunters, and his magical abilities have finally begun to awaken. But will they be enough? Can he master his powers in time to face the coming storm? Can he grow into the leader Broken Fang so desperately needs?

Or will he end up as just one more meal for the vampires?

WARNING: Blood Knight: Vampire Slayer is a fun urban fantasy adventure where the hero saves the day and gets all the girls. (So don’t read it and then complain about the spice. Y’all know exactly what you’re getting into.)

GRAB BLOOD KNIGHT: VAMPIRE SLAYER ON AUDIBLE

GRAB THE BLOOD KNIGHT BOX SET ON AUDIBLE

Filed Under: Book News Tagged With: Audible, Audiobook, Audiobooks, Blood Knight, Blood Knight Vampire Slayer

🎮 Hot Monster Girl Gamers Hunting Vampires! 🧛 The Blood Knight Box Set: The Complete Celestial Arc is now available on KU and Audible!

September 25, 2025 by Edie Skye Leave a Comment

WHEW! 😃 We returned home from a fabulous time at P-Con on Monday, only to wake up to another book release on Tuesday!

That said, The Blood Knight Box Set: The Complete Celestial Arc is now up on Kindle Unlimited and Audible for your reading and listening pleasure! 😁

GRAB THE BLOOD KNIGHT BOX SET ON AMAZON

GRAB THE BLOOD KNIGHT BOX SET ON AUDIBLE

CONTENT WARNING: All relationships are positive, supportive, and consensual, but there is some rowdy werewolf BSDM.

TROPES:

  • Extra Spicy Fast Burn Romance
  • Badass Monster Girls
  • Smut with Feelings
  • Spicy Power-Ups
  • Lots of Banter
  • Found Family
  • Marriage & Pregnancy
  • Small Harem (MFFFFF)
  • Extra Spicy Gamer Girl Succubus FMC
  • Witchy Goth Gamer Girl FMC
  • Sassy Slime Girl With An Unexpectedly Sad Backstory FMC
  • Rowdy Tomboy Wolf Girl Who’s Mostly at Game Nights for the Pizza FMC
  • Slow Burn Amnesiac Angel Game Master Who’s Still Figuring Out How Earth Works FMC

Blood Knight Box Set: The Complete Celestial Arc

by Edie Skye

Performed by Jess Trepanier & Daryl Mayfield
Published by Royal Guard Publishing

***

FIVE books, FIVE badass vampire-slaying monster girls, FIFTY PLUS hours, ONE complete collection!

An insatiable succubus? A witchy goth gamer girl? A sassy slime girl with a tragic past? A tomboy werewolf? A scatterbrained angel with a secret? This team needs a leader!

J.B. Clarke enrolled in college to earn his degree and find a steady job. What he got instead was an adventure in a secret underworld where vampires rule over all. Emma Rose, a friendly gamer who turns out to be a succubus, recruits him into Broken Fang, an overly ambitious team of monster girls. These lovely ladies know they’ll need help if they’re to stand a chance against the vampires, and they’re looking for a few good men.

Well, one man, actually. And that’s him.

Clarke is soon thrust into a hidden world full of magic, mystery, and mythical creatures. He’s in way over his head because Broken Fang is a dysfunctional mess, and his calculus professor is a sadistic vampire who snacks on pet animals. He’ll need more than his (considerable) experience with fantasy games to solve this problem!

Fortunately, he’s far from helpless. He’s a blood knight, descended from an ancient and powerful line of vampire hunters, and his magical abilities have finally begun to awaken. But will they be enough? Can he master his powers in time to face the coming storm? Can he grow into the leader Broken Fang so desperately needs?

Or will he end up as just one more meal for the vampires?

WARNING: Blood Knight: Vampire Slayer is a fun urban fantasy adventure where the hero saves the day and gets all the girls. (So don’t read it and then complain about the spice. Y’all know exactly what you’re getting into.)

Box Set Includes:

Blood Knight: Vampire Slayer

Blood Knight: Scepter of Bone

Blood Knight: Academy of Silence

Blood Knight: Portal of Gold

Blood Knight: Throne of Shadows

GRAB THE BLOOD KNIGHT BOX SET ON AMAZON

GRAB THE BLOOD KNIGHT BOX SET ON AUDIBLE

And as always, if you’d like to help get the word out, swing by these Reddit posts and give ’em a lil’ upvote! ☺️

