A Duel with the Vampire Lord – Kova Elise (2022)

On the night of the blood moon, the Vampire Lord must die. Floriane is the respected forge maiden of Hunter's Hamlet, using her skill to arm and protect the vampire hunters. A faithful servant of the Master Hunter and her community, she knows her place until the night of the blood moon, when her brother is dying at the hands of the Vampire Lord Ruvan. Determined to defend her home, Floriane fights him, ready to give her life if it means taking his. But Ruvan does not want her dead: he wants her. Kidnapped and brought to the vampire castle, Floriane becomes blood-sworn to the Vampire Lord, bound in mind and body to her worst enemy. Yet Ruvan is not the fiend she believed him to be. Floriane learns that vampires are not mindless monsters but a proud people twisted and tortured by an ancient curse. Ruvan believes she may be the key to ending his people's suffering, while Floriane wants only to defend her home. As loyalties are tested and the boundaries between truth and lies, hatred and passion, begin to blur, she must decide whether she can take the heart of the man who has claimed hers. This epic fantasy romance reimagines Snow White with inspiration from Beauty and the Beast in a world of hunters, vampires and curses that run deeper than blood. The standalone story has a happily-ever-after ending and can be read independently of the Married to Magic universe.