The Church calls it a sin. His body calls it a necessity.
In the mist-shrouded Weeping Vales, the only thing more lethal than the necrotic Rot devouring the land is the touch of the man sent to guard it. This Gothic Romantasy is a dark paranormal descent into a world of Victorian repression and primal hunger. For readers who crave high-heat Omegaverse-adjacent lore, “touch her and die” Alphas, and the atmospheric dread of a crumbling abbey, this is your next obsession.
Zenda Otisk is a Sanctuary—a holy noblewoman whose blood is the only anchor against the magical decay turning humans into husks. But to save her family’s lineage, she is sent to Ravencroft Abbey to be “cleansed” by a monster. Silas Vane is a disgraced Vanguard, a shadow-shifting Alpha with a jagged scar across his throat and a scent that triggers a biological fever Zenda was never taught to survive.
The rules are absolute: The bonding must be bloodless. The knotting is forbidden.
But as the Black Moon approaches, the sterile rituals of the Church aren’t enough to keep the shadows at bay. When a Rot-beast attack leaves Zenda breathless and vulnerable, the biological command between Alpha and Sanctuary snaps. Silas is no longer just her jailer—he is the only man who can mark her, claim her, and keep her soul from shattering.
One night of primal surrender will brand them both as heretics.
If they are caught in the act of natural knotting, they face the Silver Gallows. If they resist the pull of the strain, the Rot will consume the kingdom. Zenda must decide if she will die a martyr for a corrupt god or become the property of the beast who promises her a pleasure that defies heaven itself.
The Forbidden Girl is a standalone Gothic Romantasy novel featuring a brooding, touch-starved hero, a heroine reclaiming her power, and high-heat, ritualistic bonding that burns hotter than the fires of hell.
Surrender to the darkness. Read the first chapter of the Blood-Knot of Ravencroft today.
