In the valley of eternal dusk, Lord Vaelen D'Arclay rules as both king and curse. Once human, now bound to immortality by his own desperate bargain, he has become a legend whispered in fear-a creature of beauty and ruin who feels nothing but the slow ache of centuries. Until Elara Wynne crosses his borders. A healer with fire in her heart, she steps into his domain searching for her lost sister and finds instead the monster the world forgot. But when their eyes meet in the candlelit hall of his fortress, something ancient stirs-a spark neither death nor darkness has been able to extinguish. Drawn together by danger and by the pull of what both deny, Vaelen and Elara become entangled in a bond that blurs the line between hunger and love. Every word, every glance threatens to break the careful control he has held for a hundred years. She tempts him toward the light he cannot bear; he tempts her toward the darkness that calls to something wild and unspoken within her. As rebellion rises in the Hollow Court and the curse begins to unravel, their connection deepens into something fierce and forbidden-a devotion as perilous as it is tender. To love her may destroy him. To resist her may destroy them all. Crimson Veil is a gothic fantasy of obsession, redemption, and the ache of a love powerful enough to make even the damned remember what it means to be human.