Forbidden By Blood

In a modern city governed by ancient bloodlines, an uneasy peace holds between vampires and nekos—two species bound by centuries of rivalry, betrayal, and war. Though the violence has quieted, resentment festers beneath the surface, and whispers of rebellion begin to circulate among the vampire clans who believe their power was unjustly stripped away. Maverick Delacroix, the disciplined heir to one of the most influential vampire families, has been raised to value control above all else. Loyalty to his lineage is not a choice but a duty etched into his very existence. Across the divide stands Odessa Kingsleigh, a sharp-witted neko diplomat trained to protect her people at any cost. Burdened by history and responsibility, she knows that trusting a vampire—especially a Delacroix—could unravel everything she has worked to preserve. When rising tensions force secret negotiations between the two factions, Maverick and Odessa are drawn into reluctant cooperation. What begins as a strategic alliance quickly deepens into something far more dangerous. As they navigate political intrigue, veiled threats, and the weight of ancestral hatred, their connection grows—challenging everything they have been taught to believe about enemies, loyalty, and destiny. But love in a divided city is never private. As extremist forces on both sides push for war and long-buried prophecies resurface, Maverick and Odessa find themselves at the center of a conflict that could destroy the fragile balance holding their world together. Choosing each other means defying their families, their cultures, and the expectations carved into their blood. With rebellion looming and trust in short supply, they must decide whether history will repeat itself in bloodshed—or whether their forbidden bond can forge a future neither species dared to imagine.

When Sera Thorne discovers she's fated to Lucien Ashcroft—the vampire prince whose ancestor was murdered by her witch bloodline—she knows their bond is a death sentence. Centuries of war have made their clans sworn enemies, kill on sight, no questions asked. But as mysterious deaths mirror the ancient murder that started it all, Sera and Lucien must uncover the truth behind the conspiracy that destroyed their ancestors' love and shattered two worlds. With a traitor hiding in the shadows and their people demanding blood, can they solve a centuries-old murder before history repeats itself, or will their bond be the final spark that burns both clans to ash?

Lucien Delacroix is a vampire prince, feared, lethal, and bound by duty and laws that demand he marry a powerful witch to secure his family’s rule. All his life as a vampire, duty has always come before desire. Disobedience is not an option. Until he meets her. She is human. Fragile. Forbidden. Everything his world warns him to stay far away from. Yet the more he resists, the stronger the pull becomes, awakening something dangerous in a world where love is considered a weakness. With a ruthless father demanding obedience and diligence, rival clans hunting his family's most sacred secret. Lucien is forced to choose: surrender to the life decided for him, or risk war, betrayal, and damnation for a love that could be his redemption or his ruin.

“Her blood can save the world… or burn it to ash.” Nineteen-year-old Neemah has never truly belonged, not to the Riverdane wolf clan that raised her, not to the human world she barely remembers. But when the pack council discovers her father was a vampire, she’s sent to the Academy of Supernaturals to learn what she really is: a dhampire. Among the faes, witches, vampires, and shifters, Neemah stands alone, in a place where bloodlines are everything. Her only safe place is Davorin, her fated mate and the Alpha’s son… until strange attacks and whispered prophecies reveal the truth: her blood is the key to an ancient power that could grant immortality itself. Will she protect the world from the immortals who crave her blood, or become the monster they have been waiting for?

A forbidden love between a werewolf and a human: A werewolf who falls in love with a human, and the relationship is deemed forbidden by their respective communities. They must navigate the challenges of their different worlds and the opposition they face from their families and friends.

Rejected by her fated mate and traded like cattle to the feared Alpha Damon, orphaned healer Maya thought her life was over. But the Cursed Alpha—whose mates all die within a year—might be her salvation or her doom. Can their forbidden love break a generations-old curse, or will Maya become another casualty of the Bloodmoon legacy?