A Wedding Beneath the Red Moon

Victoria Beaumont is forced into a marriage that promises to save her family's collapsing fortune-but beneath the crimson light of the Red Moon, she discovers that the wedding was never about debts, politics, or alliances.Her groom, Lord Orion Blackwood, is the terrifying Lord of Bleak Keep: a man who does not breathe, bleeds no blood, and casts no shadow. Yet behind his monstrous existence lies a secret sacrifice. Years ago, Orion severed his own shadow-his fear, sorrow, mortality, and capacity for human love-to seal an ancient Abyssal Rift threatening the realm of Oakhaven.Now that shadow has returned.Wearing the stolen body of Imperial Chancellor Dominic Vaughn, Orion's discarded humanity has become a ruthless, parasitic force determined to reclaim what was lost. Dominic secretly engineered Victoria's marriage because she is something far more valuable than a noble bride: a living reliquary born beneath a Red Eclipse, capable of containing the darkness that cannot be destroyed.As Victoria's mysterious birthmark awakens, she begins to experience impossible changes. Her blood carries the power of the eclipse, her senses sharpen, and the boundary between mortal flesh and ancient magic begins to dissolve. The more she learns about Orion, the more she realizes that the cold, shadowless lord may not be her greatest enemy. He may be the only thing standing between the kingdom and an immortal darkness.But saving Orion comes at a terrible price.When the Red Moon reaches its zenith, Dominic intends to consume Victoria's soul-gate, destroy Orion, and use her body to become an eternal god. Victoria must choose whether to remain the frightened bride everyone has tried to control-or claim the power hidden inside her and decide her own fate.At the final eclipse, Victoria makes the ultimate sacrifice, drawing the severed darkness into herself and returning Orion's lost mortality. Their memories, their bond, and everything they have endured begin to burn away as the Abyssal Rift closes.**A Wedding Beneath the Red Moon** is a dark gothic fantasy of forbidden love, ancient curses, supernatural sacrifice, and the terrifying question of whether a monster can become human again-and whether love is worth remembering when the cost is everything.