The fiercest, most powerful adult debut of 2025 – a brilliant sapphic vampire novel: a story of ambition, female oppression and unstoppable hunger.
Lenore, married to steel magnate Henry, relocates from London to the remote Nethershaw estate in the Peak District for his planned hunting party. After a shocking carriage accident, the pale and secretive Carmilla enters their lives, stirring deep cravings in Lenore—and soon local girls fall ill with a ravenous hunger. As the hunt approaches, Lenore must choose between reclaiming her husband's approval or succumbing to the dark desires Carmilla awakens—and ultimately confront a terrifying darkness at home.