An instant USA Today bestseller! From fan-favorite Scarlett St. Clair; the bestselling author of the Hades & Persephone series; comes a new fantasy filled with danger; darkness; and insatiable romance. Their union is his revenge. Isolde de Lara considers her wedding day to be her death day. To end a years-long war; she is to marry vampire king Adrian Aleksandr Vasiliev; and kill him. But her assassination attempt is thwarted; and Adrian threatens that if Isolde tries to kill him again; he will raise her as the undead. Faced with the possibility of becoming the thing she hates most; Isolde seeks other ways to defy him and survive the brutal vampire court. Except it isn't the court she fears most-it's Adrian. Despite their undeniable chemistry; she wonders why the king-fierce; savage; merciless-chose her as consort. The answer will shatter her world. Book 1 in the Adrian X Isolde series