  • r/HaremFantasyNovels: https://www.reddit.com/r/haremfantasynovels/comments/1np0jo5/monster_girl_gamers_hunting_vampires_the_blood/
  • r/HaremLit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Haremlit/comments/1np0hij/monster_girl_gamers_hunting_vampires_the_blood/
  • r/Harem: https://www.reddit.com/r/Harem/comments/1np0fnu/monster_girl_gamers_hunting_vampires_the_blood/
  • r/Romance_for_Men: https://www.reddit.com/r/Romance_for_men/comments/1nptbbk/hot_monster_girl_gamers_hunting_vampires_the/
  • r/HaremWorld: https://www.reddit.com/r/HaremWorld/comments/1np0gnh/blood_knight_box_set_the_complete_celestial_arc/

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Filed Under: Book News Tagged With: Adventure, Blood Knight, Blood Knight: Vampire Slayer, Harem, HaremLit, Monster Girls, urban fantasy

Desk Mats are back in the shop!

September 18, 2025 by Edie Skye Leave a Comment

HEY Y’ALL 😁 My desk mats were available for a while due to a distributor issue, but I’m delighted to say that they’re officially back in stock.

More are on the way as I have time to make them, but if there’s a specific one you’re after, let me know and I can move it to the top of the list! 😁

Blood Knight Desk Mats

Titan Mage Desk Mats

Monster Girl Tamer Desk Mats

CHECK OUT ALL THE DESK MATS HERE!

Filed Under: Book News Tagged With: Blood Knight, Desk Mats, Merch, Monster Girl Tamer, Titan Mage

Win a Kindle and a bunch of eBooks! (Again!)

September 17, 2025 by Edie Skye 1 Comment

HEY Y’ALL 😃 Once again, some author pals and I teamed up to bring you another Kindle + eBooks giveaway … this one with A LOT of ways to increase your chances of winning!

First off, follow this link: https://kingsumo.com/g/3zj9lj1/win-a-kindle-and-books

Once you enter, you’ll get a whole bunch of chances for additional entries, and all you have to do is follow the authors of your choice on their given social media links.

The more you follow, the more entries you’ll get – and in a little over 2 weeks, we’ll choose a random winner! 😁 Good luck!

Want to know more about the books? Check ’em out here:

  • A Plague of Magic by Marisa Wolf: https://amzn.to/4mCqMfz
  • The Noble’s Luck Trilogy (Lady, Lord, and Bastard) by Mel Todd: https://amzn.to/45muq6b
  • Words of Power by Shami Stovall: https://amzn.to/45CRdMt
  • Shadow Card Guardian by Kacey Ezell: https://amzn.to/4oqgRvi
  • Rise From Ruin by Melissa Olthoff: https://amzn.to/4mTLpEn
  • Titan Mage by Me!: https://amzn.to/3J8HYLe
  • Magelightby Kacey Ezell: https://amzn.to/4ftuCoP
  • Knightmare Arcanist by Shami Stovall: https://amzn.to/4mqyM2S

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Filed Under: Book News

Monster Girl Gamers Hunting Vampires! The Blood Knight Box Set is now up for pre-order on Audible!

September 15, 2025 by Edie Skye Leave a Comment

HEY Y’ALL I know I was just here with the Titan Mage Box Set $.99 promo, but I’ve got more news, and it’s:

The Blood Knight Box Set: The Complete Celestial Arc is now up for pre-order on Audible, once again from Royal Guard Publishing, narrated by Jess Trepanier and Daryl Mayfield! 😃

It releases September 23rd, so you don’t even have to wait all that long this time! 😃

PRE-ORDER THE BLOOD KNIGHT BOX SET ON AUDIBLE

PRE-ORDER THE BLOOD KNIGHT BOX SET ON AMAZON

CONTENT WARNING: All relationships are positive, supportive, and consensual, but there is some rowdy werewolf BSDM.

TROPES:

  • Extra Spicy Fast Burn Romance
  • Badass Monster Girls
  • Smut with Feelings
  • Spicy Power-Ups
  • Lots of Banter
  • Found Family
  • Marriage & Pregnancy
  • Small Harem (MFFFFF)
  • Extra Spicy Gamer Girl Succubus FMC
  • Witchy Goth Gamer Girl FMC
  • Sassy Slime Girl With An Unexpectedly Sad Backstory FMC
  • Rowdy Tomboy Wolf Girl Who’s Mostly at Game Nights for the Pizza FMC
  • Slow Burn Amnesiac Angel Game Master Who’s Still Figuring Out How Earth Works FMC

Blood Knight Box Set: The Complete Celestial Arc

by Edie Skye

Performed by Jess Trepanier & Daryl Mayfield
Published by Royal Guard Publishing

***

FIVE books, FIVE badass vampire-slaying monster girls, FIFTY PLUS hours, ONE complete collection!

