Description

Margo Montgomery lived for silk gowns, expensive serums, and the high-stakes social shark tanks of the Upper East Side. But when a charity gala ends in a spray of blood and a freak accident, she wakes up with fangs and a crown she never asked for. Now, the human socialite is the accidental Empress of a lethal supernatural court, and her only survival skill is event planning.

Enter Alaric. He's a stoic, judgmental royal guard who thinks Margo is a pampered disaster. He's all iron discipline and silver blades; she's all designer heels and witty retorts. Alaric is tasked with turning this fish-out-of-water human into a vampire queen before the court's ancient predators tear her apart.

As Margo swaps her stilettos for daggers in Alaric dusty training courtyard, the friction between them sparks a heat that neither can ignore. But while Margo struggles to find her value beyond her presentation, a deadly conspiracy is forming in the shadows of the resort. To protect her crown--and her life--she must team up with the grumpy guard who hates everything she stands for, but whose touch makes her undead heart skip a beat. Can a socialite survive the Grotto of Secrets, or will the weight of the crown be her final downfall?