A queer, vampiric romance retelling of Romeo and Juliet set in modern-day Oxford by two bestselling authors. Perfect for fans of A Dowry of Blood.
Tobias Osian was turned into a vampire in 1576 when Vladimir Damianos, head of Britain’s strongest vampire family, left him alive after a night of debauched killing. Ever since, Tobias has been consumed by plans for revenge against the man who stole his mortality and his family.
Posing as a human, he hatches a plan to infiltrate the Damianos family in order to get to Vladimir. What Tobias does not plan for is Alexander Damianos, Vladimir’s eldest son. Wanting to escape his family’s expectations, Alexander has rebelled against his father, pretending instead to be a human, and becoming a professor at Oxford.
When the two meet, Alexander is instantly enamoured with the “mortal” librarian Tobias. Tobias, on the other hand, sees Alexander as a means to an end. Get into bed with the young Damianos, and he might finally get the closure he seeks.
But when a string of murders brings them closer together, Tobias must decide what means more to him: vengeance, or his growing attraction to Alexander?
A dark and moody paranormal romance filled with plot twists, angst, and a hint of murder.
Ben Alderson is a #1 Amazon bestselling author and former BookTuber. In 2023, he was nominated for TikTok Author of the Year, and in 2024 for BookTok Breakthrough Author of the Year. A social media darling, Ben is on TikTok (153k), Instagram (65.6k followers), and Twitter (17.4k followers). He has self-published a number of M/M romantic fantasy novels, and his series A Realm of Fey is published by Angry Robot Books and A Court of Broken Bounds is published with Second Sky (Hachette UK). Ben lives in Oxfordshire and, when not writing, can be found reading, taking Winston—his Labrador—out for long walks, or obsessing over Marvel’s The Scarlet Witch.
Laura R. Samotin has a PhD in international relations and enjoys using her academic background on military tactics, power politics, and leadership to enliven and inform her creative writing. Her works of adult fiction are grounded in Jewish myth, mysticism, and her Eastern European Jewish heritage.
She served as a 2021 #DVMentor mentor and a 2021-2022 WriteMentor Summer Program mentor, and also runs the website Query101 to help authors on their writing journey. She lives with her spouse, and when she’s not researching or writing, she relishes her role as a full-time cat servant.
A queer, vampiric romance retelling of Romeo and Juliet set in modern-day Oxford by two bestselling authors. Perfect for fans of A Dowry of Blood.
Tobias Osian was turned into a vampire in 1576 when Vladimir Damianos, head of Britain’s strongest vampire family, left him alive after a night of debauched killing. Ever since, Tobias has been consumed by plans for revenge against the man who stole his mortality and his family.
Posing as a human, he hatches a plan to infiltrate the Damianos family in order to get to Vladimir. What Tobias does not plan for is Alexander Damianos, Vladimir’s eldest son. Wanting to escape his family’s expectations, Alexander has rebelled against his father, pretending instead to be a human, and becoming a professor at Oxford.
When the two meet, Alexander is instantly enamoured with the “mortal” librarian Tobias. Tobias, on the other hand, sees Alexander as a means to an end. Get into bed with the young Damianos, and he might finally get the closure he seeks.
But when a string of murders brings them closer together, Tobias must decide what means more to him: vengeance, or his growing attraction to Alexander?
A dark and moody paranormal romance filled with plot twists, angst, and a hint of murder.
Author
Ben Alderson is a #1 Amazon bestselling author and former BookTuber. In 2023, he was nominated for TikTok Author of the Year, and in 2024 for BookTok Breakthrough Author of the Year. A social media darling, Ben is on TikTok (153k), Instagram (65.6k followers), and Twitter (17.4k followers). He has self-published a number of M/M romantic fantasy novels, and his series A Realm of Fey is published by Angry Robot Books and A Court of Broken Bounds is published with Second Sky (Hachette UK). Ben lives in Oxfordshire and, when not writing, can be found reading, taking Winston—his Labrador—out for long walks, or obsessing over Marvel’s The Scarlet Witch.
Laura R. Samotin has a PhD in international relations and enjoys using her academic background on military tactics, power politics, and leadership to enliven and inform her creative writing. Her works of adult fiction are grounded in Jewish myth, mysticism, and her Eastern European Jewish heritage.
She served as a 2021 #DVMentor mentor and a 2021-2022 WriteMentor Summer Program mentor, and also runs the website Query101 to help authors on their writing journey. She lives with her spouse, and when she’s not researching or writing, she relishes her role as a full-time cat servant.
