After Rosalind is offered to the Borgo Beast in exchange for her brothers' lives, she struggles with her growing affection for the monster and her ancestral duty to kill him. * * * * * * * In nineteenth-century Transylvania, the master of the Borgo, Lord Caspian, terrorizes anyone who crosses his path. When a witch disguised as a beggar comes to his home asking for charity, he brutally attacks her. The woman, hell-bent on revenge, turns Caspian into a beast and kills his wife. The curse causes a century of snowfall and insurmountable death. One hundred years later, when the Hershel men trespass on the Beast's property during a hunt, Lord Caspian captures and threatens to slaughter them for their crime. Harlan Hershel offers his daughter Rosalind to the beast for a month to save his sons. But reality and illusions blur when the Beast sees Rosalind. Believing she is the reincarnation of his wife he becomes fiercely drawn to her. Though terrified at first Rosalind grows fonder of the abominable lord and the cold surrounding his land. The closer she gets to the secrets he keeps, especially of the mysterious stranger in the violin room, the more he awakens a darkness in her she wants to explore. When Rosalind's true calling is discovered, that she is the one prophesied to kill the Lord, her desire for him threatens to destroy the person she once was, and all of Transylvania. Beauty and the Beast meets Dracula. Highest ranking #1 Gothic, #1 Dracula, #1 Dark Romance, #2 Horror, #1 ONEMILLIONPROJECT. Amby Awards 2023 TOP PICK in Paranormal. Rosalind won first place in PrettyInPunk's Paranormal Romance category and tied for third place in the Paranormal/Supernatural including Vampire/Werewolf category in the One Million Project challenge. The beautiful cover was made by @KatrinHollister . Disclaimer for violence, dark themes, abuse, death, sex (nothing graphic but still hot), vampires, monsters, curses, and typical Christine darkness.
