An ancient curse. A dangerous attraction. This bloody sapphic vampire horror blurs the line between devotion and destruction, monster and muse.

Perfect for fans of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab, A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson and The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova.

Fear again, rising off her skin. The smell of it does something to me. My hands twitch, my lips pull back from my teeth and I turn my face away. Because as I look at her timid expression and remember what she’s taken from me, I want her to see me. I want to become the monster her fear makes me.

I keep my face blank, my hands steady.

“Why don’t I walk you home?”

It's been three thousand years since Idomeneja last saw the sky. In ancient Greece, her devotion to a seductive priestess pushed her to do the unthinkable: sacrificing her humanity to earn her mistress's favor. Now, she awakens in present-day Athens to a loud, unfamiliar world, and a terrifying realization: the ancient talisman that controls her is missing.

Meanwhile, archaeologist Eleni is cataloguing the find of a liftetime - a mysterious golden funerary mask. She is soon sought out by a captivating young woman who seems to know too much about the artifact. As a dark magnetism grows between them, Eleni begins to suspect her alluring new companion is hunting more than just antiquities . . .