Heart for the Damned
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When Karolina arrives to bury the last of House Kraum, she discovers a curse still breathing in the ruins.
A fallen priest's vow binds her fate to Ladislaus Banfi - a tormented immortal who doesn't want her salvation... or her blood.
But someone else does.
And the night is already watching.
When Karolina Keln arrives to claim her family's legacy, she finds only ruins, silence, and a curse that never died.
In the shadows waits Ladislaus Banfi - a tormented immortal bound to her by fate...
and hunted by those who want her blood for themselves.
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