Fruit of the Flesh

About this book

In the glittering, treacherous heart of Gilded Age New York, former ballerina Petronille De Villier and struggling sculptor Arkady Kamenev enter into a marriage of convenience. For Petronille, the union is a desperate bid to escape her family’s dark, suffocating legacy; for Arkady, the De Villier name provides the elite patronage his art demands. It appears to be a calculated transaction, a simple arrangement designed to secure their respective futures in high society. However, the facade quickly crumbles as they discover a chilling, mutual recognition. Beneath the surface of their partnership lies a shared hunger for vengeance and a taste for the macabre. As bodies begin to vanish and long-buried secrets emerge, their relationship evolves into a high-stakes dance of predator and prey. In this gothic romance, the lines between love and obsession blur, leaving both to wonder which of them truly holds the knife. Bound by law and blood, Petronille and Arkady must confront the monstrous natures they have spent years concealing. They are forced to decide if their dark appetites will ultimately destroy them or bind them together in a dangerous, beautiful alliance. In a world where nothing is as it seems, they learn that survival requires a soul as sharp as their secrets.