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- Content warnings: Dubious consent, Non-consensual, Sexual content, Violence, Graphic violence, Gore, Blood, Murder, Kidnapping, Parental death, Death of a child, Death, Human trafficking, Stalking
Shade of a Blood Moon
by D.L. Blade, C.M. Locke
Book 1 in The Hades Blood Moon
Rachel wants a home, not a vampire clan problem, which is exactly why this hook works. New Orleans gives the story teeth: neon, blood, coercion, and one heroine trying to stay unowned.
goodreads 3.84/5 620 ratings
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length369 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice4/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Medium burn
- High
- Passionate / intense
- Adrenaline rush
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- Vampire lord
- Possessive love interest
- Dirty talk heavy
- The angst delivered
- Morally gray
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Rough / primal
- Feral brain activated
- Possessive alpha
- Captor/captive
- Power dynamic
- Book hangover incoming
- Anti-hero
- Predator x prey
- Possessive / claiming
- Protector
- Power imbalance
- Desperate / urgent
- Touch her and die
- Possessive/protective
- Banter
- Teasing control
- Love/hate tension
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Dubious consent elements
- Power exchange
- Impact play (spanking/hitting)
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
- Possessive
Fantasy promise
- Paranormal romance
- Vampire romance
- Big city / metropolis
- Urban fantasy
- Vampires
- Secret society / club
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- Paranormal
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Forced proximity
- Captive romance
- Dark romance
- Guardian/protector
- Forbidden love
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Fast
- Dark
- Fast-paced
- Heavy
- Medium
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- Survivor
- Intense
- Outcast/loner
- Suspenseful
- Damaged survivor
- Seductive
- Deceptively deadly
- Gritty
- Cinematic
- Dangerous
- Edgy
- Enemies forced to ally
- Protect at all costs
- Bargain with consequences
- Slow descent into darkness
- Cliffhanger warning
- Page turner
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Book details
- Length
- 369 pages
- Publisher
- Blade and Key Publishing
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book