A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson

S.T. Gibson’s spellbinding novel delivers a dark, seductive reimagining of Dracula’s first bride—Constanta—and the love letter that becomes her final reckoning.

This is my last letter to you—though others might call it a confession…

On the night death claimed her, a mysterious immortal intervened. Lifted from obscurity and remade in his image, Constanta rises from peasant girl to queen beside an undying king. But immortality comes at a cost, and devotion soon blurs into something far more treacherous.

When Dracula lures an elegant aristocrat and a desperate young artist into his orbit, Constanta begins to see the truth behind his intoxicating charm. Passion turns possessive. Adoration becomes control. And the man she once worshipped reveals himself to be as cruel as he is captivating.

As Constanta grows close to her fellow consorts—finding solace, desire, and quiet rebellion in their arms—together they unravel the monstrous secrets their husband has hidden for centuries. With danger tightening around them and the threat of their master’s wrath looming, Constanta must make an impossible choice: surrender her freedom forever, or risk everything to break the bonds of blood that bind her.

But in a marriage forged by immortality, liberation may demand the one price even the undead fear… death.