A Bite Of Velvet
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Last published Mon, May 5, 2025
"So why did you decide to become a seamstress?"
"I'm good with my hands."
Maeve couldn't tell if it was just the dim light or something more, but she swore she saw a flush spread across Virella's porcelain skin. A blush. A game that was becoming more and more intriguing to play.
Maeve Wilder is a celebrated seamstress by day and a vampire hunter by night. After an apocalyptic war, peace is struck between humans and vampires. Humans would get protection from other vampiric kingdoms and in return, they would give voluntary blood donations. Maeve goes undercover as the seamstress for Princess Virella D'Aurelius's coronation, determined to expose the corruption of the vampire royal family. But as old vendettas resurface and unexpected desire sparks between them, Maeve must choose between duty and love-her dagger or her heart.
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