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BLOOD, FLESH, & MAGIC

SERIES

Standalone

PAGE COUNT

620

GENRE

Paranormal Romance

PUBLISHER

Viano Oniomoh After Dark

PAIRING(S)

Runo & Cedric

BOOK

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PUBLISH DATE

December 21st, 2023

WORD COUNT

166,492

Black Cisgender Pansexual MMC, Black Cisgender Pansexual MMC, all Black and queer main cast.
Black MM paranormal romance, warlock x vampire, they shouldn't be together, strangers to friends to lovers, slow burn, UST (that eventually becomes Very Resolved™), mutual pining, angst, hurt/comfort
Multiple uses of blood for magic purposes; mentions, discussions, references, and depictions of an emotionally abusive parent; mentions and references to emotionally abusive relationships and the relating trauma (as past events); multiple mentions, depictions, references and discussions of houselessness; mentions and references to a dead mentor/adopted parent (as a past event); death of minor, background character(s) (off-screen); death of a side character (off-screen); depiction of a funeral; multiple mentions, discussions, references, and depictions of grief; multiple references to a magical curse; discussions of racism/colonialism; necromancy; depictions and references to child abuse; animal death (off-screen); depictions of panic attacks; mentions, discussions, and references to (off-screen) murder; blood drinking (vampires); horror; gore; and explicit sex scenes.
Cover design and illustration by Viano Oniomoh.

SYNOPSIS

Runo Edojah deserves a break. But being the best Samaritan at the Community Centre and hiding just how he’d obtained his renowned abilities means he doesn’t really have time for a break.

Cedric Nwaneri is too busy trying to keep Liberation, his lounge and home, alive, to focus on his fantastic dreams. When his best friend suggests they lure in rich humans with the erotic allure of a vampire bite, despite his apprehension, the temptation of the profits is too much for him to resist.

When Runo’s friends stage an intervention and force him to go to Liberation to unwind, it’s lust at first sight for the vampire and the winch. While Runo desperately wants to love and be loved, Cedric would rather stab himself in the heart with a wooden stake than saddle himself up in a relationship, talk less of one with a fucking winch. No, thank you.

Then one of the vampires at Liberation is murdered, and everything goes to shit.