Vampire Prince William has endured a century-long curse, and the key to his freedom is Ivy, an ordinary human girl. Her kiss eases his torment; her life, taken in intimacy, would break it completely. Desperate, William forces Ivy into a binding marriage contract, bringing her to his gothic world with the cold intention of using her as a means to an end. But as he watches her spirit defy his darkness, his obsession shifts from claiming her life to claiming her heart. Ivy, however, sees only a monster. With the curse’s deadline looming, William faces an impossible choice: secure his eternal survival by sacrificing the woman he’s grown to love, or embrace his own destruction to grant her the freedom he stole.
