A writer's block is a curse. But at Blackthorn Manor, some curses are made of flesh and blood.

For Lenora Veyne, a writer running from the terrifying silence of a blank page, the decaying manor of her ancestors is a final, desperate gamble. She comes seeking inspiration in its shadowed halls, but finds it in a place she never imagined: the forbidden attic. There, she discovers the family's darkest secret?not a ghost, but a man. Soren. Chained, immortal, and radiating a savage power that calls to the deepest, most unspoken parts of her soul.

He is a prisoner of a century-old jealousy, a creature of pure, carnal hunger. He offers her the one thing her sterile life has always lacked: a story written in the language of desire and pain. To unchain him is to risk a scandalous passion that could consume her entirely, but to leave him is to return to a life of hollow words. Theirs is a forbidden dance of power and surrender, a tantalizing game where every touch is a test and every whispered command is a trap.

In this dark and mesmerizing gothic tale, you will discover:

• The secrets of a family that imprisoned a man to punish a sin.
• A hero who must learn that to write about passion, she must first dare to feel it.
• A tortured love story where submission is salvation and pleasure is found at the edge of fear.

The manor demands a new chapter, one that can only be written in pleasure and paid for in pain. Lenora came to Blackthorn to write a story, but now she must decide if she's willing to become a character in a taboo narrative, one whose ending might be her own destruction. Will she be his salvation, or will she become his final, willing victim?