HAUNTING ADELINE × BEAUTY AND THE BEAST IN THIS DARK GOTHIC ROMANTASY

🔥 What if your stepbrother couldn’t save you—only decide who gets to claim you?

This is Book 1 in an Enemies to Lovers Dark Romantasy Series of Forbidden Desire and Twisted Power.

With her castle manor bound to a debt she cannot repay, and a collector who will kill her if she fails, Kathryn sends one desperate letter to her stepbrother, Sebastian—never expecting he would answer.

Yet he rides through the night to reach her doorstep

“Of course I came,” he says softly. “I will always come for you.”

But Sebastian cannot pay her debt.
He can only make a bargain:

Twelve nights. Twelve wealthy patrons.
And she must please them all—or her life is forfeit.

Sebastian chooses the men. He makes the arrangements. He ensures she obeys.
Because this is the only way she survives.
And he won't let her escape.

Every night, candlelight spills across silk sheets where they bed her.
She must endure it—the humiliation. The degradation.

And from the shadows, Sebastian sees everything.
Every touch. Every thrust. Every moan that should have been his.
It destroys him.

But he won't stop it—even if she hates him for it.
And she does.

Degraded and humiliated, Kathryn vows she'll never forgive him.
She has no idea how deep her stepbrother's secrets run—or that he’s hopelessly in love with her.

🖤 His Forbidden Bargain is Book One of The Twelve Nights of Christmas, a continuous dark romance told in a 12-part series of novellas, each designed to be enjoyed in one sitting.

Not a holiday romance. Just dark, addictive storytelling you can binge any time of year.

Perfect for readers who love spicy dark romance, gothic castles, and taboo themes.

📢 Start reading now. The bargain begins tonight.

🖤 DARK ROMANTASY TROPES:
✅ Gothic castle setting
✅ Vampire × human
✅ Age gap (23F / 30M)
✅ Morally grey hero
✅ Yearning, angst, & hurt/comfort
✅ Forced proximity & power imbalance
✅ Forced sharing, exhibitionism & voyeurism
✅ Extreme Spice: High heat in every novella
✅ Slow-Burn: the M/F romance unfolds across the series
✅ Dual POV, first person present
✅ Series HEA (Happily Ever After)