Sanguine and Stygian

By: Sara Sellers

Narrated by: Rebecca Marie

A Heart of Blood and Ashes meets The Witcher in this sexy, action-packed fantasy romance.

In a world where mercenary clans hold all the power and children are cursed from birth by blood magic, Kara McKenna is one of the unlucky ones. Marked by a curse that awakens if she’s responsible for someone’s death, she’s spent her entire life as an outcast.

She’s working as a farrier in the mountain reaches when the Sanguine Riders invade in search of a cursed woman. Kara’s family is killed in the ensuing violence, and she’s left destitute, homeless, and alone. She resolves to join the Sanguine’s rival clan - the Stygian Brotherhood - for the training that will enable her revenge.

Tensions flare in the training yard as Kara and the Stygian commander, Logan Vakarian, wrestle with their growing attraction to one another. If she succeeds in her revenge and her curse awakens, she’ll have to feed its dark appetites with violence or passion each month, or risk succumbing to a blood rage.

As Kara’s hunt for the mercenaries responsible for her family’s death comes to a head and her relationship with Logan deepens, she’ll be forced to choose where her loyalties lie - with the only family she has left, or the deadly mercenary she’s falling in love with.

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Entertaining story. Narration not great

The overall story is alright, feels like insignificant parts can be drawn out and pivotal plot moments are quickly written. But overall it’s entertaining and smutty. The narration is not good. Not enough differences in characters voices made it hard to follow at times. Some parts are spoken too softly, almost a whisper volume.