A Game Of Chess With A Vampire

What if the love you craved could only be given by a man incapable of feeling it? For centuries, vampires and humans coexisted under a fragile peace treaty, abstaining from blood. That peace shatters with the first vampire auction. Avelina, a twenty-six-year-old human, is sold to the infamous Prince Draven Delgaard—a monster feared even by his own kind. Expecting death, she is shocked when he offers a deal: pose as his wife to secure the royal inheritance. To win, they must defeat rival nobles in a deadly game of strategy and chess. Success means her freedom. Failure means everything.