Title: The Crimson Princess (The Ravengale Chronicles Book 1)

Release Date: September 24, 2025

Tropes: Vampires, Rival kingdoms, Forbidden love, Captive princess – she’s more than willing though…well the first time ;), She just got her full powers, She’s promised to another (no triangle)

 

Blurb 

For the rulers of Ravengale, there is only us and them…until the rule of law becomes the path to destruction. 

As princess of Ravengale, Satima is bound by her father’s rule to sit back as others compete in the Challenge and watch the champions travel to the human realm to shelter the innocents from the monsters of the Third World. But the Book of Life dictates a path for her that defies the laws of Ravengale and she temporarily vacates her throne to fight for humanity, a choice that will change the destiny of her world and beyond. 

As Satima is thrust into a tragic battle, death will touch her in the most intimate of ways, driving her into the path of her father’s enemy, the ancient and powerful vampire king. Toren is as gorgeous as he is a ruthless leader, and despite Satima’s caution, the vampire makes her blood run hot, and her body hotter. But in the throes of passion, there is a dark history between their worlds, a darker one between Toren and her father. One wrong move, and everything Satima has known and loved will be shattered. 

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In the vein of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Reign where the princess is a warrior, the fae are inconsequential, zombies are real, and vampires and druids are enemies of the court. That is until one vampire, the king himself, seduces the princess into risking all for him.

 

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Read an Excerpt

He appears next to me on one knee, at the edge of the bed. “I leave you for five minutes and that’s when you decide to finally wake up?”

And just that easily I’m drowning all over again in the sea of his vampire blue eyes, remembering the same sensation when I was buried in pain and he was there. I wonder if there will ever be a day that I’m unaffected by his presence, but I think not. He personifies masculinity, carries himself as a king, and is truly everything a woman of any race could wish for in a male, other than of course, him being my father’s sworn enemy. 

“I know you were here for me. I remember. And I thank you, Toren.”

He captures my hand, curling my fingers beneath his. “You don’t have to thank me. Everything I did was selfishly about me wanting you to live. And before you question why, that selfishness is one hundred percent personal.”

I dare to touch him. On some level, I need to touch him, and my fingers find his face, trailing along the strong cut of his jawline, a king’s face etched with power, strength, and a thousand years of magic. 

“The notorious wicked and lethal vampire king is taking care of me,” I murmur, a smile in my voice. “Be careful, King Toren, your reputation might be scorned.”

He pushes to the edge of the bed and sits next to me. “I’m every bit as wicked and lethal as they say I am, my little princess. Nothing has changed.”

I tug the blanket upward a bit but angle toward him. “Now I know there’s more to you than the stories.”

His hand settles on my leg, as if it’s now acceptable with the blanket to shield me from the onslaught of his touch, when I don’t want to be shielded. Not even a little. “I ask you to judge me by my actions not the stories floating around but I’d prefer your observations stay between us. I strongly believe that fear prevents wars and when that fear fades, it has to be recreated and that means bloodshed.”

He’s just offered me a look into how he thinks, how he approaches war and his honesty and directness surprise me, and suggest trust I find myself wanting to deserve. He’s certainly shown me plenty of himself by bringing me here and saving my life. His approach is all about never repeating the wars and battles of the past. 

I approve. 

He is nothing like the vampire king my father has always declared him to be. “I will maintain your reputation at all cost, King Toren,” I vow.

He leans in, his hands on my face and says, “You scared me, Princess Satima, and I don’t scare easily. I don’t like it. Don’t do that again.”

 

 

 

 Julie’s Review:

The Crimson Princess (The Ravengale Chronicles Book 1): I received this as an ARC. The Crimson Princess is a story of romance, multiple realms, a variety of magical creatures, and their magical kingdoms.

Our FMC is a headstrong princess who grew up training to protect her subjects and the human realm from monsters. She comes into her powers at age 23, as her people do, and finds out some very powerful secrets about herself and her family. Can I just take an aside and say how refreshing it is to have a female main character who is a full adult! Even at 23, she seemed more mature and experienced with the world around her, yet still craving parental respect. She’s tough, yet unsure of her newfound abilities, but determined to improve and become stronger.

Our MMC: phew! He’s a 900 year old vampire king.. and seductive! I’ve been seeing this called enemies to lovers, but it’s not that at all. Maybe an enemy of my father to lovers. But they had instant chemistry. Like it was instalust for the vamp king. For someone who refused to have a queen or heir for years, all of a sudden, he’s all about this princess. And it really does seem they fell for each other, though you never truly know his motives. The spice was spicing, though.

Plot: War is brewing between the kingdoms of the realms, and you don’t know who to trust. Our FMC’s father (and the king) seems to be putting his trust in the wrong people and is pretty much selling his daughter to become the bride of an enemy. But she is determined to find other ways to prevent the threat. I enjoyed the connection between the vampire king and the princess, but it got slow at times and felt somewhat repetitive. Also, there was a lot of telling, not enough showing, and too many times the FMC is describing how he is “male” and his “maleness” calling to her, and that was a bit much. The princess being more than she seems plotline was very interesting, and the way her connection to the vampire king developed because of that was intriguing. But the ending was rushed and crazy and chaotic, and massive cliffhanger alert. It was very slow-paced until then, and then BAM! In just the last what ten pages? And now I’m wondering if the princess put her trust in the vamp king naively or if he is really still doing everything for her. Was he working with or against his rogue brother? I guess we will need to wait until book 2.

 

 

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