Desperate to claim her own destiny, the village sacrifice strikes a deal with the deadly vampire king. Xenia is done scraping by. Rather than waste her life in hunger and obscurity, she chooses one year of power—one year as queen to the vampire king, sealed with blood and ending in death. The king is no fairytale ruler. He is ancient, merciless, and starved for everything he cannot possess. To survive, Xenia learns how to please him. How to manipulate him. How to twist her fate into something more than sacrifice. But when Kalina—the shoemaker’s daughter and the only girl Xenia has ever loved—arrives to take her place, everything changes. Xenia would die to protect her. Instead, she offers something far more dangerous: a deal that could rewrite the rules of the throne. Love, power, and survival hang in the balance—but the vampire king always collects his due. The Blood She Claimed is the start to a sapphic, why-choose gothic fantasy series perfect for fans of lush prose, dark romance, and feminine rage. Think House of Hunger and A Dowry of Blood. One-click today, step into the king's castle, and make the choice to survive.

She expects a monster but finds the immortal woman she could never forget. Tradition demands a new offering, a woman to serve the merciless vampire king. On the longest night of the year, Anna is chosen from the eligible, but once inside the dark castle, she meets horror and carnage. And a reclusive, reluctant queen. Xenia, once a mortal girl who volunteered at the tithing two years before, now hides in shadows and squalor, her immortality a lonely prison. She tries to send Anna away, but Anna will not leave. With nothing but a forced marriage to return to in the village, Anna chooses darkness. Slowly, Anna draws Xenia from her self-imposed exile, coaxing her back to the life in a world drenched in night. Desire ignites and passion becomes power. But when knowledge of the king's demise spreads, the villagers rise for vengeance, and the castle becomes a battlefield. The Woman She Craved is steeped in dark fantasy, gothic romance, and horror – perfect for fans of The Beautiful Ones and the Precious Red Pearls. . Surrender with Anna to sapphic desire. One click now...and lose yourself to the night.