Her revenge depends on waking her enemy from his hundred-year sleep... Former princess Celandine is plotting to bring down the men who stole her throne. She needs help from someone even more the immortal who battled her ancestors. With his fangs and dark magic, he can destroy her present-day enemies, and then she'll double cross the ancient creature to complete her victory. But when she wakes him with a drink of her blood, his bite ignites desire in her that could bring her careful plan crashing down. Troi wakes to find that everyone he once loved is gone. With nothing left to live for but vengeance, he agrees to help Celandine infiltrate the summer solstice ball by posing as her husband. He knows he can't trust the scheming descendant of his sworn enemies, and yet the taste of her blood makes him feel like she's really his. Can he tempt her to abandon her devious plot, or will her betrayal destroy them both? Blood Slumber is a romantasy with an HEA for fans of spicy, enemies-to-lovers romance and fanged twists on fairy tales. This standalone novella is set in the epic fantasy world of the Best of #BookTok Amazon top 15 bestseller Blood Mercy.
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Get a free book when you sign up for Vela's mailing list at vroth.co/signup! Vela Roth manifested unstable writing powers at a young age, and many of her early experiments had unintended results. As she grew, a curriculum of fantasy novels with kickass heroines helped her learn to control and wield her abilities. Eventually she dared pursue the knowledge inside the most forbidden tomes: romance novels. She's been practicing the dark arts of fantasy romance ever since, but she strives to use her novels only for good. She lives in a solar-powered writer's garret at the foot of the mountains. Her familiar is a rescue cat with a missing fang and a huge heart. When not typing furiously at her manuscript, she can usually be found gaming on her home-built PC or trying to grow roses in the desert. She loves hearing from readers and hopes you'll visit her at velaroth.com.
