Before He Had a Name: The Forestborne - 3315

In the walled colony of Dovren, obedience is survival, and silence is the last thing a woman can truly own. Rowan has learned to navigate a crumbling world ruled by hunger, fear, and men who see her as little more than a commodity. Each time she slips beyond the gates, she risks everything—feeding the starving, avoiding the Council’s gaze, and burying the grief of parents lost to the monsters that haunt the woods. But when she stumbles upon one in the forest—not a mindless beast, but something massive, intelligent, and wounded—she hesitates. She should kill him. Instead, she saves him. She calls him Cassius. She doesn’t know what he is. Not truly. She doesn’t know what he remembers. Or what he’s lost. Only that he watches. Listens. And never speaks. As Dovren tightens its grip and marks her for defiance, Rowan clings to the one quiet bond she thinks is hers—a fragile connection forged in silence, in shared glances, in frost and firelight. But when Cassius takes her from the colony without warning, everything fractures. What she thought was trust feels like betrayal. What she thought was protection feels like possession. And what she doesn’t yet understand… is that he took her to save her life. Because Dovren is done watching. And the Forest has started to remember her. Now, hunted by men and monsters alike, Rowan must decide whether survival is worth surrender—and whether the creature she once saved is still the one she believed in… or something far older, far darker, and far more dangerous. A dark, lyrical fantasy of forbidden bonds, slow-burning desire, and the quiet, feral rebellion of love in a world that demands fear. Perfect for readers who crave morally gray monsters, primal devotion, and romance written between claws and teeth.
ASIN: B0F88Y45RT
VSKU: PKV.B0F88Y45RT.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Lang, Nicole
Binding: Paperback