He’s the monster everyone fears. She’s the doctor who teaches monsters to breathe.
When trauma physician Dr. Anya Kade arrives at Dreadfell—a weather-black palace carved into volcanic cliffs—she expects secrets. She doesn’t expect the reclusive Duke Eryx Valmont: war-scarred, brutally controlled, and rumored to prowl his halls like a beast. As storms batter the coast and bodies wash ashore marked by a crooked star, Anya’s quiet clinic turns into a battleground of truth and temptation.
In candlelit corridors and a glasshouse of night-blooming flowers, desire becomes discipline: rules, consent, and the single word that can stop a storm. Together Anya and Eryx must untangle a web of smuggling, drugged “sleep,” and a neighbor who wants the cliffs—and the duke’s ruin. Trust is negotiated. Power is chosen. And the legend of the monster will be rewritten, one breath at a time.
Perfect for readers who crave wind-lashed Gothic atmosphere, morally gray stakes, and slow-burn heat that tightens like a velvet knot.
Categories: Gothic Dark Romance, Romantic Suspense, Psychological/Sensual Thriller
This book contains explicit scenes, violence, and morally grey characters. Reader discretion is advised.