Tales for the Midnight Lord : Scheherazade Meets Dracula in a Desert Gothic Romantasy of Stories, Blood, and Forbidden Desire. the Night Kept Book

In the moonlit city of lanterns and hidden gardens, terror drifts on crimson silk.Each month, a red kite descends from the vampire lord’s palace. Every rooftop it touches is marked for death—its residents taken to the labyrinth of marble halls and perfumed courtyards, where one is feasted upon every third night beneath the moon.Asha, a sharp-tongued storyteller from the night markets, is among the chosen. Her only weapon is her voice. With each tale she spins, she delays her execution—captivating the cruel and beautiful Midnight Lord who would drink her dry.But stories cannot shield her forever.Zafir, a daring thief with a cursed flying carpet, slips into the palace seeking two things: the sister the kite stole from him years ago, and a relic said to destroy any vampire. When he crosses paths with Asha, she proposes a perilous bargain: her knowledge of the palace’s secrets in exchange for escape.Together, they weave lies and alliances beneath blood-red banquets and moon-drenched gardens, where desire flickers between survival and betrayal. But freedom comes at a price, and the kite’s lament is not so easily silenced.Tales for the Midnight Lord is a lush, gothic romantasy full of Scheherazade-inspired storytelling, cursed artifacts, flying carpets, and dangerous intimacy. Perfect for readers of Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Leigh Bardugo, and Hannah Whitten.