Midnight Bargain At St. Aurelia. Book Two of the Sins Of Saint Aurelia Trilogy.

Enter the masquerade. Face the Empty Queen. Discover the price of midnight.

von Stephanie Houseman

310 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Every desire has a price. At midnight, Saint Aurelia intends to collect.In the glittering criminal underworld of 1926, Evelyn Moretti and Vincent Vale have survived rival families, blood contracts, and a dangerous love neither was supposed to choose. But when twelve enchanted bottles appear inside Saint Aurelia's most secret speakeasy, their fragile future is threatened by an ancient queen who grants wishes designed to destroy the people who make them.The Empty Queen wants Vincent as her immortal consort.She wants Evie as the bride who will open the second door.And she wants Saint Aurelia as the first city in a kingdom built from stolen names, surrendered memories, and desperate desires.As Queen's Mercy spreads through the city, Evie and Vincent are drawn into a deadly magical masquerade where every promise conceals a trap. Vincent offers himself to save the woman he loves, but his sacrifice binds Evie to the Queen's claim. To rescue him, Evie must confront her mother's hidden bargain, challenge a contract written in blood, and decide whether love can survive after trust itself has been stolen.Meanwhile, Anthony Moretti and Clara Bennett travel north in search of a forgotten monastery and a key carved from the bone of the first bride. What they discover could close the Queen's doors forever, or awaken the Gilded King inside Anthony.Midnight Bargain at Saint Aurelia is a lush Prohibition-era fantasy romance filled with enemies-to-lovers tension, rival crime families, forbidden love, magical speakeasies, gothic mystery, dangerous bargains, and a morally gray hero willing to sacrifice everything for the woman he loves.Perfect for readers who enjoy dark fantasy romance, historical romantasy, blood magic, seductive villains, high-stakes adventure, and powerful heroines who refuse to kneel.Evie and Vincent escaped one king.Now they must survive an empty queen.Book Two of The Sins of Saint Aurelia Trilogy.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798175208482
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 17.09.2026
• Größe: 279 x 216 mm
• Verlag: Independently published