THE THORNED ROSEIN THE SERPENT’S GRIP
Purchasing a mute amnesiac slave at a subterranean auction to evade an arranged marriage, the vampire princess brought home the Frost Wolf King.
Layla faces certain doom when superstitious villagers cast her into the churning waves as an annual sacrificial offering to appease oceanic deities. Instead of drowning in the abyss, she awakens inside the glowing submerged halls of Atlantis, saved by King Kael. The sovereign carries an ancient affliction that blights his aquatic realm, discovering that Layla is the prophesied soul whose affection can dissolve his curse—though at mortal peril to herself.
Their burgeoning passion sparks vicious intrigue among royal courtiers determined to preserve the ancient bloodlines. Treachery orchestrates a bitter separation bathed in false accusations, casting Layla back to the surface world under an agonizing cloud of mistrust. Seven years later, an unexpected oceanic crisis forces their paths together again to confront the royal conspiracy that severed their fated connection.
