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- Content warnings: Violence, Graphic violence, Blood, Death, Grief, Murder, Kidnapping, Slavery, Manipulation, Body horror
A Duel with the Vampire Lord
by Elise Kova
Book 3 in Married to Magic
Snow White meets Beauty and the Beast vampire romance - a human hunter must marry the Vampire Lord to break an ancient curse, packed with forbidden tension and enemies-to-lovers payoff.
goodreads 3.9/5 21,819 ratings
storykind_community 5/5 1 rating
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Length536 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 5 books
Spice2/5 · Slow burn with late spice
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Medium
- Slow burn with late spice
- Romantic fulfillment
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- Vampire lord
- Love/hate tension
- Slow seduction
- The angst delivered
- Dark/tortured soul
- Forbidden love
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Book hangover
- Secretly soft
- Push and pull
- Tension / anticipation focus
- Comfort reread material
- Cursed
- Tension
- Protective love interest
- Anticipation
- Reluctant allies to lovers
- Possessive/protective
- He falls first
- Eye contact intensity
- Only soft for them
- Wall pinning
- Feral devotion
- Touch starvation
- Bonding/claiming/marking
- Possessive
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Vampire romance
- Castle / fortress
- High fantasy
- Vampires
- Forest / wilderness
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- Small town / village
- Forced proximity
- Beauty and the beast
- Fairytale retelling
- Cursed love interest
- Marriage of convenience
- Forced alliance
- Dark romance
- Touch her and die
- Sacrifice/martyrdom
Reading experience
- First person
- Fast
- Dark
- Lyrical
- Heavy
- Warrior/fighter
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- Gothic
- Atmospheric
- Survivor
- Intense
- Fast-paced
- Reluctant hero
- Romantic
- Vengeful / revenge-driven
- Mysterious
- Immersive
- Angsty
- Dangerous
- Brooding
- Forbidden desire
- Page turner
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Book details
- Length
- 536 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book