An insatiable succubus? A witchy goth gamer girl? A sassy slime girl with a tragic past? A tomboy werewolf? A scatterbrained angel with a secret? This team needs a leader!

J.B. Clarke enrolled in college to earn his degree and find a steady job. What he got instead was an adventure in a secret underworld where vampires rule over all. Emma Rose, a friendly gamer who turns out to be a succubus, recruits him into Broken Fang, an overly ambitious team of monster girls. These lovely ladies know they’ll need help if they’re to stand a chance against the vampires, and they’re looking for a few good men.

Well, one man, actually. And that’s him.

Clarke is soon thrust into a hidden world full of magic, mystery, and mythical creatures. He’s in way over his head because Broken Fang is a dysfunctional mess, and his calculus professor is a sadistic vampire who snacks on pet animals. He’ll need more than his (considerable) experience with fantasy games to solve this problem!

Fortunately, he’s far from helpless. He’s a blood knight, descended from an ancient and powerful line of vampire hunters, and his magical abilities have finally begun to awaken. But will they be enough? Can he master his powers in time to face the coming storm? Can he grow into the leader Broken Fang so desperately needs?

Or will he end up as just one more meal for the vampires?

WARNING: Blood Knight: Vampire Slayer is a fun urban fantasy adventure where the hero saves the day and gets all the girls. (So don’t read it and then complain about the spice. Y’all know exactly what you’re getting into.)

Box Set Includes:

Blood Knight: Vampire Slayer

Blood Knight: Scepter of Bone

Blood Knight: Academy of Silence

Blood Knight: Portal of Gold

Blood Knight: Throne of Shadows

PRE-ORDER THE BLOOD KNIGHT BOX SET ON AUDIBLE

PRE-ORDER THE BLOOD KNIGHT BOX SET ON AMAZON

And as always, if you’d like to help get the word out, swing by these Reddit posts and give ’em a lil’ upvote! ☺️

  • r/HaremFantasyNovels: https://www.reddit.com/r/haremfantasynovels/comments/1nhra4n/monster_girl_gamers_hunting_vampires_the_blood/
  • r/HaremLit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Haremlit/comments/1nhrdwm/monster_girl_gamers_hunting_vampires_the_blood/
  • r/Harem: https://www.reddit.com/r/Harem/comments/1nhrc80/monster_girl_gamers_hunting_vampires_the_blood/
  • r/Romance_for_Men: https://www.reddit.com/r/Romance_for_men/comments/1nhr8vx/monster_girl_gamers_hunting_vampires_the_blood/
  • r/HaremWorld: https://www.reddit.com/r/HaremWorld/comments/1nhrf8n/blood_knight_box_set_the_complete_celestial_arc/

NOTE: As Amazon Associates, we earn a wee little commission on any Amazon purchases made through qualifying links on this page.

Filed Under: Book News Tagged With: Adventure, Blood Knight, Harem, HaremLit, Monster Girls, urban fantasy

Hot Girls and Giant Robots … for $.99! The Titan Mage eBook Box Set is on sale thru 9/18!

September 14, 2025 by Edie Skye Leave a Comment

HEY Y’ALL 😁 I just finished the first draft of the next Titan Mage, so as a lil’ celebration, the Titan Mage Box Set: The Complete Crystal Moon Arc eBook is just $.99 through September 18th (US and UK)!

That said, if you’ve ever pondered jumping into my world of 🔥 hot girls & giant robots 🤖, now’s a great chance!

GRAB THE TITAN MAGE BOX SET HERE

*BTW Titan Mage Havoc #1 is currently running on my Patreon, so if that’s your jam …

CHECK OUT TITAN MAGE HAVOC #1 HERE

CONTENT WARNINGS: All the romance is positive and consensual, but Locke is a Southern boy who doesn’t like sweet tea and apparently this was too much for some readers. Also, there’s some light bondage/BDSM.

TROPES:

  • Extra Spicy Fast Burn Romance
  • Small Harem (MFFF – Grows to MFFFFF by Book 5)
  • Isekai/Fish Out of Water
  • Progression (No Stats, Just Mech Upgrades)
  • Lots of Banter
  • Everyone’s a Badass
  • Good Boy Protective Mecha Pilot MMC
  • Classy Airship Captain FMC
  • Spicy Wrench Wench FMC
  • Secretly Fiery Ice Queen FMC
  • Mysterious Space Witch FMC
  • Shy Catgirl with Secret Strength FMC
  • GIANT MECHS HELL YEAH

Titan Mage Box Set: The Complete Crystal Moon Arc

by Edie Skye

***

Hot girls? Giant robots? HECK YEAH.

