He lost everyone he ever loved before…Alpha dragon shifter Orion woke from his millennia-long hibernation into a different world—and found a band of humans struggling to survive. He’s been living among them, secretly keeping the predators away, but he’s kept his true identity hidden from everyone. Until an enemy threatens everything he’s come to love, including the human female he’s obsessed with. The female he can never have but will sacrifice everything for.Now he has to step up and be the Alpha they all need…Violet fell hard and fast for the stranger who joined their small farming community after The Fall. He lives with them, works alongside them, but there’s something different about him that she can’t quite put her finger on. When a group of visiting supernaturals upends everything in her community, she discovers he’s been hiding a huge secret. But that’s the least of their issues. If they don’t claim their territory and eliminate the growing threat outside their borders, there won’t be anything left to fight for.Author note: Each book in the series can be read as a stand-alone, complete with HEA and no cliffhanger

What if there was truth to the vampire myth? And what if your fate was bound to that truth?Desperate to escape her abusive stepbrother, Blaire accepts a scholarship to the exclusive private university Blackthorn Academy. Surrounded by Vasirian—the root of vampire myth—Blaire fears she has traded one cage for another. She is marked as a Korrena, the fated mate of a Vasirian. While she is attracted to the mysterious Lukas, whose gruff exterior hides a lonely heart, the expected ritual for the bond repels her. No one can guarantee her safety; a match between a Vasirian and a human is unprecedented. If she leaves Blackthorn, she could be killed, yet if she stays, Lukas could unintentionally drain her of life.Facing danger by stepping into a den of monsters may be the only way for her to truly be free.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••We've been completely wrong about vampires.Dracula? Lestat? Edward Cullen?Storytellers have gotten it wrong for ages.But the truth found me.He found me.I wasn't prepared for the truth when I enrolled in Blackthorn Academy.And now I have to choose between fighting for my life outside the academy gates, or accepting the mate bond of a Vasirian, and discovering who I really am.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••Mark of the Vasirian is the debut full-length (nearly 120k words) new adult, slow burn paranormal romance by author Stephanie Denne.The dark and mysterious world of the Blackthorn Saga is a new take on vampire romance in an academy setting complete with a king and his court, fated mates, magic, and more! The Blackthorn Saga takes readers on a journey of healing and self-discovery, confronting the toxicity behind the fated mate trope and the jealousy and possessiveness around it. With characters who have barely entered adulthood, angst is aplenty, and it takes more than one book for our characters to resolve their differences and discover what real love is. And of course, this dark fantasy romance series has a HEA, with spin-off series to come.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••Author's Note: 18+ This series contains content that may be unsuitable for certain readers. To learn more about content warnings in the author's work, please visit her website.

Fake crown. Wrong bride. Real mate bond....And one very unplanned pup.LeannaI was the princess’s shadow—her stand-in for speeches, signatures, and, apparently, the Alpha’s impostor bride.Cedric Raine needed a bride to end a war. I needed to survive.The crown was fake. The name wasn’t mine.But every touch on mating night? Terrifyingly real.He marked me, mated me, made me believe I wasn’t just a lie.Until the real princess came back.And he locked me in a cell.So I left—with his heir.Six years later, I don’t wear crowns—I build business empires.Now I return to his palace in heels, diamonds, and zero regrets.And when he sees my little boy with his eyes?The crown won’t be the only thing at my feet.CedricShe wasn’t the princess. I knew it the second she stepped into my court.But her scent, her fire, the way she trembled in my arms—that was real.I kept her because I couldn’t let her go.Even when the truth came for us, I chose silence to protect her.Now she’s back—with a new name, her own kingdom, and a child that looks just like me.And I’d burn mine down just to have her again.Ready for a supernatural romance full of twists and turns? "You thought she was just a stand-in... until she became everything."