When the monster gets the girl, everyone will bleed.
2023 Lambda Literary Award Winner, LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction
2023 Golden Crown Literary Award Winner, Paranormal/Occult/Horror
Singapore, 1927.
Verity Edevane needs blood.
And not just anyone's blood. She craves the sweet, salty rush from a young woman's veins, the heady swirl of desire mixed with fealty-such a rarity in this foreign colony. It's a lot to ask. But doesn't she deserve the best?
Gean Choo needs money.
Mrs. Edevane makes her an offer Gean Choo can't refuse. But who is her strange, alluring new mistress? What is she? And what will Gean Choo sacrifice to earn her love?
Po Lam needs absolution.
After decades of faithfully serving Mrs. Edevane, Po Lam can no longer excuse a life of bondage and murder. She needs a fresh start. A clean conscience. More than anything, she needs to save Gean Choo from a love that will destroy them all.
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A destitute maidservant must choose whom to love: her vampire mistress, or the woman trying to save her life in The Wicked and the Willing, a sapphic historical gothic horror vampire novel. This novel contains two mutually exclusive endings, although most of the story is not interactive. Due to the mature content and dark themes, it is intended for adult readers only. It contains potentially disturbing scenes and an abusive romantic relationship between two women. Further content information is available from the author's website and inside the book.
This is a f---ing fantastic book.
--Alexis Hall, author of Boyfriend Material
Haunting.
Horrific.
Highly recommended.
--TJ Dallas, author of The Bartender's Pride
If you like dark stories with a romantic element, I cannot recommend this book enough. It does not shy away from blood, gore, or feels.
--Megan Johnson, Goodreads
Dark and violent, with exquisite tension and beautiful attention to details... You won't be disappointed.
--Kathleen de Plume, author of Dragon Queens
Readers are given a choice to choose our own ending and take sides. I chose my "perfect" ending. Which would you choose?
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An amazing dark fantasy...
Do not expect fluffy or warm and fuzzy
Lianyu Tan will show you no mercy.
--Victoria Tsao, Goodreads