In a drowned world ruled by five cursed kingdoms, the mage isles are all that remain above the sea. At their center lies Purgatory, surrounded by twenty feet of black stone holding back the rising seas and separating humanity from the remaining five kingdoms.
Now, in a war-torn world of monsters among men, where starving families are ripped apart and sold to the highest bidder, Alessia has only one purpose: keep her sister Sable safe and protect their secret.
But her magic can’t be contained any more than the feelings she’s fighting for Arlo, the tall, broad farm boy with calloused hands and a head full of dangerous dreams.
There’s nothing Arlo wouldn’t do to protect her, but their love is forbidden, and crossing lines they can’t come back from could have deadly consequences.
When Sable is hauled away to the flesh markets, Alessia’s attempt to buy her back leads to the one place magic can’t be hidden.
The bloodbank. Where desperate humans turn their blood to currency. But it’s not just any vampire she donates to.
It’s the Vampire King of Sangemere, and her blood spills the secret that should mean certain death.
After taking Alessia as his prisoner, King Kylian offers her the one thing she can’t refuse in exchange for her obedience—help finding Sable. Upon arriving in Sangemere kingdom, she learns the truth. She is his cure, and he is her curse.
What begins as a deal made in desperation quickly turns into a dangerous bond that is possessive, addictive, and impossible to escape.
But when Arlo’s battered face emerges from the crowd of captives in Sangremere, his presence could unravel everything. King Kylian doesn’t share, and if he discovers what Arlo means to her, no power on earth will save him.
With a new war rising between kingdoms and the sea closing in, Alessia must choose between the safe, familiar love of her past or the dark, intoxicating obsession of the Vampire King, and every choice she makes now will lead her closer to finding her sister or to losing her forever.