The Last Drowned Bride
Blackwater House was built on vows, and one of them was meant to drown Isolde Marr. Back at the haunted coastal manor she never meant to inherit, occult archivist Isolde has already uncovered enough family lies to poison a bloodline. But the fifth vow is the cruelest yet: the tide is owed a bride, and by blood and name, that bride is her. The house listens through its walls, the drowned chapel is waking, and the storm season is running out. Cassian Vale has spent fifteen years half claimed by the sea, keeping Blackwater's bells, wards, and dead from taking more than they are owed. He knows exactly what the vow will demand. He is willing to offer himself in Isolde's place. She refuses. Because Isolde will not survive one more inheritance built on silence, and she will not let the man she loves turn himself into another beautiful grave. If Blackwater wants a bride, she and Cassian will give it something far more dangerous: the truth. As the manor closes around them and the drowned chapel calls their names, Isolde and Cassian make a final bargain of their own—one forged from blood, explicit desire, and consent spoken aloud. Their last night inside Blackwater House becomes a ritual of erotic honesty, dark devotion, and rebellion against every law that taught love must be paid for in suffering. The Last Drowned Bride is a high-heat gothic paranormal erotic romance finale featuring a haunted estate, occult ritual, blood magic, explicit consensual intimacy, and a hard-won happily ever after. Free sample available.