Of Venom & Vampires: Saints of Light & Blood Book 1 Kindle Edition

Revised and Remastered! For vampires and humans, the rules to keeping influence are the same: careful who you trust, never show weakness, and always— always— shield your heart. In a world where the Canon Bible of the New Vatican governs both the living and the damned, where ancient bloodlines carry the weight of divine judgment and immortal sin...Princess Isidora Darkstorm, the dhampir daughter of the Vampire Emperor, has carved her place in a court designed to devour her. Through silk and thread, needle and political cunning, she has risen from despised half-breed to the arbiter of fashion itself— her embroidery secretly weaving prayers from the forbidden verses of the Canon in the vampiric court, her influence a fragile shield against those who would see only pure bloods rule the night.But the Silver King Lucius breaks free from his thousand-year prison, ancient obsession stirs. The same curse that destroyed her ancestor Erendis of Isadora now hunts her through her veins, binding her to darkness through blood and blasphemous covenant.Everything about Drakke is dangerous. A ruthless ancient vampire, an efficient killer, and conquered king of the Nightshade Coven, bound by sacred oath to protect what he desires most— guards her devotion of one damned by duty. Every moment tests his restraint, for she carries the face of martyred saints and the soul of mortal fire.King Njord Lothbrok, Soulkeeper-king, slayer of the Hollow King— arrives to claim his dhampir bride. Behind his divine beauty lies two millennia of guiding souls to judgment— and the terrible authority of one who decides who lives, dies or lingers eternally between. His marriage to Isidora will unite vampire and angelic bloodlines, but he quickly discovers his future queen plays a game far deadlier than court politics.As political conspiracies bloom like poisoned roses and the Canon prophecies unfold in blood and shadow, Isidora must choose between between two fates and break one: The vampire who would die for her love, the angel who would rule through her power, or the silver devil who would possess her soul entirely.In a realm where every prayer is a weapon and every kiss a potential betrayal, the greatest danger may not be the ancient evil that stalks her— but the human heart that refuses to choose between salvation and damnation.Some bonds are forged in Heaven. Others in Hell. The most dangerous are made in the space between. Read more