Price range: £5.99 through £14.99
A dual POV queer, vampiric romance retelling of Romeo and Juliet set in modern-day Oxford by bestselling authors Ben Alderson and Laura R. Samotin.
Tobias Osian was turned into a vampire in 1576 when Vladimir Damianos, head of Britain’s strongest vampire family, left him alive after a night of debauched killing. Ever since, Tobias has been consumed by plans for revenge against the man who stole his mortality and his family.
Posing as a human, he hatches a plan to infiltrate the Damianos family in order to get to Vladimir. What Tobias does not plan for is Alexander Damianos, Vladimir’s eldest son. Wanting to escape his family’s expectations, Alexander has rebelled against his father, pretending instead to be a human, and becoming a professor at Oxford.
When the two meet, Alexander is instantly enamoured with the “mortal” librarian Tobias. Tobias, on the other hand, sees Alexander as a means to an end. Get into bed with the young Damianos, and he might finally get the closure he seeks.
But when a string of murders brings them closer together, Tobias must decide what means more to him: vengeance, or his growing attraction to Alexander?
A dark and moody paranormal romance filled with plot twists, angst, and a hint of murder.
“The Darkness Bites Back has everything I love to read in a vampire romantasy. Deliciously dark, sexy, and full of immersive language and relatable characters, this modern Romeo and Juliet retelling drew me in from the first to page to the last. This should be on all vampire lovers’ TBR.”
– Elayna R. Gallea, author of Tethered
