BOUND IN BLOOM: The Peach-Bearer & The Ape-King
E. B. Knight
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· 3 ratings · 274 pages · Published: 09 Jul 2025
A 150-year-old curse. A tech empire corrupted by ancient magic. A captive who becomes a god.
In 1858, a Gullah conjure woman named Mama Sage cast a curse that would earn interest through centuries of blood. Now, tech billionaire Malachi "Ape" King—who has tracked one woman through his algorithms for seventeen years —is about to learn that some debts can't be paid in code.
When Sofija Sever's brother trades her to settle his gambling debts , she awakens in a Missouri mansion where cotton pushes through marble floors and AI systems whisper prophecies in forgotten tongues. Her captor plans to own her. The house has other plans.
Malachi plans to possess her.
Sofija plans to bring him to his knees.
As copper threads weave through her skin and her biology streams to quantum servers, Sofija's transformation begins. She isn't just becoming Malachi's captive—she's becoming the Peach-Bearer, vessel for a supernatural debt that turns masters into worshippers and algorithms into ash. In this haunted house built on blood-soaked soil, where server fans choke on impossible pollen and digital empires crumble before conjure, the real question isn't who owns whom—it's whether either of them will survive what blooms.
A scorching, mind-bending dark romance ✓ Multi-generational supernatural revenge meets Silicon Valley ✓ Captive-to-deity transformation arc ✓ Deeply researched Gullah-Geechee history and folklore driving a truly unique plot ✓ Body horror as empowerment, transforming flesh into living myth ✓ A true power reversal where the predator becomes the supplicant ✓ An international story spanning from the American South to real-world locations in Slovenia
Perfect for readers ofHaunting Adeline, Den of Vipers, and Credence who crave dark romance that’s not just strange and scorching—but racial, ritual, and a reckoning. With a Black tech-billionaire haunted by scarcity and a white heroine bound by ancestral debt,
Bound in Bloom is a Southern Gothic fever-dream where prophecy, fetish, and liberation collide.
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