Hunger in the Blood

An ancient curse. A dangerous attraction***.*** **This bloody sapphic vampire horror blurs the line between devotion and destruction, monster and muse. Perfect for fans of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab, A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson and The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova.** Fear again, rising off her skin. The smell of it does something to me. My hands twitch, my lips pull back from my teeth and I turn my face away. Because as I look at her timid expression and remember what she’s taken from me, I want her to see me. I want to become the monster her fear makes me. I keep my face blank, my hands steady. “Why don’t I walk you home?” It's been three thousand years since Idomeneja last saw the sky. In ancient Greece, her devotion to a seductive priestess pushed her to do the unthinkable: sacrificing her humanity to earn her mistress's favor. Now, she awakens in present-day Athens to a loud, unfamiliar world, and a terrifying realization: the ancient talisman that controls her is missing. Meanwhile, archaeologist Eleni is cataloguing the find of a liftetime - a mysterious golden funerary mask. She is soon sought out by a captivating young woman who seems to know too much about the artifact. As a dark magnetism grows between them, Eleni begins to suspect her alluring new companion is hunting more than just antiquities . . .