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Rue Royale's Nocturne
In the gaslit, cobblestone streets of 1790s New Orleans, where shadows dance and secrets fester, a young woman named Elara finds her life irrevocably altered when she encounters the enigmatic Count and Countess de Valois. Drawn into their…
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Previously
…In my pocket, I still carried the letter Armand had given me. His family's solicitor in Paris. A new life. A fresh start. But I also carried something else—the knowledge that I had loved a vampire, and that he had loved me enough to let me go. The sun rose over the Gulf, painting the water in shades of gold and rose. I watched it, feeling its warmth on my face, and I thought of Armand, sleeping in his dark mansion, dreaming of a love that could never be. I had chosen freedom. But freedom, I was learning, had a price all its own.