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Astarion is a beautiful monster whose body is a stage for others' pleasure. Shelly is a deadly Thayan expatriate starved for a touch she can't have. Both are convinced they are too broken to be wanted, too dangerous to be held.
Astarion, a vampire spawn enduring two centuries of brutal servitude, finds his means of survival destroyed when he meets Shelly, a sharp-witted bookbinder with dark secrets of her own. As their dangerous connection deepens into something real, they must navigate the ever-present threat of Astarion’s sadistic master, Thayan enclaves seeking vengeance, A looming undercurrent of a grand design, unlikely betrayals and stranger alliances. Their forbidden romance forces them to confront their traumatic pasts and learn that physical compatibility is not the same as emotional safety.