Stolen by the Vampire King

His hunger has no bottom. Her blood is the only thing that has ever eased it.

King Lucian Valcour has been starving for fifty years. A curse called the Thirst means no feeding ever leaves him fed - and when it finally speaks louder than he does, he will become the feral monster his mortal neighbors already believe he is, and his Night Court will fall to the Pale Regent who cursed him.

Then Elena Marlowe is dragged to his court in chains: a village apothecary with a sharp tongue, a healer's hands, and moon-blessed blood that runs silver under the moon. Lucian could take what he needs. Instead, he offers a bargain - one season as his royal apothecary, three gifts of her blood at the full moons, given or withheld at her word alone, and her village's blood tithe struck off forever.

But the Pale Regent wants the moon-blessed girl for himself, a traitor sits on the king's own council, and the cure for the Thirst cannot be bought, bargained, or taken. It can only be given - after every bargain between them is ended, by a heart that chooses him freely, in love. Lucian refuses to ask her. Elena will have to choose him herself - before the trial, the theft of the court's Heartrelic, and the third moon take the choice away from them both.

Stolen by the Vampire King is an intimate fantasy romance novella and Book 1 of Kings of the Midnight Court: a cursed vampire king, a brave apothecary heroine, a moonlit night court, a bargain neither of them expected to want to keep, and a guaranteed happy ending - a coronation, a dawn wedding, and a heart that beats fed and free. The romance is passionate, and the love scenes are written fade-to-black.

For readers 17+.

What readers get:
- A complete standalone novella (about 26,000 words, 12 chapters) - Book 1 of a series, no cliffhanger
- Vampire king x human apothecary healer
- Cursed hunger, fated bond, a bargain with terms, he refuses to take by force
- Night court intrigue, a trial, a heist, and a villain working in the shadows
- Passionate fade-to-black romance, happy ending guaranteed