A Matter of Pride — Kaye Draper

Gesa and her pride have managed to survive the fae lands and take back their mate from his psychotic father. But Oisin is broken, unable to recall much of his previous life—including the reasons he fell in love with a big, brash gryphon or a young, unstable fox. Meanwhile, Hisashi's display of power in the fae lands has only increased the growth of his dangerous, uncontrollable spirit powers. He needs an anchor. And that might mean tying himself to the family shrine for the rest of his long life. Oh yeah, and then there's the matter of the gruff, asshole mage who is about to be forcibly returned to the guild for redistribution—and he doesn't take well to the idea of Gesa buying him. Author's Note:I was tired of reading the same old thing over and over again in reverse harem. Sick of all alpha male and fainting female all the time—and desperate to be able to tell the male characters apart—I tried to infuse some variety into my story. Gesa might not be your cup of tea, and that's okay—she doesn't care. Her lovers are as varied in physicality and personality as they are in supernatural race. And the characters all have their own definition of sexuality. I know reverse harem is all about the fantasy, and my fantasy is a bit outside the norm. You've been warned. Story length definitions:Flash fiction: 200-2,000 wordsShort story: 1,500-7,500 wordsNovelette: 7,500-15,000 wordsNovella: 15,000-40,000 wordsNovel: 50,000 words and up.*Gesa's Menagerie books are novellas of between 30,000-40,000 words.*This is a series. There will be unresolved plot threads at times/ occasional cliff hangers.*Do NOT read this series if you are easily offended. Contains: mentions of past trauma/rape, adult language (that's cursing kids, lots of it), and sexual content (including male/female, male/male, female/female, male/male/female, female/female/male and any other combination you can think of. Oh, and probably some tentacles and diphallia).