A hunger written in blood

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 37 77 1)>She was a mystery he meant to ignore-until he touched her and the carefully ordered world of Nikolas the cursed protector began to fracture.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 37 77 1)>Cora feels like a fraud in a world of magic burdened by hidden scars and a volatile power she doesn't understand. All she wants is to disappear. Nikolas bound by a bitter oath to protect the family who destroyed his own is the last person she wants watching her. Yet he sees too much.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 37 77 1)>Enemies by circumstance opposites by design they're forced together as a rising war brews-fueled by ancient bloodlines and buried betrayals. And survival means trusting each other. A dangerous proposition when every glance burns and every touch sparks something forbidden.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 37 77 1)>Hate is a shield. But love? Love shatters.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 37 77 1)>When Cora's devastating secret is unleashed-her cursed blood her awakening magic-Nikolas must choose between the duty that defines him and the woman who's awakened a hunger he can no longer deny.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 37 77 1)>Desire is a dangerous path. But the hunger for truth-and for each other-might be even deadlier. </span></p>