The Book of Blood and Roses

A vampire hunter goes undercover at a mysterious university-and finds herself falling in love with her roommate, an alluring vampire, in book one of a seductive sapphic paranormal fantasy. This hardcover edition includes a gorgeous illustrated book case beneath the jacket and designed endpapers! "A thrilling and addictive adventure, this debut tackles all my favorite vampire tropes and makes them new again."-Kamilah Cole, Lodestar Award finalist and bestselling author of the Divine Traitors duology "Then her red eyes are on mine, gentle, deadly. . . . She takes her time, kissing my neck. . . . I pull her closer, and I say, Bite me." In the mists of the Scottish Highlands is a university where vampires study alongside humans. Rebecca Charity is a vampire hunter undercover at the university, searching for the mysterious Book of Blood and Roses, a lost compendium of ways to kill vampires. If she finds it, she´ll be one step closer to avenging her parents, who were slain by those creatures of the night. But when Rebecca arrives, she finds something unexpected: a coffin. Her new roommate is Aliz Astra, scion of one of the most powerful vampire families . . . and the most beautiful woman Rebecca has ever met. The maddeningly gorgeous Aliz is everything that Rebecca has always hated but also everything she´s ever wanted, and now Rebecca doesn´t know if she wants to kiss or kill her. When one moonlit night Aliz rescues her from a vampire attack, she accidentally makes Rebecca her Familiar. Now they must work together to break the curse-but as they get closer to solving the mystery, Rebecca and Aliz get closer, too. Can a vampire hunter ever fall in love with a vampire? ★ "[A] sexy and exhilarating debut . . . Summerlee´s worldbuilding is skillful and immersive, taking the classic setup of a supernatural boarding school in exciting new directions, and the tension-filled relationship between the leads keeps the pages flying."-Publishers Weekly (starred review) Book One of The Callisto Chronicles