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Taming the Thorny Rose

A serialized novel · 24 chapters published · 3 free to read

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A vampire hunter who tried to kill the vampire king is forced to marry him to save her border town, and learns her husband picked her to be his executioner.

Tropes & themes: female lead · dark romance · forced proximity · fantasy kingdom · enemies to lovers · arranged marriage · vampire court · paranormal romance · timeless fantasy · steamy

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1: The Treaty Table (free)
  2. Chapter 2: The Wedding (free)
  3. Chapter 3: Not Yet (free)
  4. Chapter 4: The Maid (free with an account)
  5. Chapter 5: Whose Bolts (free with an account)
  6. Chapter 6: The Rite (free with an account)
  7. Chapter 7: The Yard (free with an account)
  8. Chapter 8: Wanting (free with an account)
  9. Chapter 9: Hunters in the Keep (free with an account)
  10. Chapter 10: The Ring (free with an account)
  11. Chapter 11: Ashby Cross (free with an account)
  12. Chapter 12: The Executioner (free with an account)
  13. Chapter 13: The Fever (free with an account)
  14. Chapter 14: The Crypt (free with an account)
  15. Chapter 15: The Court Sits (free with an account)
  16. Chapter 16: The Witness Dies (free with an account)
  17. Chapter 17: Mine (free with an account)
  18. Chapter 18: The Vault (free with an account)
  19. Chapter 19: The Gate (free with an account)
  20. Chapter 20: Blood and Want (free with an account)
  21. Chapter 21: Midwinter Eve (free with an account)
  22. Chapter 22: The Stones (free with an account)
  23. Chapter 23: The Judgement (free with an account)
  24. Chapter 24: The Rose (free with an account)

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