Blood Tribute

Their bargain will end with her dagger in his chest - unless she loses her heart first.

Nora is the last heir of a long line of holy knights, but as a woman, she'll lose her family's castle if she doesn't marry by the Autumn Equinox. Her only hope of keeping her home and her freedom is to become a dame in her own right by slaying a fanged, immortal Hesperine.

To trick the powerful creature into drinking poison from her veins, she promises him a tribute of her blood for three nights. But the alluring heretic will accept on only one condition. If Nora can't resist his seduction, she must let him transform her into one of his kind.

Will she make her kill, or will she lose both her honor and her humanity?

Blood Tribute is a steamy enemies-to-lovers romantasy with an HEA. This standalone novella is set in the epic world of the Best of #BookTok Amazon top 15 bestseller Blood Mercy.

Vela Roth manifested unstable writing powers at a young age, and many of her early experiments had unintended results. As she grew, a curriculum of fantasy novels with strong heroines helped her learn to wield her abilities.Eventually she dared pursue the knowledge inside the most forbidden tomes: romance novels. She's been practicing the dark arts of fantasy romance ever since, but strives to use her noveling powers only for good.She lives in a solar-powered writer's garret at the foot of the mountains with her familiar, a rescue cat with a missing fang and a huge heart.Vela loves hearing from readers and hopes you'll visit her at velaroth.com, where you can find her social media links and get signed books at her shop, the Moon Market.