Softly, Wickedly
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  • Time 1h 41m
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Ongoing, First published Nov 15, 2024
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Rumors can turn men into monsters. This is precisely what nineteenth-century London has done with the Bloodmen. Painting criminals as nightmarish creatures running rampant in the streets, but the sewers are where they really play: in the Blood City. 

Luna Martin knows these rumours well but doesn't stop her from doing what she wants. They inspire her to become one of the missing women headlining the London Daily. But months before she can execute her plan to escape, the truth of her parentage comes to light, sending her spiraling down the whiskey bottle. Then, on her way home, she's drugged and abducted by a Bloodman, Crow Hallows. He only wants one thing: freedom from the Bloodmen and she's his ticket to it. 

Thrust into the Blood City, Luna confronts parts of herself she'd rather forget-the unpretty parts. But with the Pledge for a new leader of Bloodmen around the corner, she doesn't have time to be anybody else than who she's been this whole time: the Daughter of Bloodmen. Forced to partake in the Father's mind games, she'll do whatever it takes to beat him. And with the help of a rogue Bloodmen who knows more than he lets on, she just might win. 

But how do you win a game you're the prize in? You lie. You cheat. You make them bleed.
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"Softly, Wickedly" is a gripping tale of survival, deception, and the lengths we go to uncover the truth about ourselves. 


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