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Her Vicious Beasts: The Beginning (Prequel Novella)
by E.P. Bali
About this book
Please read this prequel novella before starting the series!
You can also get it for free at: https://epbali.com/pages/her-vicious-beasts
In a world of vicious beasts, if you are not a predator, you are prey.
Aurelia Aquinas is a discarded girl. Forced to live a life of isolation, she is forbidden to speak of her powers and forbidden to find her soul-bound mates.
She awaits the day she can escape to a human college and live a life free and away from her father and the beasts that might come But when she is called to heal an injured beast, locked away in a dungeon, he's not the only monster caged there and the course of her life changes forever.
This is book 0.5 in Her Vicious Beasts, a contemporary fantasy spicy shifter MFMMMM series. It is best suited to readers 18+.
This is the prequel novella in a New Adult MFMMMM 5 book series where the heroine has five fated mate love interests that she will not have to choose between. It is slow burn with 18+ spice starting from book 1. Each book has a cliffhanger ending but the series will finish with a HEA.
Length: 34K
Tropes: fated mates, found family, forced marriage, hidden identity, hidden powers, slow burn
Please see author's website for content warnings: www.epbali.com/themes
0.5: Her Vicious Beasts: The Beginning
1 Her Feral Beasts
2 Her Rabid Beasts
3 Her Psycho Beasts
4 Her Tortured Beasts
5 Her Monstrous Beasts
- Publication Date
- May 25, 2026
- ASIN
- B0CK4Z1R7S
Reader Reviews
April 18, 2026
Her Vicious Beasts is brutal, gripping, and impossible to put down. The characters are fierce, damaged, and completely consuming, with tension that never lets up. It’s dark, twisted, and full of intensity—definitely not a soft romance, but perfect if you love something raw and feral. )
August 20, 2025
4.75 **** I received this as an audiobook ARC and let me tell you, I could not get enough! The story was intriguing from the start, building in mystery, full of spice and steamy MMC's that are dark, broody, angry, feral animals full of red flags yet totally had me hooked. As this book is the beginning to the official series, I appreciated the way the author gave us just enough story and introduction to the characters to leave us wanting more yet not enough to lose interest by the time to get to...
July 31, 2025
\"Her Vicious Beast\" absolutely hooked me. As a prequel, it does everything right, setting the tone, raising questions, and pulling you straight into the world with no intention of letting go. I was so invested by the end that I immediately downloaded the rest of the series on Kindle Unlimited and dove headfirst into book two. What really elevated the experience was the incredible audio narration. The cast is top-tier, each voice distinct, emotionally resonant, and perfectly matched to the...
May 13, 2026
Felt a bit flat to me. The story had some good ideas, but I just didn't connect much with the character. )
January 25, 2026
This book is a great introduction to the series. I just think it should have been part of the first book. It's funny, interesting and so far I love the main characters. The villains are silly far a little bit one shade and no depth. But hopefully that will get better, after all you did not get that much information from such a short book. But it does show this series have massive potential. But honestly I don't understand why this book is made as a seperate book. This would have been so much...
