The Serpent And Rose

His blood can return what immortality has taken. Her past may destroy them both. Belladonne,1888. Scholar Julian Armand expected rare manuscripts-not an immortal woman whose portrait predates the kingdom's modern borders. Bianca Laurent has spent centuries guarding Veridia, preserving the dead, and hiding the part she played in the massacre that built the Crimson Covenant. Julian's blood can restore memories stolen by immortality, making him a potential cure, a political weapon, and the one mortal every ancient House wants to possess. As desire deepens into a bond neither fully understands, Bianca must choose between controlling Julian for his protection and revealing truths that may send him away. Julian must decide whether love can survive history without excusing it-and whether more life is worth becoming something the world fears. The Serpent and the Rose - Is a slow-burn gothic fantasy romance about blood memory, bodily autonomy, morally complex immortals, and a love powerful enough to refuse ownership. It is Book One of The Crimson Eternity Trilogy.