Joseph Locke is dead.

But considering that he just woke up with a brand new body, in the cockpit of a badass steampunk robot, on an airship of nothing but hot babes, his next life may not be all that bad. Especially when he learns that he’s a void mage—the rarest and most powerful of all mages on the world of Haven. And his shipmates want to help him make more.

As if that weren’t enough, they offer Locke a job piloting one of their mechs, which they call Titans. In the meantime, Locke has to learn his way around this exciting world, all while coming to grips with his new—and dangerous—occupation. Will he be able to master his Titan? How can he best upgrade the machine to become as badass as possible? Why’s a strange parasitic sludge falling from the sky? What’s up with the ghost of a space witch living in his Titan—and inside his head?

And what’s going on with that strange shadow moving inside the Crystal Moon?

WARNING: Titan Mage: The Complete Crystal Moon Arc is a fun isekai fantasy adventure where the hero saves the day, gets all the girls, and gets up to steam both punk and … (Anyway, don’t read it and then complain about the spice. Y’all know exactly what you’re getting into.)

Box Set Includes:
Titan Mage

Titan Mage Side Quests: The Hot Springs Episode
Titan Mage Ruin
Titan Mage Dragon
Titan Mage Rising
Titan Mage Apocalypse

GRAB THE TITAN MAGE BOX SET HERE

Filed Under: Book News Tagged With: Action Adventure, Adventure, Giant Robots, Harem, HaremLit, Mecha, Steampunk, Titan Mage

Monster Girl Tamer #2 is officially out on KU! Also, a $.99 SALE!

August 14, 2025 by Edie Skye Leave a Comment

Hey, y’all! I’m an Isekai Hero! Of Course I’m Fighting a Demon Lord (Monster Girl Tamer #2) is now officially out on Kindle Unlimited (and Audible, and in paperback)!

That said, if you’re into chaotic monster girls, chosen ones who’re still figuring out how to do this chosen one thing, smut with feelings, goblin girls, demon girls, oni girls, minotaur girls, sexually repressed weeb succubi, monsters with names like “Raging Buttlord,” go check it out!

GRAB MONSTER GIRL TAMER #2 HERE

TROPES/CWs: All romance is positive and consensual, but the series as a whole includes mild BDSM/bondage, spanking, lactation, exotically long tongues, sexy magical power-ups, and LitRPG spice (i.e. spicy scenes involving sexy stat manipulation).

✨ BUT ALSO ✨

To celebrate its release, I’m running a ✨ $.99 deal ✨ on both Monster Girl Tamer #1 AND the box set of the original series that spawned this one, Monster Punk Horizon.

So, basically, you can get the entire universe under the Dazzling Skies for less than $7.00 through 8/20! 😁

Monster Punk Horizon isn’t harem, and leans more GameLit than LitRPG, but if you like the redonkulous hijinks the characters in Monster Girl Tamer get up to, you’ll probably enjoy it. (Not to mention see some familiar faces … 😉)

GRAB MONSTER GIRL TAMER #1 for $.99
GRAB MONSTER PUNK HORIZON BOX SET (Books #1-#3) FOR $.99

Thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoy the ride! 😁


I’m an Isekai Hero! Of Course I’m Fighting a Demon Lord

Monster Girl Tamer #2

by Edie Skye & H.P. Holo

A thicc cowgirl with a thicker accent. A bookish succubus with an absurd secret. A demon, goblin, and oni girl who’re as chaotic as they are good.

And they’re going to defeat a demon lord … how?

It’s been three months since Axel Hunter Radcliff fell through a magic portal into another world of dangerous monsters.


Hailing from a family of Chosen Ones, he’s trained his whole life to be a hero. He just didn’t expect destiny to involve taming monster girls into semi-civilized adventurers. Or training them to form his tactical harem.

Or their giant robots. Or their conspicuous anime tropes. Or the geeky succubus “Sexy Wizard” who transformed them in the first place.

When a new minotaur girl shows up at his hot spring, he realizes the Sexy Wizard needs his help, too. She’s been captured by some of her own creations—but this time there’s a twist. These dragon ladies used to be two of his monster hunting friends, Jaz and Pix.

With all the isekai tropes tied up in his destiny, Axel expected a demon lord. What he didn’t expect was Demon Lord Jaspartina “Jaz” Red and her Demon Lord General Tailer “Pix” Weaver!

And, after a mere three months, he doesn’t have the stats to face his final boss.

Fortunately, his magic power grows with his romantic bonds. And he has a whole harem of devoted monster girls eager to help raise his stats.

