A Monster’s Best Friend- M.T. Sommer

Melody

I’m lucky. That’s what everyone says, like the story ends there. Like the scholarship, the future handed to me like a present, and the guy that comes along with it are all things I don’t deserve. I’m just lucky enough to have been gifted them.

But that full ride has strings that tie me to all the tomorrows that I didn’t get to choose. Ones I’m not sure I would have chosen. With that guy who feels more like a foregone conclusion than a boyfriend.

I walk that path, chased and corralled by the expectations of the ones who blessed me nipping at my heels.

Then Rix walks into my world like he belongs there. Like he is just stepping into the space that I was holding for him, and he looks at me like he’s already decided I’m his.

But how can I belong to him when I don’t even belong to myself?

Rix

I want Melody the first time I see her.

Not eventually. Not hypothetically. The kind of want that hits hard and doesn’t loosen its grip. The fact that she has a boyfriend doesn’t slow me down. I step closer anyway and make myself part of her world. I let her know exactly what I want.

Her.

At first, I think it’s simple. Remove the guy, get the girl—not necessarily in that order—and keep her forever.

But it seems like I forgot a few steps in the plan because I soon realize that I didn’t break up her relationship. I broke open the cage door.

The cage they want to put her back in.

I won’t let them. I’m not walking away, and I’m not backing off.

Melody is mine.

They can keep their salvation. I’m keeping her.

A Monster's Best Friend is a dark romance that is shaded more grey than black. This is a story of obsessive devotion told through dual POVs with morally grey characters and sharp edged humor woven through emotionally intense themes.

Some love stories are about being saved. This one's about breaking free.