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- Content warnings: Sexual content, Murder, Human trafficking, Gore, Violence, Graphic violence, Blood, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Injury detail, Vomiting / emesis, Gun violence, Torture, Abuse
The Serpent's Sin
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Book 2 in Bloodlines
Raziel and Nadi stop pretending they aren't on the same side and start plotting a vampire-family massacre together. The romance gets hotter as the trust gets worse, which feels about right for these two.
goodreads 4.52/5 151 ratings
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Length334 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 3 books
Spice4/5 · Intense / passionate
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)
- Established relationship
- High
- Intense / passionate
- Addictive read
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- Villain
- Love/hate tension
- Tension
- Tension finally satisfied
- Morally gray
- Betrayal to trust
- Possessive/protective
- Adrenaline rush
- Anti-hero
- Forbidden love
- Power exchange
- Obsessed
- Vampire lord
- Possessive love interest
- Dominance
- Possessive alpha
- Morally gray x morally gray
- Dark/tortured soul
- Partners in crime
- Push and pull
Fantasy promise
- Paranormal romance
- Vampire romance
- Big city / metropolis
- Contemporary
- Vampires
- Fae romance
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- Urban fantasy
- Fae
- Marriage of convenience
- Paranormal
- Shifters
- Revenge romance
- Mermaids/sirens
- Dark romance
- Mafia romance
- Forced alliance
- Interspecies romance
- Hidden identity
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Fast
- Dark
- Moderate
- Medium
- Assassin
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- Dangerous
- Suspenseful
- Spy/thief
- Seductive
- Fast-paced
- Shapeshifter
- Intense
- Character-driven
- Vengeful / revenge-driven
- Steamy
- Tense
- Unhinged
- Forbidden desire
- Slow descent into darkness
- Morally complex
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Book details
- Length
- 334 pages
- Publisher
- Second Sky
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book