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- Content warnings: Graphic violence, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Death, Grief, Parental death, Child death, Human trafficking, Drug use, Violence, Sexual content
The Serpent's Bride
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Book 1 in Bloodlines
A shapeshifting fae assassin poses as a vampire prince's human bride to murder his entire family, then makes the fatal mistake of falling for him.
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Length306 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 3 books
Spice4/5 · Dark / taboo style
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
- High
- Dark / taboo style
- Tension finally satisfied
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- Vampire lord
- Love/hate tension
- Possessive / claiming style
- Feral brain activated
- Morally gray
- Push and pull
- Intense / passionate
- Addictive read
- Possessive alpha
- Obsessive love interest
- Rough / aggressive style
- Adrenaline rush
- Villain
- Possessive love interest
- Tension
- Forbidden love
- Possessive/protective
- Predator x prey
- Anticipation
- Eye contact intensity
- Wall pinning
- Mine declarations
- Growling / possessive sounds
- Possessive
- Dominance
- Bonding/claiming/marking
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
- Power exchange
Fantasy promise
- Dark romance
- Big city / metropolis
- Urban fantasy
- Vampires
- Arranged marriage
- Manor house / estate
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- Paranormal
- Fae
- Hidden identity
- Gothic
- Shifters
- Forced proximity
- Revenge romance
- Marriage of convenience
- Villain gets the girl
- Monster romance
Reading experience
- First person
- Fast
- Dark
- Suspenseful
- Heavy
- Medium
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- Assassin
- Intense
- Mysterious
- Engaging
- Vengeful / revenge-driven
- Seductive
- Cinematic
- Femme fatale
- Tense
- Atmospheric
- Dangerous
- Morally complex
- Forbidden desire
- Cat and mouse
- Vengeful obsession
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Book details
- Length
- 306 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
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