<p><em>This paperback edition features a two-page map and character art at the start of every chapter.</em></p><p></p><h3><strong>Two vicious kings. One reluctant bride. Their magic should have destroyed me. Instead it made them&nbsp;<em>mine</em>.</strong></h3><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>When my sister's name is called for the vampires' harvest I step forward. It's a death sentence but she has a family a future. All I have is a dusty bookshop an ailing body and a fate that always ends in fangs.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>As the only volunteer I'm chosen as the newest Mortal Bride-a living sacrifice to their two wicked kings.</span></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The Conqueror ruthless and imposing his icy demeanor concealing his fiery intensity.</em></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The Butcher charming and capricious his divine beauty disguising his cruel impulses.</em></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The kings intend to drain my lifeforce to fuel the spell securing their reign. But when the ceremony goes awry we're all ensnared in an overwhelming bond... one not even death can break.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The Conqueror and the Butcher now hunger for more than my blood. They want all of me forever.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>I should resist them. I should&nbsp;</span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>hate&nbsp;</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>them. They are the monsters who devour my people.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>But no matter how brutal their hearts I need them just as fiercely.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)><em>Bride of Brutal Hearts</em></strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>&nbsp;is a dark fantasy villain romance and the first book in the&nbsp;</span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Bloodborne Court</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>&nbsp;series. It features a slow burn romance between two morally black vampires and their bookworm bride. This book contains dark elements graphic violence and themes some may find disturbing. Readers can find more information in the Author's Note and a detailed list on the author's website.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Please note that&nbsp;</span><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)><em>Bride of Brutal Hearts</em></strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>&nbsp;is the first book in a planned quartet and some storylines will remain unresolved until the finale. While the series will end with a happily-ever-after there will be plenty of trauma and death beforehand.</span></p>