Blood & Roses

In Blackbriar, justice serves the powerful - and love leaves bodies in its wake.

Corvina Velaris is here to rip both masks off. One corpse at a time.

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Haunted by a legacy stained with forbidden magic, Corvina is the last heir of a cursed bloodline born of necromancy and a love that defied the laws of life and death. She walks a razor's edge between justice and vengeance.

By day, she runs Thorn & Bloom, an apothecary of healing potions, charms, and whispered spells. By night, she carves retribution into the hearts of the wicked.

Cursed by the Veil - the ancient force that guards the boundary between life and death - she must kill thirteen who escaped justice, or be slowly consumed from within.

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Sentinel Warren Crowe is stoic, sharp-eyed, and sworn to uphold a crumbling system. He follows rules and trusts the law - until the Rosebrand murders lead him to Thorn & Bloom.

He doesn't expect a witch with a silver tongue, dangerous charm, and a laugh that unsettles him more than any spell. Corvina gets under his skin, and he can't stay away.

But Warren is not as unshakable as he seems.
And some truths, once uncovered, can never be buried again.

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As corruption festers and time runs out, Corvina searches for a way to break the curse - before the Veil takes her soul.

In a city where the gods no longer answer, the price of mercy may be written in blood.

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Dark, seductive, and laced with blood magic, Blood & Roses is a gothic romantasy for fans of forbidden love, morally grey characters, and slow-burn betrayal.

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