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The Lost Apothecary meets Gothikana in a Victorian era gothic dark romance about a secret poisoner, driven by her own sense of justice, who finds the tables turned when her next target – a dangerously obsessive predator – marks her as his next prey. She's out for blood. He's out for her surrender. Alina Lis, a botanist and hobbyist poisoner, has made a pastime of killing unsavoury men in her own twisted sense of poetic justice. After a fateful encounter at a friend’s party, her next target becomes Silas Forbes, a conceited playboy with pale, lifeless eyes and a hunger that feels anything but human.But when Silas appears at her apothecary days later, it becomes clear he is no ordinary prey. Wherever Alina turns, Silas is there – watching, waiting, and weaving himself into her life with an intensity that both unnerves and enthralls her.As their twisted courtship deepens, whispers of scandal and unseen enemies begin to close in. Alina must protect her secrets and her heart, but Silas is a predator unlike any she’s faced. Will she succumb to his darkly seductive charm or be able to outwit the monster who has turned her own deadly game against her?*This is a dark, supernatural romance for a mature, 18+ audience and contains themes and content that aren’t to everyone’s liking. Please check the author’s note at the beginning of the book for content warnings before reading.*Tropes include:- True enemies to lovers- He’s completely obsessed with her - Gothic Horror - Morally gray / anti-hero characters - STEM heroine - VampiresReaders are obsessed with The Poisoner ( ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader reviews)‘A brilliant, grumpy, spitfire of an FMC. An arrogant, borderline psychopathic MMC that falls first and falls *hard*. The bar has been raised. Because this book was immaculate and I have zero notes’ ‘I absolutely LOVED this book. It is a masterpiece! The characters the tension the ending‼️'‘Words cannot express just how much i LOVED THIS BOOK!!!! Everything about it was phenomenal and i wholeheartedly enjoyed every single second i spent inside of this world that i was left reeling when i finished it! A solid 1000000/10 book for me’ ‘An absolutely addictive and enthralling read! This is definitely one for the dark romance girls who grew up obsessed with Spike from Buffy!’

The hauntingly beautiful second book in the historical gothic romance Poisoner series, where Alina Lis finds herself in hiding from her vampiric ex-lover, Silas. They’re a couple deadly as sin, and as intoxicating as a sip of poison . . .She was once his. He has no intention of letting her go.  Two years after fleeing London society, Alina Lis has found a new life in America, leading a commune of women like herself, with the greater purpose of experimenting on the Vipera. But peace, she learns, is as fragile as a spider's web in winter.Because Silas Forbes, the very Vipera who once claimed her, hasn’t forgotten. His thirst for Alina fuels him to track her down at any cost, and he’s brought along Luka Novikov for the hunt – a man who betrayed her, forever marked by the poisoner’s kiss and bound to Silas in blood and debt.  With Silas and Luka back in her life, everything around Alina begins to unravel. The walls she’s built are no defence against a predator like Silas, or the dangerous pull he still holds. When the human and Vipera worlds suddenly collide, threatening all she’s fought to protect, can Alina let go of the past and put her fate in the hands of two villianous immortals she once swore to never trust again? *This is a dark, supernatural romance for a mature, 18+ audience and contains themes and content that aren’t to everyone’s liking. Please check the author’s note at the beginning of the book for content warnings before reading.*

The explosive final book in I.V. Ophelia’s darkly addictive Poisoner trilogy –a bestselling gothic romance series about a botanist who kills unsavoury men, and the one man who's resistant to her deadly poisons while she finds herself intoxicated by his deadly charms… She fears the hunger within. He fears the world without her.Hidden away in a Manhattan mansion that's equal parts gilded cage and war room, Alina Lis is discovering she's no longer the woman she was . . . and may no longer be human at all.But for now, she has far bigger things to worry about when her vampiric lover, Silas, prepares to face The Appraisal, an ancient trial where he'll answer for the mass murder of his father's Nest, as old rivalries and new alliances threaten to break them apart. It seems like Alina’s only hope lies with Luka, a former enemy with a knack for keeping the peace. But something is festering inside Alina, as a hunger she's never felt before threatens to boil to the surface, imperiling both friends and enemies alike. As betrayals mount, exposing chilling truths that have been brewing for years, Alina must decide what she's willing to become to save the man she loves – before the darkness within her destroys them for good.The Cannibal delivers the gut punch that longtime fans of The Poisoner series have been waiting for, that will leave readers sated like they've received their own vampiric kiss.