Publication Date: October 7, 2025
An exhilarating, primal summer fling in the woods leads to an intensely sexy, edgy romance, where anything goes—just remember your safe word.
Divorced and buried in student loan debt, Claire Collins eagerly enters a spicy business agreement with an acquaintance who wants to explore his primal desires. The deal is simple: thirty days as his sexual prey, $30,000 in her bank account. All she has to do is give Shane Underwood the hunt of his life.
Claire’s a physical education teacher and perfectly happy to spend her summer having wild, kinky sex instead of working her usual serving job. But once they cross the tree line, she realizes how little she knows about the corporate lawyer paying her to be his prey.
Shane is different in the woods. Brutal. Devastating. Feral.
That’s okay with Claire—she is, too. And she’s sinking her teeth a little deeper into Shane’s heart every time he catches her.
Author Allie Oleander wants to ensure anyone picking up her new book understands what they are about to read.
She does this with a straightforward author’s note at the beginning of Willing Prey. While it is identified on the cover as a “primal play romance,” that term may not be familiar to everyone.
That’s why she details the topics found in this ultra spicy adult-oriented storyline. Not only will you find a list of kinks, but it is accompanied by a list of content warnings. And yes, there is a reason why head tick discovery and removal made it on the list.
The plot centers around a recently divorced physical education teacher named Claire, who plans to spend 30 days being hunted by an attorney named Shane in exchange for $30,000. Although she is a willing participant, the thrill of the chase in all its aggressive brutality may not be enticing for all readers.
However, for those of us who like to turn up the heat, the author delivers a one-of-a-kind walk on the wild side. Between the heat and the chemistry, the humor serves as a buffer.
Willing Prey opens the door to a new world full of possibilities for the main characters.
Allie Oleander writes spicy contemporary, dark, and monster romances with kink exploration and characters ages thirty-five and up. She loves anything with chase scenes, the marriage-in-trouble trope, and monsters (of both the spicy and un-spicy variety). When she’s not writing, she’s in the woods, trying to arrange a meet-cute with Bigfoot.
