Lyra Valewyn survives by stealing from monsters and disappearing before they realize they have been robbed. Inside the Obsidian Veil, a nightclub ruled by vampires, she is hunting something more dangerous than money: answers about vanished humans, missing Fae, and immortal bodies turning up where they should not. Her investigation puts her directly in the path of Kael, a powerful Mindseer whose ability to invade thoughts makes him the one predator Lyra cannot afford to underestimate. She has shields, secrets, and magic of her own, but Kael sees too much. Worse, the connection growing between them becomes harder to dismiss as convenience or desire. Vaeloria is already unstable, divided among vampire bloodlines, witches, Fae, and other Orders with their own ambitions. Beneath the political tension, someone is building something unnatural, and the disappearances are only the beginning. As Lyra is forced deeper into alliances she never wanted, old betrayals and hidden identities threaten to expose exactly who she is and why she has spent years running. Kael faces a choice of his own: protect the city and the authority he has built, or trust the dangerous woman whose plans could disrupt every balance of power around them. The Nightbound Crown is a dark vampire fantasy romance of witch magic, psychic bonds, deadly conspiracies, political intrigue, and two relentless survivors drawn together while a city edges toward war. Their connection may be powerful, but in Vaeloria, power always demands a price.
Lyra Valewyn survives by stealing from monsters and disappearing before they realize they have been robbed. Inside the Obsidian Veil, a nightclub ruled by vampires, she is hunting something more dangerous than money: answers about vanished humans, missing Fae, and immortal bodies turning up where...