The Venetian Witch’s Midnight Bargain: A Seduction in Shadow

Venice smells of salt water and damp stone, a city where every mask hides a lie. Lucia Virelli survives by listening to the quiet truths others miss. To some, she’s just a woman in the shadows. To others, she’s a dangerous witch who sees betrayal before it happens.

Adriano DeLuca has a job to do. As a state spy, he’s investigating a sudden wave of witchcraft accusations tearing through the merchant houses. Lucia is the most frustrating piece of his puzzle. She’s calm, sharp, and far too perceptive. The more he tracks her, the more he doubts she’s the villain.

Someone is weaponizing fear to settle old scores. A mysterious woman in crimson is pointing fingers, and powerful families are falling. Adriano and Lucia strike a tense bargain to stop the chaos. He’ll keep the law away from her. She’ll lead him to the mastermind pulling the strings.

Trust is a luxury neither can afford. One mistake could send Lucia to the flames and ruin Adriano’s career. As they move through the midnight streets, the distance between them vanishes. They’re hunting a killer in a city built on deception.

Will the truth set them free or bury them beneath the canals?

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Discover the dark and seductive world of the Flamebound Daughters series where forbidden magic and dangerous love ignite across history.

Across shadowed centuries and forbidden lands, five women carry a power the world fears witchfire. The old flame lives in their blood. Quiet. Dangerous. Branded as witches, hunted by law, condemned by faith, they move through the world carefully, hiding what burns inside them.

But the fire keeps drawing the wrong kind of attention.

A hunter watches from the tree line. A magistrate studies the law by lamplight. A Highland laird waits in a stone hall where wind rattles the shutters. A masked noble moves through candlelit rooms. A frontier lawman tracks whispers across dust and prairie grass. Men who should stand against them. Men who should never come close.

In a world where even a rumor of magic can end in a noose, desire is a dangerous thing. Nights grow warmer. Loyalties start to bend. And the quiet flame each woman carries begins to burn brighter.

When love stands on the same path as survival, which fire will win?

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E-bog: 16. marts 2026