This Ravenous Fate BY Hayley Dennings

In The Saint's Curse, the first book in a decadent fantasy duology set in Jazz Age Harlem, the glamorous nightlife of 1926 hides a darker, more dangerous world. Reapers, once-human vampires afflicted with a terrifying curse, are on the rise in New York. The Saint family’s reaper-hunting empire controls the city’s shadowy underbelly, holding more power than even the organized criminals who run the nightclubs. Eighteen-year-old Elise Saint, recently returned from Paris, is the reluctant heir to this formidable dynasty. Her return is overshadowed by the knowledge that Harlem’s reapers want her dead.

Layla Quinn, a young reaper newly transformed and haunted by her past, bears a deep grudge against Elise. Created five years ago by New World atrocities and cruel experiments, Layla lost her family, her protection from the Saints, and her humanity. She hasn’t forgotten how Elise betrayed her.

The situation grows more perilous when reapers start inexplicably regaining parts of their humanity, leaving behind a trail of mysterious and brutal killings. Layla finds herself framed for one of these attacks. The Saint patriarch offers her a precarious deal: work with Elise to investigate the murders and the unsettling rumors of a possible reaper cure.

Once close friends, now bitter enemies, Elise and Layla must navigate the city’s dangerous underworld, confront their unresolved feelings, and uncover sinister truths about a growing threat to both reapers and humans. Amidst the opulent Jazz Age backdrop, their journey is one of intrigue, danger, and a reawakening of old wounds.