Venom and Vows

About this book

Welcome to Venom and Vows, where vampires don't fall in love... they negotiateIn the frostbitten land of Heedmoor, vampires don't mingle with humans-they contractthem. Each year, vampires bind themselves to a single human sanctum, trading vampirevenom for blood in a perfectly polite, deeply unsettling arrangement. Elite young womencompete in a week-long spectacle called Venom and Vows-a contest of charm, etiquette, and entertainment. It's a tidy arrangement. Civil. Proper. And absolutely not meant forromance.Enter Seraphina Halloway, who has no interest in attempting to be a lady-or in marryingthe arrogant lord her father chose to settle his debts. What she does want is to save herfamily's failing spinach farm. The prize money from a dangerous horse race, held at theend of Venom and Vows, could save her family, so she makes a reckless decision: todisguise herself, break every rule, and enter a world where discovery doesn't meandisgrace... it means death for both herself and her beloved geminox-the very illegal toown crossbreed of horse and unicorn.Complicating matters is Nash Everthorne-the most revered vampire in Heedmoor.Ancient, powerful, and devilishly handsome in a way that feels both illegal and deeplyinconvenient, Nash is entirely unprepared for a human girl with sharp wit, sharperdefiance, and absolutely no respect for vampire etiquette. Her defiance unsettles him. Herwit amuses him. Her very existence threatens everything he's built.One secret endangers Seraphina's life, her family's future, and the fragile laws that dividetwo worlds. When rebellion becomes forbidden love, someone will pay with blood. The onlyquestion is who survives.