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Title details for A Vile Season by David Ferraro - Available

A Vile Season

by David Ferraro
Jackie Meloche
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Bridgerton meets The Bachelor in this queer regency romance of a vampire competing for the heart of a duke.

After being run out of his castle by vampire hunters, Count Lucian encounters the god of vampires, Vrykolakas, while in hiding. Unhappy with how many vampires have been bested by hunters, Vrykolakas gives Lucian a test: Infiltrate the future duke's marriage games as a suitor and uncover the clandestine vampire hunters Vrykolakas suspects lurk in their midst. The god strips Lucian of his immortality so he can walk amongst mortals—making him human for the first time in centuries. If Lucian succeeds, Vrykolakas will make him the most powerful vampire in existence, but if he fails, the god of vampires will torture him for the rest of his life.

Unfortunately, Lucian isn't prepared for the emotions that come with humanity, nor the treacheries of courting season with fellow nobles posing as friends, enemies, and wholly unsuitable romantic distractions. To win the life he wants, Lucian will have to decide if being a vampire is worth giving up the friendship and love he's found.

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    October 22, 2024

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      • ISBN: 9781666674392
      • File size: 323677 KB
      • Duration: 11:14:19

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 12, 2024
      To regain his lost powers, a vampire must win a duke’s hand in this tense queer gothic romance from Ferraro (The Alchemy of Moonlight). Centuries-old English vampire Lucian Cross narrowly escapes hunters after they drive him from his castle. As recompense for Lucian’s disappointing near capture, the vampire god Vrykolakas demands that Lucian prove himself “worthy of being a vampire” and turns him human, promising to restore his immortality if he can win a Bachelor-style competition to marry conceited Duke Ambrose Harclay. Determined to both complete the quest and uncover his hunters’ identities, Lucian accepts. Yet as he connives to seduce the duke, human emotions overwhelm him, and he finds himself growing attached to the duke’s youngest brother, Maxwell. While helping Maxwell look into the disappearance of the middle Harclay brother, Lucian also develops friendships with the other competitors. But his and Maxwell’s investigations are complicated by a vampire turned by Lucian, whose arrival threatens to expose his past. Unexpected twists add grit to Ferraro’s sophomore effort, an inventive blend of reality-dating and queer-normative high society that has supernatural flair. Characters are intersectionally diverse. Ages 14–up. Agent: Eva Scalzo, Speilburg Literary.

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