Victoria is given by her father, the King of the Barren Lands, to the Vampire Duke Sadisman as a hostage. She is a gift from her people as a peace offering. As part of the bargain, Duke has promised, "She will not be sired, she will not be fed upon, she will not be tasted, her skin will remain unbroken, and her chastity unchallenged by those under my domain." Victoria's life as the only human guest in the vampire's Black Keep, which humans call the 'Cradle of Filth,' isn't as simple as she hopes. The Duke is a cruel, dangerous man, as lethal as he is strong, and as troubled as he is scalding hot. A man comfortable with breaking a promise if it suits him but smart enough not to lightly restart a bitter war that weakens his coven.
He is also the master of an ancient, powerful vampire coven. In it, Victoria must find a way to survive in a nest of remorseless plotters and schemers. Over time, Victoria withstands Sadismann's punishments and learns a grudging respect for him. She makes friends with some of the human familiars, and with them, she must uncover the truth. Is The Duke unraveling the centuries of pain and learning to feel something he has not felt before? Or is this another plot within a plot? While she knows the vampire treachery, Victoria begins to feel emotions she is scared of. Can she survive her year as a hostage to the vampire overlord? Can the vampire overlord survive a year without breaking his vows?
Book #1 of the Crimson Crown series.
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When Prince Zackai comes to his coronation, his home is brutally attacked. He is forced to flee his home, or he would likely have been killed. But that's exactly what Victoria, a High Warlock, wants him to do. So, she hunts him down and curses him, inflicting him with a dark spell that ensures that he is forced to become a monster. But that's not all. Each time he becomes this monstrous beast form, Zackai becomes more feral. And each time he dies in that beast form, he returns from death as a much more feral and less humane.
Zackai is trapped in this curse, and the only one who can help him is another Dark Fae, like him, a girl called Eilex.
But when they meet, things go very wrong. And now, Zackai and Eilex need to figure out how to help each other, despite the growing love between them. They're falling for each other, and it seems that Victoria knew that. So, now she's hunting Eilex, too. But Zackai won't let anything happen to Eilex. Or will he?