Carmilla's Orchard

The soil calls to the blood. He answered. Elias is a botanist searching for purpose, and a grant, when he accepts a research position at the decaying, isolated Carmilla's Orchard. A forgotten Victorian estate swallowed by its own landscape, the Orchard is home to a rumored rare species: the night-blooming apple, the Malus nocturna. But the orchard is not just overgrown—it is hungry. The Matriarch tree that dominates the West Block is not merely a plant; it is a consciousness, a vampiric entity that feeds not on blood alone, but on assimilation. Its sinuous ivy climbs the walls, its roots run deeper than Elias can imagine, and an ancient, sickening change begins the moment he sets foot on the soil. The land is calling him to a perverse, sensual communion. As black bark scars his skin and emerald-green veins begin to pulse beneath his flesh, Elias must choose: fight the biological invasion and risk his sanity, or surrender to the ultimate dark romance and become the newest, sweetest fruit of the earth. CARMILLA'S ORCHARD is a lush, visceral Erotic Gothic Novel that subverts traditional vampire horror with a unique twist of botanical body horror and dark, possessive romance. Perfect for fans of: The atmospheric dread of Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, the visceral body transformation of Frankenstein, and the intimate, consuming passion of A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson.