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- Content warnings: Sexual content, Slavery, Human trafficking, Captivity, Abuse, Parental abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault (referenced), Coercive control, Kidnapping
Wanted by the Monster
by Rena Marks
Book 3 in The Match Program
Come for the tentacled alien rescue fantasy. Stay for Anya clawing back choice after years of being treated like property.
Goodreads 4.2/5 541 ratings
Quick fit
Is this story right for you?
A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length229 pages
Series statusCompleted series
Spice4/5 · Frequent explicit scenes
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Protective love interest
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Medium burn
- High
- Frequent explicit scenes
- Romantic fulfillment
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- Monster
- Hurt/comfort
- Kinky / adventurous
- The swoon
- Grumpy protector
- He falls first
- Possessive / claiming
- Earned hope
- Secretly soft
- Experienced x innocent
- Tender / sweet explicit
- Escape
- Possessive alpha
- Only one who understands them
- Fantasy / supernatural intimacy
- Captor/captive
- Size emphasis
- Possessive/protective
- Size difference focus
- Touch starvation
- Body worship
- Monstrous anatomy
- Breeding/fertility themes
- Bonding/claiming/marking
- Possessive
Fantasy promise
- Monster romance
- Prison / captivity
- Space/sci-fi
- Aliens
- Alien romance
- Space station / spaceship / colony
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- Dystopian
- Monsters
- Rescue romance
- Post-apocalyptic
- Captive romance
- Fated mates
- Interspecies romance
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Medium
- Dark
- Warm
- Moderate
- Low
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- Survivor
- Emotional
- Conversational
- Damaged survivor
- Hopeful
- Humorous
- Romantic
- Fast-paced
- Tense
- Character-driven
- Adventurous
- Page turner
- Series binge material
- Binge read
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Different because
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Book details
- Length
- 229 pages
- Publisher
- Terran Publishing Ltd
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book