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Iris Vesper was never a daughter; she was a commodity. In the shadowed spires of Abaddon’s Reach, the women of the elite are bred for a binary existence: to be playthings or incubators. In this cold, 18th-century landscape, Iris’s girlhood was merely a curriculum of absolute submission. By the time she was hammered onto the auction block, she had been molded into the perfect, silent servant; a masterpiece of obedience in a world that stifled the very idea of love.

Venice, 1880. Alexander, Viscount Dundarran, seeks refuge from scandal amidst the fading grandeur of crumbling palazzos during the infamous Carnival in the city. There he encounters the enigmatic Lady Arabella Pembrook—a young, beautiful widow. Both are scarred by their pasts but find solace in each other and a chance at redemption. But when duty calls Alexander back to England upon his father's death, a darker journey begins.

As the powerful leader of an ancient vampire clan, Ravenna has always followed one rule: humans are nothing more than blood banks. Her lovers are exclusively other vampires, never mortals. But everything changes when one of her most trusted companions brings her a new human. The moment she tastes his blood, an unbreakable bond forms, unlike anything she’s ever experienced.