WARNING: Monster Girl Tamer is a fun isekai LitRPG fantasy action adventure where the hero saves the day and gets all the girls. (So don’t read it and then complain about the spice. Y’all know exactly what you’re getting into.)

GRAB MONSTER GIRL TAMER #2 HERE

NOTE: As Amazon Associates, we earn a wee little commission on any Amazon purchases made through qualifying links on this page.

Filed Under: Book News Tagged With: Adventure, Edie Skye, Fantasy, HaremLit, HP Holo, Isekai, LitRPG, Monster Girl Tamer, Monster Girls, Monster Punk Horizon

Monster Girl Tamer #1 – First Chapter Challenge

August 11, 2025 by Edie Skye Leave a Comment

Hey, y’all! 😄 I’d pondered posting a sneak peek at the first chapter of Monster Girl Tamer #2 … and then realized that since I’ve never posted any sneak peeks for the series here, a bit of Book 1 would probably work better. 🤣

Anyway, Monster Girl Tamer was always going to be significantly goofier than my other series, so I tried to make that obvious with the sheer ridiculousness of the first chapter. At readings, I frequently introduce it as “If you can survive this chapter, you’ll probably like the series.”

Thus, the Monster Girl Tamer First Chapter Challenge!

But, if you want to pick it up without reading, I’m not gonna complain about that, either:

GRAB MONSTER GIRL TAMER #1 HERE

Book 1 is already out on KU and Audible, and Book 2 releases on August 14th! In the meantime, enjoy:

Monster Girl Tamer #1 – Chapter One

“Son, it’s time for The Talk.”

Axel had known those words were coming since last night.

The Talk meant something different in his family. Oh, he’d gotten the, “We’ve noticed how you look at girls, here’s a condom, don’t get anyone pregnant” talk when he was thirteen, but that was small potatoes compared to the talk every man in his family got at twenty. That Talk was a Very Big Potato.

Which was why his dad’s nonchalance surprised him. When Axel came through the front door, his dad simply waved the same distant hello as usual, then went back to the kitchen sink, cleaning the last dishes from the birthday party Axel had been called away from—not that anyone blamed him.

When you made a hobby of running toward fires, you had to go when the fire summoned you.

“Can I clean up a bit first?” Axel said. He still smelled like smoke from the night’s job.

His dad waved again, and Axel went downstairs. He’d left his gear in his locker at the firehouse, but despite the hours spent cleaning the gear and tools, the scent and soot of his work still lingered. He was always vigilant about maintaining his gear, as much to preserve its reliability as to fend off the inevitable carcinogens he’d encounter; he was just as vigilant about his own body, and so he took a long shower to fend off the rest. It was an irony, he reflected, that so many firefighters spent their lives saving others, only to be killed by their own work, either in a fire or the slow cancer resulting from the things that burned around them.

Then he chuckled darkly.

Given what his father was about to say, he was not likely to die of cancer. Few of the Radcliffs ever died in such mundane ways.

When he came back upstairs, his father greeted him by cracking open a beer. He wasn’t even twenty-one yet, but he recognized the beer, one that only emerged on serious occasions. The brew was based on one his grandfather had brought back from overseas.

Well, “overseas” was only loosely correct. The bottle was a recycled original, and its label was in a language he’d never seen on this earth.

“Damn, that’s good beer!” Axel exclaimed after his first swig.

“There’s a reason your grandfather founded his microbrewery once he came back,” his father said, taking his own as they flopped onto the living room couch. “Glad one of your grandmothers knew how to make this stuff.” (Grandpa had a lot of adventures.) “If you’re lucky enough to survive whatever’s coming, you’ll inherit the recipe, too. For now, though, you get this.”

On the coffee table before them was positioned a thin, hard-shelled carrying case that resembled the ones Axel used to transport his wargaming miniatures. His father clicked it open with all the slow pride of an uber nerd about to show off an unholy amount of money spent on plastic and paint.

“Axel, meet Mel.”

The case did not contain painted miniatures.

It contained a whole-ass M4 carbine, fully assembled and maintained to such perfection that it looked fresh off the production line, but Axel knew that wasn’t true. First off, because there was a sparkling pink cat head on its grip that had likely been slapped on as a joke. Second because, if the family stories were true—and all the family stories were true—that thing had already delivered some top-quality dakkas.

World War III had been in progress before Mel and his father had gone to fight.

World War III was no longer in progress.

“I’d hoped to present her to you at the party last night, but well …”

“Duty called.”

