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The Serpent's Bride

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️steamy·spoiler·Bloodlines #1

Why Read This?

A shapeshifting fae assassin poses as a vampire prince's human bride to murder his entire family, then makes the fatal mistake of falling for him.

Synopsis

I will disguise myself as the vampire’s bride. I will win over his family. And then I will murder every last one of them. All my life I’ve been training to take revenge on the vampire who killed my parents. But Raziel Nostrom is a prince of the city’s most powerful mafia clan—completely untouchable. When I learn that Raziel is marrying a woman he’s never seen before, I know my chance has finally come… I will disguise myself as Raziel’s sacrificial bride. I will gain access to his vicious and beautiful family. And I will murder every last bloodsucking one of them . Raziel is just as ruthless and deadly as I expected, but I had no idea how magnetic he would be up close, with an intoxicating smile and ruby-red eyes that seem to look right into my soul. There’s a dangerous tension between us that I’m struggling to ignore. I have to strike fast. Every second I wait brings new danger to my life—and my heart. But as I sharpen my blades and prepare to take my revenge at last, I need to face the truth… I’m falling in love with Raziel Nostrom. The first book in a spicy vampire romantasy series perfect for fans of true enemies-to-lovers romance and marriages of convenience tropes. Readers who could not get enough of The Serpent and the Wings of Night and Haunting Adeline will love The Serpent’s Bride .

At a Glance

3.95 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️steamy
Endingspoiler
PairingM/F
Romance Pacingslow burn

Top Tropes

enemies to loversarranged marriagehidden identity

Mood

darkintensemysteriousseductivetense

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

3.95 ★

Page Count

306 pages

Published

2025

Primary Genre

Dark Fantasy

Pairing

M/F

POV

Dual POV

Romance Pacing

Slow Burn

Cliffhanger

spoiler

Audiobook

Available

Yes

Format

Single Narrator

Narrator

Desiree Ketchum

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
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Mood & Vibe

Mood

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Characters

FMC: assassin sign in to unlock

Spice Details 🌶️

dark and tension-fueled with possessive intensity, builds from cat-and-mouse tension to explicit payoff sign in to unlock

human traffickinggraphic violencetorturekidnappingdeathchild deathbloodgriefparent lossmutilationBDSMdrug use mentionssex work mentionsslut shamingalcoholcorpses

World & Setting

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Reading Context

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