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Blood & Betrayals

by Jeanette Rose & Alexis Rune

Book 1 in Avalon University

Dark academia plus a stalker plotline plus spice in nearly every other chapter, and the friend group is the kind that makes you want a vampire roommate of your own.

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  • Content warnings: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Grief, Murder, Stalking, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Graphic violence, Substance abuse, Alcohol use, Drug use, Anxiety, PTSD, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Child abuse, Toxic relationships, Trauma
Length816 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice5/5 · Frequent explicit scenes
PacingMedium

Story profile

What the story promises

The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.

Romance promise

  • Black cat x golden retriever
  • Male/female pairing (M/F)
  • Insta-love
  • High
  • Frequent explicit scenes
  • Addictive read
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  • Golden retriever
  • Obsessive love interest
  • Dirty talk heavy
  • Obsessed
  • Stalker
  • Possessive love interest
  • Rough / primal
  • The angst delivered
  • Mysterious stranger
  • Found family
  • Possessive / claiming
  • Feral brain activated
  • Dark/tortured soul
  • He falls first
  • Kinky / adventurous
  • Book hangover incoming
  • Possessive alpha
  • Only soft for them
  • Dark / taboo style
  • Protective love interest
  • Possessive/protective
  • Wall pinning
  • Marking hickeys
  • Rough but consensual
  • Praise kink
  • Begging kink
  • Hair pulling soft
  • Body worship
  • Eye contact intensity
  • Touch starvation
  • BDSM elements
  • Power exchange
  • Possessive
  • Marking
  • Claiming
  • Dominance
  • Rough/aggressive intimacy
  • Size difference
  • Bonding/claiming/marking

Fantasy promise

  • Paranormal romance
  • Dark academia romance
  • Academy / campus
  • Urban fantasy
  • Fae
  • Stalker romance
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  • Academy / school
  • Vampires
  • Fae romance
  • Low fantasy / secret magic
  • Angels
  • College romance
  • Grimdark / dark fantasy
  • Shifters
  • Witches/wizards/warlocks
  • Romantic suspense
  • Demons
  • Forced proximity
  • Hidden identity
  • First love
  • Dark romance

Reading experience

  • First person
  • Medium
  • Dark
  • Immersive
  • Heavy
  • Survivor
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  • Mental health rep
  • Mysterious
  • Outcast/loner
  • Anxiety rep
  • Intense
  • Atmospheric
  • Reluctant chosen one
  • MC 20-30
  • Angsty
  • Engaging
  • Damaged survivor
  • Suspenseful
  • Fallen noble / disgraced heir
  • Eerie
  • Character-driven
  • Steamy
  • Feral
  • Forbidden desire
  • Fae courts and politics
  • Court of shadows
  • Slow descent into darkness
  • Page turner
  • Addictive pacing
  • No one is safe
  • Cursed bloodline

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Book details
Length
816 pages
Publisher
Simon Maverick
Language
English
Format
Book