“As it does. And given how often duty called you even before your birthday, I thought I should equip you sooner rather than later.” He lifted the carbine from the case and extended it toward his son, like a blessing. “Axel Hunter Radcliff, if she’ll have you, she’s yours. Take her.”

If she’ll have you.

That was the key, and why every man in the family trained. Because there was no way of knowing who Mel would choose until …

Axel braced his muscles to accept the heirloom. He hadn’t even fully gripped it when the weapon began to glow. Little streamers of sparkling light whipped off its form and then came back to envelop it, like some over-the-top magical girl transformation sequence, but with a badass gun. When the magical ribbons finished encasing it, its shape changed.

Its protruding bits withdrew into the main length of the gun, which then stretched out and back in a curve, except for one glob of light. This separated and hovered before him, stretching into a rectangle—no, a cylinder with a strap—which then zipped around to his back. In front, he could see additional details working into the piece still in his hands. Multiple layers of cables slipped around what looked like pulley wheels on each end of the elaborate curve. A final whip of luminescence encased his forearm and hand in the shape of an archery gauntlet, and when the light flashed away into a rain of sparkles, Axel’s suspicion was confirmed.

Resting in his hands was a shining silver compound bow, complete with that weird little cat head on the grip.

“Huh,” Axel mused. “That’s … not what I expected.”

“You were expecting anything?”

“Dad, it’s hard to have a family history like ours and not expect some kind of weirdness. Granted, I didn’t expect the transforming anime weapon, but once I saw what it was doing, I didn’t expect a bow, either.”

“That ‘transforming anime weapon’ is formally called The Arsenal, and it adapts to the user. It’s been passed down through our family for generations.”

“Oh! So the ‘Mel’ grandfather used was the same as your carbine, and the same as my bow? I thought it was just the name that got passed down.”

His father shook his head. “Nope, it’s both.”

“Why’d grandpa get a whole tank?”

“Different time, different place, very different threat.”

“Where’s the name Mel come from, anyway?”

“Actually … I don’t think even your grandpa remembers. We’ve always called her Mel, as far as I know.”

Axel positioned Mel in his hands and tested its stability and tension, then drew an arrow from the quiver that had materialized on his back.

“Not in the house,” his father said. “We’ll never hear the end of it if you blow up your mom’s new couch. Let’s take it outside to the range.”

* * *

“The Range” was a bit of a misnomer. Oh, there was definitely a shooting range in their backyard, both for firearms and bows. But there was also a variety of obstacle courses, such that anyone flying over might mistake it for a little boot camp, were it not for the children’s playground positioned on the other side of the house. Even that was an intense, elaborate structure, meant to teach its users to fall down hard and get up quick.

Both were necessary skills in the Radcliff family.

Axel went to his favorite spot on the archery range, put his beer down, and nocked an arrow to his new bow. He was amazed at how familiar it felt, like he’d been using this very bow since he’d picked up the sport.

“Our family has a great destiny, son,” his father said, creaking down into a nearby lawn chair.

“I’m aware of that. Hard to miss when your grandpa’s sucked into a war in another world and your dad fought off the elder gods.” (World War III had been complicated.)

“It goes back further than that. And it’s stranger than you realize.”

“But isn’t the short of it that we’re all called on to be heroes?” Axel asked.

It was one of the reasons he’d been given a name like Axel Hunter Radcliff, in fact. One only had to pay half-attention while growing up to realize that, at least once in a generation, someone in his family earned a place in a history book somewhere, and like hell were any of them going to go down in history with names like John Smith or Chris Jones. His father had lucked out with the normal-sounding name of Byron, but most Radcliffs had names that sounded like they’d been pulled from old pulp adventures—and were expected to live up to them whether they were that generation’s Chosen One or not.

And so Axel had prepared as best he could.

It was not as simple a task as it sounded.

Chosen Ones were an immutable fact in his family, but there were few ways of knowing what the One was Chosen for, which meant the best approach was a well-rounded one.

Most of the family heroes benefited from physicality, so he’d participated in every sport he could when he was in school. Competitive archery was the only one he’d pursued after high school, but that was primarily because his work in the family landscaping business met a lot of his exercise demands. (After defeating the elder gods, his dad had wanted to do something low-key.)

Axel didn’t find the job all that fulfilling, though, which was where volunteer firefighting came in. He’d never considered taking the career route, because like most jobs that were essential to the functioning of society, the pay was shit—but it allowed him to both test his limits and, more importantly, to do something meaningful. Heroic, even. Plus, he couldn’t deny that he enjoyed the surge of adrenaline that flooded his veins every time the alert came. He didn’t wish fires on anyone, of course, but the joy he felt facing them was real—and specifically, the joy of taming such a volatile force.

