Gargoyles Just Want to Have Fun: A sweet & steamy monster romance (Monsterville, USA Book 1)

GARGOYLES JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN MONSTERVILLE, USA AVA ROSS GARGOYLES JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN Monsterville, USA, 3 Copyright © 2023 Ava Ross All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations with prior approval. Names, characters, events, and incidents are a product of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to an actual person, living or dead is entirely coincidental. Cover art by Clover Book Designs Editing/Proofreading by JA Wren & Owl Eyes Proofs & Edits Special thanks to Sydnee Walsh for giving this book the final polish! Contents Foreword Series by AVA Gargoyles Just Want To Have Fun 1. Violet 2. Goreg 3. Violet 4. Goreg 5. Violet 6. Goreg 7. Violet 8. Goreg 9. Violet 10. Goreg 11. Violet 12. Goreg 13. Violet 14. Goreg 15. Violet 16. Goreg 17. Violet 18. Goreg 19. Violet 20. Goreg 21. Violet 22. Goreg 23. Violet 24. Goreg 25. Violet 26. Goreg 27. Violet 28. Goreg 29. Epilogue: Violet About the Author Series by AVA Don’t Go Knotting My Heart Chapter 1 Foreword A note to the reader. If you found this book outside of Amazon, it's likely a stolen/pirated copy. Authors make nothing when books are pirated. If authors are not paid for their work, they can’t afford to keep writing. For my parents who always believed I could do this. Series by AVA Mail-Order Brides of Crakair Brides of Driegon Fated Mates of the Ferlaern Warriors Fated Mates of the Xilan Warriors Holiday with a Cu’zod Warrior Galaxy Games Alien Warrior Abandoned Beastly Alien Boss Bride of the Fae A Sci-Fi Holiday Tail Monsterville, USA Monster on Board (co-written with Alana Khan) You can find my books on Amazon. Gargoyles Just Want To Have Fun There’s more to being a gargoyle’s wife than just saying I do. While struggling to raise my little sister, I suddenly inherit a run-down B&B from a grandmother I didn’t know existed. The only condition to inherit is that I marry and live with my husband for a year. One problem. I’m not dating, and the only one I want to propose to is the gargoyle I’ve been crushing on for months. When I explain, Goreg offers a marriage of convenience with a quickie divorce at the end. He’s sweet and shy, and with his muscular frame and glorious wings, I’m kind of blown away by his offer, even if he does occasionally turn to stone and lurk on the roof. I’ve got one year to convince Goreg we have a chance at forever. But then his brothers and wolf shifter best friend move in to help fix up the B&B, and it’s one cultural mishap after another. When the year is up, I’ll have to decide. Do I want to be single again or remain a gargoyle’s bride? Gargoyles Just Want to Have Fun is set in the Monsterville, USA world. Each book is standalone and can be read in any order. Expect romantic hijinks with monsters, heat, and a happily ever after. Check out the rest of the Monsterville, USA world! Candy for My Orc Boss Orc Me Baby One More Time Gargoyles Just Want to Have Fun Don’t Go Knotting My Heart Whose Bed Have Your Claws Been Under? Uptown Ogre Oops, I Elf’d it Again My Orc-y Breaky Heart Hold Me Closer, Fiery Phoenix Who Let the Demon Out? Chapter 1 Violet “Today’s da day, right?” my little sister, Halle, asked from where she sat at our tiny kitchen table, finishing her breakfast. She peered up at me with an innocence only a six-year-old could possess. Mine had been lost when our mom took off, leaving me to hold things together. There was nothing like abandonment to teach a girl a lesson. No one could find her, and if Uncle Bub hadn’t moved in and picked up the pieces, I wasn’t sure what would’ve happened to us. I was only eighteen at the time and still in high school. I gave her a quick hug. “Yes, today’s the day, sweetie.” “The lawla’s gonna explain evie-thing,” she added, lifting a spoonful of cereal and milk to her mouth. This was what I’d told her after I announced to her and Uncle Bub that we were moving to Monsterville. “Monsterville?” Uncle Bub had sputtered, scratching his head. “Why in tarnation did they name the place that?” “The town’s original name is Blustery Hills, but after a bunch of monsters settled there, that’s what everyone started calling it. It’s one of the biggest monster settlements in the country.” “Monsters,” he said with a scrunched face. “Who woulda thought they’d just stroll out of the woodwork like that? Never thought I’d see the day when people and creatures lived together.” Me either, but after three years, I’d gotten used to seeing centaurs trotting along the sidewalk, vampires sipping burgundy cocktails at bars, and the occasional yeti pushing a cart through the grocery store. “That still doesn’t explain why we’re moving to Monsterville,” Uncle Bub had said. “We need a fresh start.” “If you think it’s best, I’ll pack my things,” Uncle Bub had said. He’d shuffled to his room with his cane to start gathering everything together. As I’d told Halle, I’d received a letter from a “lawla’s” office. Inside the pristine envelope, I found a note telling me I’d inherited a sizeable estate and asking me to come to Monsterville on a certain date. The message indicated they’d explain further when I arrived. My phone call didn’t yield anything else. The guy who answered told me they couldn’t discuss such a thing until I arrived. With nothing holding me in the city I grew up in, I moved us to Monsterville. Today, I’d find out what this was all about. The only other clue came from a handwritten message on flowered stationery,