What’s more dangerous than falling for a vampire?
Falling for one while another is hunting you...
In The Light of Blood, Cassandra Burke didn’t come to Nivara looking for romance. She came for knowledge—invited as a human scholar to study ancient vampire texts buried deep beneath a centuries-old city. She never expected her invention, Lumière—a serum that allows vampires to walk in sunlight—to make her a political lightning rod. And she definitely didn’t expect two powerful, dangerously different immortals to take a personal interest in her fate.
On one side is Dominic de Valois, the regal and self-controlled vampire Regent of Nivara. He’s centuries old, impossibly powerful, and burdened with keeping a fragile peace among a city full of ancient rivalries. But beneath his formal exterior is something raw, something magnetic—and Cassandra finds herself drawn to him in ways she can't explain… and may not survive.
On the other side? Darian Vex. A dark purist, a war-hardened manipulator, and leader of the vampire extremists who would rather burn the city to ash than let it evolve. Vex sees Cassandra not just as a threat—but as a tool. Her blood. Her brilliance. Her connection to Lumière. He wants to use her. Break her. Own her.
Between desire and danger, prophecy and power, Cassandra is pulled into a battle that could shatter not just her heart—but the entire vampire world.
So the question becomes:
Can she trust the vampire who’s falling in love with her... or the one who might destroy her to win?