A Bargain So Bloody (Kingdom of Dark Magic)

A Bargain So Bloody (Kingdom of Dark Magic, Book 1)

Author: Vasilisa Drake
Genre: Vampire Romantasy / Dark Fantasy Romance
Book Rating: ⭐ 9/10
Spice Rating: 🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3/5

Description 

She needs a monster to escape her prison. Unfortunately, escaping with him doesn't mean he'll ever let her go.

Samara is serving fifteen years inside the brutal walls of Castle Greymere for a crime she didn't commit. Surrounded by cruel guards and the screams of other prisoners, she survives by holding onto one thing: the promise that eventually, she'll be free.

Then she discovers the truth.

They never intend to release her.

With death inside Greymere becoming a certainty, Samara decides to attempt the impossible—escape a magical prison no one leaves alive. But she'll never make it out on her own.

Her only hope is Raphael.

Powerful, dangerous, and undead, Raphael is everything Samara should fear. He's a vampire—the same kind of monster responsible for her mother's death—and his supernatural strength is restrained only by the enchanted shackles keeping him prisoner.

Still, Samara needs him.

Their bargain seems simple: she frees Raphael from his chains, and he gets her out of Greymere.

What Samara doesn't realize is that Raphael's agreement comes with a dangerous omission.

He promised to help her escape. He never promised to let her leave him.

Forced together beyond the prison walls, Samara finds herself dangerously close to a vampire she was raised to hate. And as their reluctant alliance turns into a slow-burning attraction, she'll have to discover just how powerful she can become while deciding whether the monster beside her is truly her greatest threat—or the one person willing to destroy anything that threatens her.

A Bargain So Bloody begins the Kingdom of Dark Magic series with a dangerous bargain, a morally gray vampire who falls hard, and a heroine fighting to reclaim her freedom.

Special Edition Note: First-printing hardcovers feature sprayed edges while supplies last.

Tropes / Mood

Vampire Romance • Prison Break • Dangerous Bargain • Forced Proximity • Morally Gray MMC • He Falls First • He Falls Hard • Touch Her and Die • Slow Burn • Enemies to Lovers • Reluctant Allies • Powerful Vampire • Human × Vampire • Only One Horse • Protective MMC • Captivity • Magical Prison • Found Strength • Dark Magic • High Stakes • Dark Romantasy