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Gothikana

by RuNyx
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The eternal romance of Beauty and the Beast meets the gothic suspense of Dracula in this erotic dark academia story of epic love from bestselling author RuNyx.
"RuNyx immerses her readers in the dark worlds she builds and then injects life into them in the most hauntingly beautiful way. Her work is unique and addictive—she really is one of a kind."—Hannah Grace, New York Times bestselling author of ICEBREAKER
"Original, innovative, and unlike anything I've read before."―L. J. Shen, USA Today bestselling author
An unusual girl. An enigmatic man. An ancient castle. What could go wrong?
An outcast her entire life, Corvina Clemm is left adrift after losing her mother. When she receives the admission letter from the mysterious University of Verenmore, she accepts it as a sign from the universe. The last thing she expects though is an old, secluded castle on top of a mountain riddled with secrets, deceit, and death.
An enigma his entire life, Vad Deverell likes being a closed book but knowing exactly everything that happens in the university. A part-time professor working on his thesis, Vad has been around long enough to know the dangers the castle possesses. And he knows the moment his path crosses with Corvina, she's dangerous to everything that he is.
They shouldn't have caught each other's eye. They cannot be. But a chill-inducing century-old mystery forces them to collide. People have disappeared every five years over the past century, Corvina is getting clues to unraveling it all, and Vad needs to keep an eye on her.
And so begins a tale of the mysterious, the morbid, the macabre, and a deep love that blossoms in the unlikeliest of places.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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  • Release date

    July 10, 2023

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      • ISBN: 9781250334213

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      • ISBN: 9781250334213
      • File size: 66538 KB

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    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from October 30, 2023
      RuNyx (The Annihilator) remixes gothic romance tropes in this deliciously edgy and erotic new adult outing. Corvina Clemm, 21, grew up in isolation, homeschooled by her recently deceased mother, who had paranoid schizophrenia. She’s shocked to receive an offer of admission from the elite University of Verenmore—especially as she never applied. She’s older than the other students in the ancient castle that houses the university and the specter of a childhood spent managing her mother’s illness haunts her, coloring her interactions with both her peers and mysterious young teacher Vlad Deverell. Vlad is a gorgeous enigma who is sure to make readers swoon despite his slowly revealed and deep-seated moral ambiguity. As Corvina’s solitary ramblings around the school grounds pull her deeper into Vlad’s orbit, the pair begin a juicy forbidden affair that blurs the lines between pleasure and pain. RuNyx balances this epic romance with danger: students at Verenmore have been dying by suicide for years, while others go missing at the school’s infamous Black Ball, a fabled masquerade dance. Could Corvina be next? The author’s delight in all things gothic is clear, and she leans into both the romance and the darkness. Her unflinching examination of mental health, suicide, alienation, and sexual power dynamics is especially commendable. This brazen, page-turning love story is a winner.

    • Booklist

      December 1, 2023
      At 21, Corvina is older than most new undergraduate students when the University of Verenmore offers her a full scholarship. This is particularly unusual given that she was homeschooled and never applied to the university. On the other hand, the town she grew up near treats her as a pariah, so she has nothing to lose by moving to the isolated castle. She quickly learns that the castle may be haunted, with mysterious disappearances every few years--and one theoretically due at the Black Ball this year--along with some questionable suicides. Corvina is distracted by her language and literature instructor, Vad Deverell, an enigmatic doctoral student with whom she shares a fierce mutual attraction despite warnings from her friends and strict rules against relationships between students and instructors. Their intense sexual relationship develops in spite of Corvina's concerns that Vad may somehow be involved in the disappearances. Tensions escalate as the Black Ball rolls around, and readers are led through surprising twists yet left with some lingering mysteries. Gothikana will appeal to readers who like dark and steamy haunted-school tales.

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