An Instant No.1 New York Times Bestseller! A USA Today Bestseller! 'Entirely irresistible ...
You won't be able to look away' Chloe Gong No.1 New York Times bestselling author of These
Violent Delights Sink your teeth into this thrilling Black vampire romantasy! Hidden in our
world a society of vampires originating in Africa can only feed from select human bloodlines.
Each bloodline represents a House more cutthroat than the next. To ensure peaceful co-existence
and inherit their legacy human children of these families must study at an elite university
before choosing a vampire companion. Lost Heiress Kidan Adane grew up far from Uxlay
University. She is obsessively protective mildly nihilistic and willing to do anything to
save her loved ones. When her sister June disappears Kidan is convinced a vampire stole her
- the alluring yet dangerous Susenyos Sagad the same vampire bound to her own House. To stay
in Uxlay Kidan must study an arcane philosophy work with four enigmatic students and survive
living with Susenyos - even as he does everything to drive her away. It doesn't matter that
Susenyos' violence speaks to her own and tempts Kidan to surrender to a life of darkness. She
must find her sister and kill him at all costs. When a murder mirroring June's disappearance
shakes Uxlay Kidan sinks further into the ruthless underworld of vampires risking her very
soul. Here she discovers a centuries-old threat. And June could be at the very centre of it.
The Cruel Prince meets Ninth House in this dangerously romantic dark academia debut where a
lost heiress must infiltrate a secret society and live with the vampire she suspects kidnapped
her sister. 'A completely original deliciously dark take on vampires' Sarah Underwood New
York Times bestselling author of Lies We Sing to the Sea 'A deliciously dark story teeming with
morally grey characters you can't help but root for' Gabi Burton author of Sunday Times
bestselling Sing Me to Sleep *No.1 on the New York Times Young Adult Hardcover bestseller list
12 September 2024.
