A Steep and Savage Path

From the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of THE THORNS REMAIN comes an enemies-to-lovers journey to the underworld unlike any other, for fans of THE CRIMSON MOTH and THE CRUEL PRINCE.

An immortal vampire. A mortal bride. A vow that even death can’t break.

A Steep and Savage Path follows Irina, who is about to be married to a dead man. She is the willing village sacrifice for the Wedding of the Dead: a desperate ritual designed to lay to rest the hungry vampire that has been terrorising her Transylvanian village.

Irina’s beloved sister’s soul is trapped in the land of the dead. If Irina can retrieve it, she could bring her back – but Irina needs a guide, one who can traverse between the living and the dead.

Irina strikes up a deal with her new husband. If he agrees to get her safely there and back again, then he can drink her blood as much as he wants.

They begin a perilous journey through the afterlife together, during which Irina realises Stefan isn’t the cruel and terrifying monster she thought. In a land of three-headed beasts, winged creatures, and walking corpses, falling in love is the last thing Irina expects.

However, Irina learns that by bringing Stefan to the land of the dead she has put him in grave danger, and will be faced with an impossible choice. Will they make it out, undead or alive?