Sinful Signings 2025 is on the horizon (July 19th-20th in Roanoke, Virginia), so things are getting dark here at Smutco Industries! We're kicking off our coverage of the dark romance genre with a book that came highly recommended by patron/dear friend Katie Hurd; Draga & the Savage: Dragobete by Jenny Allen. The spice may be on the low end, but the passion is INTENSE!

Book Descirption

Luminita
As a woman in medieval Romania, the inability to control my fate quickly grew from annoyance to a festering wound. Even as a Durand, who can rip the soul from a man, I have no place in power because I am female. When I left my home in Kotor, I vowed to prove the world wrong. Then I stumbled across a true mystery who eventually called me Draga, Beloved.

Aaron
After seven thousand years of life, I thought I'd uncovered all of life's secrets. Blood was my only joy as a vampire. When the Mongol's Golden Horde descended on us in 1241, I seized the opportunity to indulge myself amongst their atrocities. That is until a chance encounter earned me the name Salbatic, the Savage, and forever changed my life.

Triple T's

TRIGGERS: dark themes, violence, gore, & murder, on-page death of a minor, attempted sexual assault, depictions of war and devastation, drug use: both consensual & non-consensual, vampires (blood, blood letting, blood consumption).

TROPES: F/M cis/heterosexual dark romance ft. vampiric characters, historical romance (medieval eastern Europe), only one bed, romance NOT a love story.

TITILLATIONS: ritualistic sex, blood play and violence, sex outdoors, power struggle.

So...What Are You Into?

Katie: Doctor Who
Carl: Monster Prom 4 - Monster Con

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