The daughter of a powerful but disgraced Blood Worker, Shan LeClaire has spent her entire life perfecting her blood magic, building her network of spies, and gathering every scrap of power she could. Now, to protect her brother, she assassinates their father and takes her place at the head of the family. And that is only the start of her revenge.
Samuel Hutchinson is a bastard with a terrible gift. When he stumbles upon the first victim of a magical serial killer, he’s drawn into the world of magic and intrigue he’s worked so hard to avoid – and is pulled deeply into the ravenous and bloodthirsty court of the vampire king.
Tasked by the Eternal King to discover the identity of the killer cutting a bloody swath through the city, Samuel, Shan and mysterious Royal Blood Worker Isaac find themselves growing ever closer to each other. But Shan’s plans are treacherous, and as she lures Samuel into her complicated web of desire, treason and vengeance, he must decide if the good of their nation is worth the cost of his soul.
Content Warnings: MISTRESS OF LIES contains sensitive material, including but not limited to: explicit sexual content, murder, patricide, gore, blood magic and bloodletting for purposes of magic, discussion of racism and classism, mentions of rape.
There is no transphobia, misgendering, or deadnaming.
LOVE WILL BE THEIR RUIN
It has been six months since the failed coup led by Isaac De La Cruz, and Shan LeClaire is struggling under the mantle of Royal Blood Worker. Left with a dwindling blood supply and a ravenous nation whose thirst will drown them, Shan is forced to turn to darker means to fill the need. And that is only the start of the horrors her Eternal King asks of her.
Now Councillor to the King, Samuel is trapped in a labyrinthine world of politics and bylaws. Crushed by the knowledge that he can never change things from within, Samuel breaks from Shan, turning to her rebellious brother to help him rescue the disgraced Isaac de la Cruz from the King’s dungeons.
Despite his newfound freedom, all is not well with Isaac. His actions have consequences, the dangerous magic he experimented with changing him from man to monster. But a monster might just be the only thing that can stand up to the Eternal King. Embracing the beast within, Isaac will see this broken nation shattered-even if it would cost the love of those he holds most dear.
Content Warnings: Gore, body horror, disembowelment, violence, murder, blood magic, animal death (rat), anthropophagy, bloodletting for purposes of magic, discussions of classism and racism.
Explicit sexual content including oral sex, vaginal sex, anal sex, erotic asphyxiation, blood drinking during sex, impact play, knife play, pain play, teratophilia, kink (both negotiated and spontaneous).
There is no transphobia, misgendering, or deadnaming.
THEIR LOVE WILL RISE FROM THE ASHES OF EMPIRE.
Shan LeClaire is playing a dangerous game of deception. As the doting fiancée to the vampire king, she commits atrocities in the crown’s name while feeding secrets to her brother’s rebellion. The smallest misstep could mean her ruin, but she will do whatever it takes to ensure the king’s downfall. Even if he takes her down with him.
Isaac de la Cruz has embraced the monster within, walking the line between justice and vengeance. As a manananggal, Isaac tears down the Eternal King’s forces with little thought for his own safety. But as the King’s army of vampires take to the sky, Isaac realizes that one monster will not be enough to free the nation from its blood-stained history.
Stripped of his magic, Samuel is plagued by chronic migraines and a directionless rage. But before disowning him, the Eternal King left one final gift: Samuel’s own blood can disrupt Blood Working. It’s a power like nothing the world has seen before, and if it’s all he can do to save his broken nations, Samuel is more than prepared to bleed.
Content Warnings: Gore, body horror, disembowelment, violence, murder, blood magic, anthropophagy, bloodletting for purposes of magic, self-harm, torture, discussions of classism and racism.
Explicit sexual content including oral sex, vaginal sex, anal sex, blood drinking during sex, impact play, knife play, pain play, teratophilia, erotic asphyxiation, penetration of an open wound, kink (both negotiated and spontaneous).
There is no transphobia, misgendering, or deadnaming.