JesaminOnly the desperate would depend on a vampire. As an Artificer, no machinery is beyond me—except that of flesh and blood. The one thing my instruments can’t mend is my own wounded heart.But when every soul in a small town vanishes overnight, we find mysterious Fae artifacts left behind. The tracks of the humans that used them lead Below, into the nightmare world of the long-dead Fae.Only one fiend can get us down there, and bring us back alive.Wroth’s ruinous temper is legendary... moreJesaminOnly the desperate would depend on a vampire. As an Artificer, no machinery is beyond me—except that of flesh and blood. The one thing my instruments can’t mend is my own wounded heart.But when every soul in a small town vanishes overnight, we find mysterious Fae artifacts left behind. The tracks of the humans that used them lead Below, into the nightmare world of the long-dead Fae.Only one fiend can get us down there, and bring us back alive.Wroth’s ruinous temper is legendary. There’s something broken beneath his beastly skin, a fracture in his soul that seeps rage and shadows.But as the darkness of the Below forces us together, a light begins to shine through those cracks.His hope is delicate, as fragile as clockwork, easily crushed.But I’ve already put my faith in a vampire once.Never again.WrothOnly a fool would trust in a human. After fifty years of hell, the shackles of unholy matrimony have finally loosened—and freed me to lick my wounds and bury the pain. Never again will I subject myself to the loathing of a woman, even if it costs my throne.Until a bespectacled, half-Forian noblewoman bursts into my castle, demanding I hunt down traitorous loyalists.In the dark Below, where unbreakable bonds are forged, Jesamin guards my back as I guard hers.There’s something compelling in her grit and determination. Her trust is a fragile, precious thing, a butterfly cradled in my brutish hands.I will be her shield against these shadows.I might even grow somewhat fond of her.But love her?It’ll never happen.The Instruments of Revival is a full-length standalone fantasy romance with an HEA, but the series is best read in order. This Beauty and the Beast fairytale retelling is a steamy, slow-burn romantasy for readers 18+. Release date to be amended. less
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