THE CRIMSON DAUGHTER
THE DARK BLOOD CHRONICLES: Book 1
In a world of dark magic, love is the ultimate risk.
When quiet London accountant Khris Marshall witnesses a murder no human should ever see, the shadows of the city open their jaws. Drawn to a lethal protector with secrets carved in blood, she must decide whether to run from the darkness or claim the power that waits for her inside it.
About The Book
Title: The Crimson Daughter
Series: The Dark Blood Chronicles – Book One
Genre: Paranormal Romance | Gothic Urban Fantasy
Blending the seductive danger of vampires witches and warlocks with the raw emotion of forbidden love, The Crimson Daughter follows an outcast heroine as she collides with a secret world and a fate that could remake it.
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In the heart of Soho, Khris sits in a bar, anxiously plotting to keep her job secure. All she needs is her colleague’s silence to safeguard a critical secret. But just when she thinks she's in the clear, she becomes an unintended witness to a gruesome murder. Now, someone dangerous is hunting her down, and her life is suddenly anything but ordinary.
Lucien, heir to the Dark Bloods—a clandestine order of rogue knights with powerful, ancient magic is forbidden from entangling with humans, yet something about Khris draws him in, defying all his family’s laws. When he discovers Khris at the epicentre of the murder investigation, Khris tangled in the centre of a chilling murder mystery, he’s compelled to protect her, leading him to confront not just the chilling crime but also his burgeoning connection with the mysterious human.
As Khris unearths secrets that could shatter everything she knows, and Lucien risks everything to protect her, an undeniable bond forms between them. But shadows of the past loom close, threatening to consume them both. Will they uncover the truth and outrun the darkness, or will their forbidden connection be their undoing?
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Tropes & Themes: Forbidden Love • Fated Mates • Secret Societies • Slow‑Burn Tension • Power Struggles & Politics​​​
Meet The Characters
Enter the World: Lore & Hidden History
The Dark Blood World: What Lies Beneath the City Streets
The Dark Bloods
“Magic was the gateway. Hunger was the price. Now we are what remains.”
Before they were vampires, they were men, knights, crusaders, warriors sworn to sacred vows.
But power is its own religion.
Mortas, once a leader of the Templar order, turned from faith to the forbidden, guided by a shadowed practitioner who promised immortality... and something more. The gift offered fractured the men who followed Mortas. It twisted their flesh, altered their blood, and bound their souls to a magic older than history itself. These were the first Dark Bloods, not bitten, not cursed, but made through bloodcraft.
They were no longer men. And they were no longer entirely mortal.
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To prevent annihilation, a treaty was signed. The cost? Obedience.
Today, all Dark Bloods are bound by three inviolable laws:
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No contact with humans without express Order approval. No feeding. No relationships.
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No procreation without Order-issued sanction. Unauthorized offspring are considered threats.
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No blood use outside rationing laws. Every drop consumed is tracked and assigned.
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While the Salt Order controls interaction with the outside world, the Dark Bloods govern themselves, internally fractured by Houses, ideologies, and unending power plays.
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But not all obey.
Blood is stirring.
And some whisper that war is coming. Again.
The Azure Sisters
(aka: The Organisation)
“Magic is not a gift. It is a privilege. And privileges can be revoked.” — The Azure Sisters
In this world, magic isn’t free—it’s controlled. Licensed. Enforced.
The Azure Sisters, also known as The Organisation, are the sole authority on the use, transmission, and discipline of magic. An ancient collective of powerful witches and warlocks, they don’t just use magic—they own it. Every sanctioned spellcaster answers to them. Every enchantment, charm, or summoning is logged, taxed, and tracked. Anyone who attempts to practice outside their reach is branded a rogue.
Unauthorized magic isn’t just a crime. It’s an existential threat to the balance the Sisters have maintained for centuries.
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Their Laws of Magic:
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Only those initiated and monitored by the Organisation may use magic.
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Magical ability must be reported upon awakening—regardless of species or bloodline.
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Immortality-based magic is absolutely forbidden. Even speaking certain rites aloud can carry the death penalty.
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Minor violations may result in memory erasure, power binding, or imprisonment in magical stasis.
The Salt Order
“We are the barrier. We are the blade. We are the silence between the screams.” — Codex Salis, Chapter I
The Salt Order began not as a division of the Church but as its secret arm.
When humanity first brushed against the Dark Bloods and other unnatural forces, the Church didn’t make it public. It did what it always did: buried the truth beneath doctrine and flame.
Founded during the Inquisition and officially sanctioned during the Council of Trent, the Salt Order exists to contain, control, and conceal all non-human entities: vampires, rogue warlocks, witches, and anything else that cannot be explained by scripture. Their existence is not acknowledged. Their operations are not recorded. But their reach? It extends into nearly every major city in the world.
The name comes from the ancient belief in salt as a purifier and ward against evil. To the Order, salt is more than superstition it is doctrine. Every ritual begins with it. Every punishment ends with it.
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Their Mission:​
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Monitor and regulate supernatural entities in human society
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Maintain the Treaty between the church and the Dark Bloods to prevent open conflict
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Imprison or eliminate any being who risks exposing the secret world to humanity
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The Salt Order does not see itself as cruel.
They are the last defense between man and monster.
But as the line between sinner and savior begins to blur, and the old prophecies stir in the bloodlines they’ve tried to suppress...
Even the Order may no longer know what side of the war they’re truly on.
Tropes & Themes
Looking for paranormal romance where Black women are centered in the magic, mystery, and power? You’ll feel right at home here.
Perfect for fans of:
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Paranormal romance with forbidden love
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Gothic urban fantasy with secret magic societies
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Dark romance with a slow burn and high stakes
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Black heroines in supernatural worlds
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Vampire stories with politics, prophecy, and fated mates
If you loved:
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Crescent City by Sarah J. Maas
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Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
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The Vampire Diaries
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Underworld (film series)
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A Discovery of Witches
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…then The Crimson Daughter will pull you in.
Features you’ll find inside:
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Fated mates with soul-deep tension
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Enemies-to-lovers heat
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Secret societies and supernatural politics
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Found family and betrayal
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Dangerous magic tied to bloodlines
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A soft-spoken heroine with hidden power
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A morally grey vampire protector
"I wrote this book for the Black girls who love fantasy but rarely see themselves in it. For the women who’ve been the outcast, the too-quiet one, the people-pleaser with a storm in their soul and no place to let it out."
J.I. Hens
What's next in the series?
The Crimson Sovereign: The Dark Blood Chronicles Book 2
The crown is not given. It is taken. In blood.
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The veil is fraying.
Khris has survived secrets, prophecy, and forbidden desire but the world she is stepping into is devouring itself from within.
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As tension brews in the hidden courts, oaths will be broken. Bonds will be tested. And love will face the one force it may not survive: power.