The Bloodstar - A Estrela de Sangue

Now also available in Portuguese.

Agora também disponível em Português.

Sinopse:

No virar do século, a jovem Amelia Pattison viu sua vida ser brutalmente arrancada das garras da mortalidade e mergulhada nas sombras da imortalidade. Transformada em vampira contra sua vontade, ela encontrou refúgio e orientação nos braços do enigmático Alexander, um vampiro antigo que lhe ensinou a sobreviver no mundo oculto da noite. Mas sua nova existência, construída sobre segredos e sedução, desmorona na fatídica noite de Ano Novo de 1899, quando um ataque inesperado de lobisomens a separa de tudo o que conhecia.

Capturada pela matilha liderada pelo implacável Jack, Amelia se vê em um perigoso jogo de dominação e desejo, onde seu corpo e alma são disputados entre seu antigo amante e seu captor. Entre promessas quebradas, traições e um vínculo inegável com seu algoz, ela se depara com uma verdade inescapável: nem todos os monstros escondem presas, e nem todo amor nasce da luz.

Enquanto luta contra sua própria sede e os sentimentos proibidos que ameaçam consumi-la, Amelia deve enfrentar um destino entrelaçado a segredos do passado e um futuro incerto. Mas quando um ato de vingança a força a fugir, sua jornada a leva a Evelyn, uma criança frágil e assombrada por horrores que Amelia conhece bem demais. Agora, com os lobisomens em seu encalço e uma menina humana para proteger, Amelia é forçada a escolher entre o instinto de sobrevivência e o último fragmento de humanidade que lhe resta.

Séculos depois, escondida sob um novo nome e uma nova vida em Bellerose, Amelia acredita que finalmente encontrou paz. Mas quando uma jovem lobisomem aparece ferida à sua porta, o passado retorna para assombrá-la, ameaçando destruir o frágil equilíbrio que construiu.

Em um mundo onde a fronteira entre predador e presa é tênue, Amelia descobrirá que o verdadeiro perigo não está nas garras de seus inimigos, mas nos segredos enterrados em sua própria alma.

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