The Darkest Heart — Thea Devine

Desperate for an heir to carry on the family legacy, Countess Lazlaric lives for only one thing: that her rakehell son Charles, will wed and give her an heir. And now she's found the perfect bride: a distant relative, writing to beg for help, who is perfect for her plans.

Alone in the world, beautiful raven-haired Senna Landseth arrives at Drom Manor to find that more than just the isolation sends a shiver down her spine. Strange noises fill the cavernous corridor the gloomy manor. She senses she's being secretly scrutinized. Her benefactress, the Countess Lazlaric, is too eager to welcome her. A note turns up from the Countess's presumed dead oldest son with the chilling words, “I'm watching you.”

But Nicolai Lazlaric survived, inhabiting the blood-saturated world of a vampire, consumed with seeking revenge on the one who turned him. And now it's time to return to Drom Manor. Only Nicolai has no idea how badly the Countess wants an heir. Or that Charles's prospective bride has taken up residence at the manor. Her unexpected presence upends all of Nicolai's plans. Suddenly, all he can think about is possessing her, taking her in blood binding seduction from which the beautiful innocent can never escape . . .