The second installment of the Children of Lorcan series is a character-driven whirlwind tale of romance, friendship and coming into one's own. Nikolai Petrov is the very definition of a sunshine character and he is ready for his once-in-a-lifetime forever kind of thing.

"Something within him rose, tightening and loosening his stomach all at once, filling his chest with light, encircling each of his ribs with something soft and hazy, something like sleep, something that made breathing either easy or obsolete. Nikolai wouldn’t know. He wanted to drop to the floor in a heap and be taken completely, eaten, consumed."

NIKOLAI PETROV HATES LIES.

Finding out he’s supposed to be the next Vampire King of Raspien was not something Nikolai Petrov ever expected. Torn from his family and his home, Nikolai is thrust into an unfamiliar world with unfamiliar people.

But it does not feel like the court of vipers he was warned about. Nikolai is surprised by the warmth of his new family and Lord Councilman Caius Varga, immersed in his new school and his new friends, and somewhere along the line, he stops counting down the days until his return home.

His willingness to stay and take up his promised role only grows when he meets the enchanting Lord in Waiting of Amenti, Viktor Kamel. Swept up in romance, friendship and the prospect of learning under the Petrov Academy’s best healers, Nikolai finds himself more deeply entangled than ever in his role as a prince of Raspien.

But things aren’t always what they seem. Nikolai’s warmth, kindness and honesty cannot protect him from lies told in decades past; in the end, the truth always comes knocking and the shadows of the past have teeth as deadly as the ugliest of secrets.

WELCOME TO THE LORCANVERSE

Note to Readers: The Children of Lorcan Series contains mature themes and dark elements and is meant for a New Adult/Adult audience. Read at your own discretion. This is the second book in a dark fantasy series.

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