He caught it - the flicker of triumph in her smile. So small most wouldn't have noticed. But he did. And it set something off in him. Something dark. *Does she really think-* He slammed her roughly against the nearest wall, unforgivingly. She gasped softly, and he swallowed it with his lips, kissing her hard. The kiss wasn't sweet. It was punishment. For everything. For all of it. ღ✧ Dante thought he had escaped the ghosts of his past. After the breakup, his friends Isabella and Damien helped him rebuild the pieces of his life. But when a string of crimes begins haunting the city, all tied to people the group knows, fear spreads like wildfire. ღ✧ [a psychological murder mystery thriller romance story] [tw: sex, violence, murder]

Ginelle Hayes is orphaned, and after escaping her abusive guardian with a dark secret, she finds herself alone on the cruel streets of London. Then Eloise Ashford arrives to take the impoverished child under her care and back to her lavish plantation manor where she raises the skittish child as her own. He is an intense and challenging man, with dark secrets and a guarded heart. Dorian Don Ashford returns from sea, eager to seek the comforts of his manor home, only to find an unwanted distraction in the form of a small, orphan girl. As time transpires, the girl transforms into a remarkable beauty that stirs feelings unknown to Dorian, slowly thawing the ice around his heart. But when a sudden tragedy occurs, will it bring Dorian and Ginelle closer, will their desire and destiny bound them together in the thralls of love or will the past resurface and the perilous truths shatter their lives forever? Cover done by M_Rainberry.

A short love story about a KinG of vampires finds love with his servant.