In Averis, blood contracts carry deadly weight. One demands her magic. Another turns love into a lethal gamble. She must touch him, but if she loves him, it will kill her.

Years of grief have numbed Cara Montclair’s heart, and the estate she inherits feels too large, too silent, and too full of memories she does not want to face. When unseen hands brush her skin in the dark, she tells herself it is loneliness playing tricks on her.

Until she discovers the house is a doorway into a ruthless fae realm where magic answers to ancient law.

Thael is a half-fae incubus who denies his heart and his nature to protect others. Now he needs the power stirring inside Cara to stop a rising threat in the kingdoms of Averis.

To survive, Cara must guard her heart in a realm where desire is a weapon.