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The Wicked and the Willing: An F/F Gothic Horror Vampire Novel

Lianyu Tan

Winner:Lambda Literary Award -LGBTQ Speculative Fiction (2023)

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.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Shattered Scepter Press
  • Publish Date: May 13rd, 2022
  • Pages: 432
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.00in - 5.25in - 0.96in - 1.08lb
  • EAN: 9780648994848
  • Categories: LGBTQ+ - LesbianGothicHorror - General

About the Author

Tan, Lianyu: - *** For content warnings, look inside each book or visit lianyutan.com *** Lianyu Tan is a Lambda Literary and Golden Crown Literary Award-winning author of sapphic speculative fiction. She is the author of The Wicked and the Willing, a lesbian gothic horror vampire novel set in 1920s Singapore, and Captive in the Underworld, a lesbian dark romance retelling of the Hades/Persephone myth. Find links to her work at lianyutan.com and on social media at @LianyuTan. Subscribe to her newsletter for bonus content and short stories: https: //lianyutan.com/subscribe

Praise for this 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?

@pipsqueakreviews


An amazing dark fantasy...

Do not expect fluffy or warm and fuzzy

Lianyu Tan will show you no mercy.

--Victoria Tsao, Goodreads