The Deceitful Kingship: Epic length, slow burn fantasy romance

The Vampire King has one unspoken rule: If you discover his secret, he will kill you.Princess Adelira of the Elven Kingdom is running out of choices. After a brutal Shifter attack destroys her homeland, she does the unthinkable; she offers herself in marriage to the most feared ruler in the Twelve Kingdoms.The Vampire King accepts... but when Adelira demands a Blood Ritual to bind his loyalty, he refuses.The Ritual would link their souls - and expose the secret he has murdered to protect.At his infamous Blood Court, Adelira finds not a mindless monster, but a ruler both cruel and controlled, dangerously perceptive, and far too capable of stirring her heart. As bloodthirsty courtiers circle and political danger closes in, she edges ever closer to the truth he's desperate to keep hidden.Now Adelira must decide whether her gentle nature is a fatal weakness or the one thing powerful enough to save her people. Because if she uncovers the Vampire King's secret, she may lose far more than her life... >She was never meant to lead. He was never meant to love. But in the dark between their duties, something dangerous begins to bloom.