Sweet Surrender to the Blood Monarch

Lady Vivienne Vance is a prisoner of her own bloodline, forced to act as the delicate puppet of a corrupt holy empire. To save her younger brother from the inquisitors' pyre, she strikes a desperate, forbidden pact with Julian the Blood Monarch - the immortal tyrant who has slaughtered half the continent. Feared for his ruthless cruelty and shadows that swallow light, Julian demands one thing in exchange for her brother's life: Vivienne must live in his obsidian castle as his fake consort. Armed only with her latent, volatile empathy-mimicry magic, Vivienne enters a den of monsters. But beneath Julian's terrifying, razor-sharp exterior lies a dark warmth that threatens to consume her entirely. As enemies close in from all sides and the empire prepares for holy war, Vivienne must navigate a treacherous dance of seduction and survival. Can she guard her heart against a monster who knows her deepest desires, or will she burn in his dark embrace?