I've always known my father was a gambling man, but I never thought I'd be the final chip he'd push across the table. One night. One high-stakes poker game with the most dangerous creature in New Orleans. One desperate father with nothing left to lose but me. Now I'm being dragged deep into the bayou to a mansion hidden behind curtains of Spanish moss and secrets. My captor is nothing like any man I've ever known—because he's not a man at all. He's something impossible, something my rational mind struggles to comprehend. And he's cursed. Something twisted him into a beast that prowls his bayou fortress with barely contained fury. When I try to escape this nightmare, his threat is run, and my father pays with his life. But as days blend into nights in this decaying paradise, I discover powers stirring beneath my skin—ancient magic that responds to his darkness. The beast may own my freedom, but he's unleashed something inside me that I can't control. Something that frightens me. Beast of Blood and Roses is a dark, steamy enemies-to-lovers paranormal romance featuring a cursed vampire trapped in monstrous form and a captive with dormant powers she never knew existed. Sometimes true love requires more than a kiss... it demands blood. This sizzling Beauty and the Beast retelling delivers white-hot tension, forbidden desire, and a fated mates connection that neither can deny. With dangerous supernatural threats lurking in the bayou and a curse that can only be broken by true love, this thrilling tale of captivity and passion will leave you breathless until the very last page! Enemies to Lovers Forbidden Romance Fated Mates Touch Her and Die Morally Grey Hero