Sanguine and Stygian: A Fantasy Romance: 1

A Heart of Blood and Ashes meets The Witcher in this sexy action-packed fantasy romance.Two rival mercenary clans - Sanguine and Stygian. Kara is seeking revenge against the Sanguines to avenge her family. Logan is the Stygian commander and he offers Kara the training she needs to achieve her vengeance but he demands a steep price. Together theyll risk everything going head to head with the Sanguines and awakening a dark curse that demands to be sated with passion or violence.In a world where mercenary clans hold all the power and children are cursed from birth by blood magic Kara McKenna is one of the unlucky ones. Marked by a curse that awakens if shes responsible for someones death shes spent her entire life as an outcast. Shes working as a farrier in the mountain reaches when the Sanguine Riders invade in search of a cursed woman. Karas family is killed in the ensuing violence and shes left destitute homeless and alone. She resolves to join the Sanguines rival clan-the Stygian Brotherhood-for the training that will enable her revenge.Tensions flare amid the training yard as Kara and the Stygian commander Logan Vakarian wrestle with their growing attraction to one another. If she succeeds in her revenge and her curse awakens shell have to feed its dark appetites with violence or passion each month or risk succumbing to a blood rage.As Karas hunt for the mercenaries responsible for her familys death comes to a head and her relationship with Logan deepens shell be forced to choose where her loyalties lie-with the only family she has left or the deadly mercenary shes falling in love with.