Break Her: A Dark Fantasy Romance That Bares Teeth and Emotion

What if the only way to save yourself was to surrender—completely?

Cassie Alexander’s Break Her: A Dark Beauty and the Beast Fantasy Romance doesn’t whisper seduction—it devours it. This is a story for readers who crave darker themes, monster romance, and emotional transformation through power and pain. Picking up where Bend Her left off, Break Her goes deeper into the abyss of dominance, desire, and the unrelenting war between resistance and need.

In a genre often packed with surface-level steam, Break Her dares to go beneath the skin—exploring the psychological and erotic complexities of a dynamic where the lines between captor and consort blur in the most dangerous and compelling ways.

A beast broken by need. A beauty pushed to her edge. And a bond forged in fire and surrender.

At its core, Break Her is a continuation of a battle—both physical and emotional—between two characters tied together by an ancient curse, a ruined castle, and the need to dominate or destroy. This is not a romance that starts with roses. It begins with bruises—emotional ones, psychic ones—and dares both the reader and the heroine to ask: What if this is exactly what I want?

The story follows a woman still reeling from captivity—except now, the chains that bind her are not physical but emotional. Her Beast is powerful, primal, and demanding—but also crumbling beneath centuries of isolation and torment as they push against one another—harder, deeper, darker—their dynamic shifts from force to ferocity to something dangerously close to love.

But what happens when breaking her is the only way to set her free?

Power, pain, and a twisted path toward connection

A heroine on the edge of herself

Our protagonist is no stranger to darkness, but Break Her pushes her further. Here, we see her wrestle with both fear and desire, agency and surrender. She’s not a victim—but she is undone in the most intimate and terrifying ways. Her arc is one of unraveling—and rebirth.

A Beast in Crisis

No longer the untouchable monster of the first book, the Beast in Break Her is exposed—emotionally raw, disoriented by the consequences of desire. His need to control collides with his growing vulnerability, and it’s this emotional conflict that elevates him from predator to protagonist.

Intimacy without apology

Cassie Alexander writes dark erotic romance with a clear intention: to challenge, not just to titillate. Consent in this book lives in the shadows—negotiated moment by moment, breath by breath. And every encounter is saturated with emotional weight, not just heat.

Tropes and themes that define Break Her

• Dark Beauty and the Beast retelling that doesn’t hold back
• Captive romance that evolves into emotional entanglement
• Monster romance with psychological complexity and erotic intensity
• Power exchange/dominance themes explored with emotional realism
• Emotional unraveling through erotic awakening
• Trauma, transformation, and the price of vulnerability

Who will be captivated by Break Her?

• Readers who love dark fantasy romances with deep psychological stakes
• Fans of monster romance that’s more about intimacy than illusion
• Anyone intrigued by dominance/submission dynamics handled with nuance and raw honesty
• Lovers of retellings like A Court of Thorns and Roses but craving a much darker descent
• Those who enjoyed Bend Her and are ready to go deeper into the abyss—emotionally and erotically

Final Thoughts

Break Her is not a soft story. It’s a descent, a dare, a dance between the pain we run from and the hunger we don’t dare speak aloud. Cassie Alexander doesn’t just retell Beauty and the Beast—she burns it down and rebuilds it into something feral, erotic, and utterly unforgettable.

If you want a dark romance that leaves you questioning who’s really in control—and why that matters—this book will find you, keep you, and haunt you long after.

Because sometimes, breaking isn’t the end. It’s the beginning of becoming something more.