Synopsis
Discover a stunning, dark academia horror-romance by Taylor Grothe. Lethal Kiss is perfect for lovers of morally grey sapphic romances and fans of Ali Hazelwood's Bride.
Knowledge isn't the only thing she's hungry for . . .
Three centuries on Earth have taught Marcella one thing: when the bodies pile up, it’s time to move. Now a 'quiet' professor at Preston University, she’s keeping her profile low and her kills even lower. But when another academic is murdered and it isn't her doing, she has to rethink her plans . . .
Lacie knows her coworkers aren't just quitting — they’re vanishing. The only person she trusts to help is Marcella: the beautiful, aloof newcomer with a predatory grace. Together, they uncover a hunger festering beneath the campus marble that rivals Marcella’s own.
As the body count rises, so does an unlikely attraction. Marcella is a monster, but Lacie is becoming something just as dangerous. In a place built on spilled blood, they might be each other’s only hope —provided Marcella doesn't eat her partner first.
Class is in session. Survival is extra credit . . .
Tropes: Enemies-to-Lovers; Dark Academia; Monsters; Academic; Forbidden Love; Morally Grey; FF/Sapphic; Forced Proximity.
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“Blood-soaked, sexy, brilliant”Bel Banta, author of The Court of Venus
“I simply could not put it down . . . Whether you're crushing on a character, or rejoicing in a character's end, this book hooks you into the lives of those at Preston University”Erica Rose Eberhart, author of Tarnished
“A deliciously pulpy horror-romance, Lethal Kiss breathes new life into the Nordic undead. Weaving a tense murder mystery with the unrelenting nightmares of academia, Grothe invites us to delight in the camp joy of finding your strength by embracing your inner monster.”K. M. Enright, Sunday Times bestselling author of Mistress of Lies
“Academia’s game of tenure track turns deadly in Grothe’s masterful horromance where blood and rot oil the gears of elite universities, and the monstrous hunt with impunity. Seething with rage and deeply, achingly romantic, Lethal Kiss spits out its bones with fervor, seizes its readers by the throat and doesn’t let go. A consummation devoutly to be wished. This is an always kind of thing.”Shalini Abeysekara, #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of This Monster of Mine
