King of Battle and Blood

About King of Battle and Blood

King of Battle and Blood is the first romantasy novel in Scarlett St. Clair's Adrian X Isolde series, a dark and steamy entry in the vampire fantasy romance subgenre. When the bloodthirsty vampire king Adrian marches his army to the gates of Lara's kingdom and demands a bride as tribute, no one expects Isolde—daughter of King Henri—to volunteer. But Isolde has her reasons, and they are as sharp as a blade. The marriage is a contract, a battle of wills between two people determined not to give an inch. Adrian is ancient, dangerous, and achingly beautiful, while Isolde is stubborn, politically savvy, and harboring a gift that may make her the most dangerous person in the room. The tension between them is electric, the world-building leans into its dark fairy-tale aesthetic, and the romance burns hot. St. Clair writes with a compulsively readable pace that keeps pages turning deep into the night. King of Battle and Blood delivers everything the romantasy reader wants: a morally complex love interest, a heroine who refuses to be conquered, and a world built around power, magic, and desire. This is dark romantasy at its most addictive—steamy, compelling, and impossible to put down.

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