Paranormal Romance — slow burn romance, happily ever after, swoony romance reads.
A vampire romance of revenge, a friends-to-lovers slow burn, betrayal, and the family they almost lost. When mortal artist Lyra Vane dips her brush into paint mixed with moonlight and ash, she accidentally paints a door into the fae realm — a world of dying courts, blood bargains, and immortal lords who feed on mortal emotion. Her sister, Elara, has been missing for three months, and Lyra knows the truth no one else will believe: Elara didn't run away. She was taken. But when Lyra steps through the painted door, she finds herself in the Ash Court, a dying kingdom where the sun never rises and the air tastes of copper and regret. There, she discovers Elara is bound by a blood-debt to Kaelen, the cursed vampire lord who rules this crumbling realm — a debt that can only be paid with the last of Elara's mortal years. Lyra has one choice: negotiate with the monster who holds her sister's life in his fangs. But Kaelen is not the beast the court whispers about. He is quiet, brooding, and bound by a curse that steals his memories each dawn. And when Lyra looks into his silver eyes, she sees the ghost of someone she once knew — a childhood friend she thought died in a fire ten years ago. The complication: Kaelen doesn't remember her. The curse has erased every trace of their shared past, and the only way to break it is to make him fall in love with her again — before the blood-debt comes due. But the Ash Court is full of spies, and the dying king's enemies will stop at nothing to use Lyra's heart as a weapon. Every moment she spends with Kaelen risks revealing the truth that could shatter him. Every kiss she steals is a step closer to losing herself to the hunger in his gaze. The impossible choice: save her sister by breaking Kaelen's curse — which will restore his memories of their past love, but also free the monster he was before the curse made him forget his sins. Or let him remain empty and forgetful, and watch Elara fade into the shadows of the court forever. Trope line: Vampire lord who forgets everything each dawn. Mortal artist who paints doors into other worlds. A friends-to-lovers slow burn that burns through centuries of silence. Betrayal that cuts deeper than any blade. And a family that will fight through blood and ash to find each other again. The Ash Courts Trilogy continues with A Court of Embers and Bone, coming spring 2025. For fans of Sarah J. Maas, Raven Kennedy, and Scarlett St. Clair — where the romance is dark, the stakes are immortal, and the only thing more dangerous than a vampire's kiss is a mortal's hope.
Perfect for readers who love **Harley Laroux** and **Liv Zander**.
