In the blood-red depths of the Crimson Forest, where witches are dragged screaming to the pyre, Tala Veyra has spent her life hiding a power she never understood, and a heart that has always belonged to someone she could not name.
Betrayed by the only family she has ever known and offered up by the charismatic High Priest Charles, she is bound in ropes and set ablaze before the entire village on Samhain night. A public sacrifice meant to silence her forever.
As the flames devour her, Kael, the demon who has guarded and loved her across more than a hundred lifetimes, watches in helpless fury and shattering agony. His raw screams tear through the trees as the only woman he has ever waited centuries for burns alive before his eyes.
But in the ashes... something stirs.
When Tala rises, she is no longer the girl they tried to kill. She is the Goddess of the Phoenix: winged, luminous, and reborn in fire. And the demon who has lost her a hundred times before will not lose her again.
What follows is a dark, sensual reckoning of forbidden love, ritual sacrifice, soul-deep betrayal, and the terrifying price of becoming something more than human. Together they will burn through the Ancient Order that has hunted her bloodline for generations, claim each other in the ash of her own pyre, and finally create the future no lifetime ever allowed them.
Some flames do not destroy. They transform.
Mature content: explicit sexual content and graphic violence. Intended for readers 18+.
Details
- Publication Date
- Oct 27, 2026
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780557697984
- Category
- Fiction
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
- Contributors
- By (author): Tala Peterson
Specifications
- Pages
- 300
- Binding Type
- Hardcover Case Wrap
- Interior Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- US Trade (6 x 9 in / 152 x 229 mm)