It was like conquering a part of nature itself.

And the money he made off posing for the yearly firefighter calendar wasn’t bad, either.

He let the arrow fly. The cable thumped against his gauntlet with a powerful crack, and the arrow pierced its target with a near-silent swish. A good shot, but mundane otherwise. No magical sparkles or anything. He prepared another.

“We’re all called to be heroes,” Byron Radcliff continued, “but we’ve never told you the full story, nor what it means for each generation’s Chosen hero.”

Axel let the arrow fly. It landed, again a good shot, but again mundane.

He suspected he knew more than his father thought—after all, kids picked up a lot when the adults thought they weren’t listening—but he also knew his father wanted to tell the story. He’d probably been looking forward to this for years, and so Axel returned to his beer and took the seat next to his dad.

“It’s not that’s we’re called to be heroes, like some holy vocation. It’s that we get summoned, and we have no choice in the matter. And we have to make it work, because if we don’t, awful things can happen. Whatever you’re chosen for, you’re not destined to win. You’ll need to make clever use of the resources available to you. Mel, for one, and … let’s call it your support staff.”

The way his father said it suggested there was more to the phrase than allies. Namely, the way his eyebrows raised.

“Some Radcliffs are sucked into conflicts around our world, but not all. Your grandfather was one such exception, summoned to another world to fight a demon king and his four generals. It was a fantastic situation to say the least, but the thing that got him through it was not his weapon, but his harem.”

Axel had just taken a swig of beer, and now it shot up through his nose.

“Did you just say harem?”

“You know the phrase ‘Behind every great man is a great woman’? Well, when you’re in extreme situations, having more can help.”

“Wait, so … that was an intentional, organized thing? It wasn’t just that grandpa slept around with a bunch of women on his adventure?”

“Oh, he slept around for sure. But mainly with women who brought some kind of skill to his cause. They were his support as much as his lovers.”

“Even the crazy cat lady?”

The crazy cat lady was the only one Axel had ever heard described in any detail, and now that he thought of it, something else about her was odd. Namely, that she’d never been described as having any cats. And given what kind of world she’d come from …

“Was one of my grandmas secretly a catgirl?”

Byron shrugged and took another swig of beer. “She certainly had … cat in some form. But that’s not my point. My point is that he’s not the first Radcliff to succeed because of his harem.”

“You, too? Then why do I only have one mom?”

“Because after the elder god thing was over, she was the one I chose. You don’t have to marry them all. You just need to build a harem that helps you win the day.”

“How will I know what my challenge is, then? What kind of skills I need to gather?” Axel asked urgently. This complicated things. More than his father realized. “Dad, I’ve always avoided getting a girlfriend because I didn’t want to endanger her. I don’t know how to flirt!”

“You’re a firefighter. Just take your shirt off and they’ll come.”

“That’s not my point. Have you seen the size of my wargaming collection? No girl I bring to my parents’ basement is going to see that and want to stay with me.”

“She will if she’s cool.”

“Oh god, I live in my parents’ basement, too!”

His father set his beer aside and looked him dead in the eyes. “Axel. The only reason we didn’t tell you this before is because we didn’t want your hormonal teenage self to take advantage of it. Your mother and I have, in fact, soundproofed the basement in anticipation of this day, so that you can freely get up to wargaming or … not. Whatever it takes to build your harem and save the world.”

Axel froze with his beer halfway to his mouth. He’d thought he’d had some idea of how this day would go, and it had not involved his father telling him, “Go forth and fuck to save the world.”

It had especially not involved the portal.

Nonetheless, he became aware of a sudden sparkle beneath his chair. Before he could register that it wasn’t coming from Mel, the sparkle whirled around his feet like a circle drawn by a speeding comet.

He didn’t even have time to scream before he fell, nor before the circle closed, leaving only empty ground and his father, who said:

“Huh. That happened faster than expected.”

And then he drained his beer and went inside.


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I’m the only smut in it, but my author pals and I are doing another Kindle + eBook giveaway!

August 8, 2025 by Edie Skye 1 Comment

Hey, y’all! 😄 Some author pals and I have teamed up for another eBook + Kindle giveaway!

This one’s over on Facebook, so if any of the above books catch your eye, hop on over to these groups and comment with the best book you’ve read this year.

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The winner will be drawn randomly from the comments, so go comment on all of them! 😁

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Monster Girl Tamer #2 (Series Finisher!) is now out on Audible!

August 8, 2025 by Edie Skye Leave a Comment

Hey, y’all! 😄 Royal Guard Publishing’s so ON IT that Monster Girl Tamer #2’s audio came out before the official release!

That said, if you’re into chaotic monster girls, chosen ones who’re still figuring out how to do this chosen one thing, smut with feelings, goblin girls, demon girls, oni girls, minotaur girls, sexually repressed weeb succubi, monsters with names like “Raging Buttlord,” and Jess Trepanier and Daryl Mayfield’s stellar narration, go check it out! 😁

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TROPES/CWs: All romance is positive and consensual, but the series as a whole includes mild BDSM/bondage, spanking, lactation, exotically long tongues, sexy magical power-ups, and LitRPG spice (i.e. spicy scenes involving sexy stat manipulation).


I’m an Isekai Hero! Of Course I’m Fighting a Demon Lord

Monster Girl Tamer #2

by Edie Skye & H.P. Holo

Narrated by Jess Trepanier & Daryl Mayfield
Published by Royal Guard Publishing

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A thicc cowgirl with a thicker accent. A bookish succubus with an absurd secret. A demon, goblin, and oni girl who’re as chaotic as they are good.

And they’re going to defeat a demon lord … how?

It’s been three months since Axel Hunter Radcliff fell through a magic portal into another world of dangerous monsters.


Hailing from a family of Chosen Ones, he’s trained his whole life to be a hero. He just didn’t expect destiny to involve taming monster girls into semi-civilized adventurers. Or training them to form his tactical harem.


Or their giant robots. Or their conspicuous anime tropes. Or the geeky succubus “Sexy Wizard” who transformed them in the first place.

When a new minotaur girl shows up at his hot spring, he realizes the Sexy Wizard needs his help, too. She’s been captured by some of her own creations—but this time there’s a twist. These dragon ladies used to be two of his monster hunting friends, Jaz and Pix.

With all the isekai tropes tied up in his destiny, Axel expected a demon lord. What he didn’t expect was Demon Lord Jaspartina “Jaz” Red and her Demon Lord General Tailer “Pix” Weaver!

And, after a mere three months, he doesn’t have the stats to face his final boss.

Fortunately, his magic power grows with his romantic bonds. And he has a whole harem of devoted monster girls eager to help raise his stats.

WARNING: Monster Girl Tamer is a fun isekai LitRPG fantasy action adventure where the hero saves the day and gets all the girls. (So don’t read it and then complain about the spice. Y’all know exactly what you’re getting into.)

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What are your thoughts on special editions?

July 9, 2025 by Edie Skye Leave a Comment

Hey, y’all! 😁 As special edition books become more popular, we’ve considered adding them to our release schedule – starting with Titan Mage Havoc and the Frigid Flame (Titan Mage Havoc #1).

*Currently running on Patreon, btw!

That said, we’ve put together a survey to gauge interest in such editions.

If you’re into special editions, what do you like to see in them? What’s an ideal price point for you? What’s a necessary perk, and what’s just neat?

Fill out this form to let us know what you want to see! 😁

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Dancing with Destruction is out today from Baen Books!

July 1, 2025 by Edie Skye Leave a Comment

Surprise! We’ve got a new short story out, this time in a sci-fi anthology! 😄

Dancing with Destruction comes from Editor Jason Cordova at Baen Books, and has a super fun origin story.

Basically, cover art was commissioned for another of Baen‘s books … but the resulting illustration ended up not fitting the vibe the publisher was looking for.

However, it was still a kickass piece of art.

So, Jason presented this art to a handful of authors – ourselves included – and said, “Hey, want to write a short story for an anthology based on this cover?” 😀

Jacob saw this art and immediately said “HECK YES! I already have the perfect Sol Blazers story in mind.” But then he looked at his packed writing schedule. 😬 Then he looked to me and said, “What if we make this a Jacob Holo + Edie Skye collaboration?” 😏

Thus we get “The Joy of the Chase,” an adventure in Jacob’s Sol Blazers universe wherein our underpaid heroes take a simple missing persons job on a deserted jungle habitat … and find it not so deserted at all. In fact, it’s a whole lot hotter than expected. 😈

Also, if you weren’t aware of my love for over-the-top 80s action movies, you will be after this short. Yes, I watched Predator for research. Yes, Jacob had to cut plenty of 80s action movie references, and YES, Jason cut more. 🤣

(This is not the version where Nathan + Aiko chase an acid-bleeding monster through simulated vents made of interwoven jungle branches, but I assure you, it’s still cool.)

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Also, if you have no idea what Sol Blazers is, go check it out! It’s basically adventure space opera for people who are mad that Firefly never got a second season, with catgirls, sassy androids, and maybe a lil’ mild cosmic horror. 🤣

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