The Crimson Prize

Vivian Ashby was never meant for Elysia.

She was born in England, where white roses climbed garden walls and monsters belonged in old stories. Then Lord Aurelian chose her.

Celebrated as a hero of the Great Nylar War, Aurelian earned the highest honour Elysia can bestow: the right to claim a human bride. To his people, Vivian is a prize worthy of a man who has sacrificed centuries in service to his realm. To her family, refusing him was never an option.

To Vivian, it feels like the end of her life.

Taken to a world of sun drenched courtyards, white stone sanctuaries and seas so blue they look painted by hand, Vivian finds herself trapped in a paradise built on ancient traditions and blood. Aurelian is not the monster she expected. He is patient, revered and unwavering in his belief that, after everything he has endured, he has finally earned happiness.

And that happiness is her.

But the brides before Vivian all weakened.

Vivian does not.

When a Nylar creature breaches Elysia and warns her that the vampires have lied, Vivian begins to question everything she has been told. Why is she growing stronger instead of fading? Why does Aurelian need her blood? And why is it becoming harder to tell the difference between love and dependence?

As old truths unravel and loyalties are tested, Vivian must decide who to trust: the man who would do anything to keep her, or the voice insisting she was never meant to belong to anyone.

Because being chosen was never the same as having a choice.