Blood and Roses

Before her mother died, Kayla Thorne believed monsters lived only behind closed doors. Then her abusive father took everything from her, leaving Kayla alone with grief, unanswered questions, and a headstone she visits every single day.

The cemetery is the only place where she feels close to her mother... until the day she meets Sébastian.

He appears without warning, standing among the graves as though he belongs there. His clothes seem untouched by modern fashion, his words carry the weight of
another century, and his piercing gaze unsettles something deep inside her. He knows things he shouldn't-about loss, about death... and about Kayla herself.

Soon, strange things begin to happen. Shadows linger where they shouldn't. Footsteps echo behind her on empty streets. She catches glimpses of someone watching from the corners of her vision. Whether she's being stalked or losing her mind, Kayla can't tell anymore.

Every instinct tells her to run from the mysterious stranger whose presence feels both haunting and intoxicating. Yet every encounter pulls her closer, as though an invisible thread has been binding them together long before they ever met.

As terrifying secrets buried beneath generations begin to surface, Kayla must uncover who Sébastian really is-and why fate has led him to her mother's grave.

Because some love stories don't begin with a first kiss.

They begin with death.

Trigger warnings-
Abuse (for main character not relationship related)
Trauma
Domestic violence
Sexual themes
Stalking