Florid Dark

The Florid Blossom Series, Book 1

By Marley Pond

As their futures collapse, a tender relationship is borne from the ash.

What may result from the unrelenting pull of a black hole upon a burning star?

Evelina, a budding alchemist, enters her second year of college. Struggling to meet impossible standards, she chases her childhood dream alongside her close peers.

Pepper, freshly turned, has been relegated to Vampire Alley; the cavernous pass where her kind find refuge. Through desperation and isolation, she is driven towards illicit means to earn her place and satisfy the Alley Council.

The fragile peace begins to crack as Evelina and Pepper trespass upon the unfamiliar worlds of one another. Around a blooming sapphic relationship, the breakdown of an uneasy regional peace sprung from a shared trauma threatens to spiral out into the stars.

Follow them through quiet moments punctuated by tender vulnerability and unimaginable horror.

Through dual perspectives, become a part of the found family that comes together as everything else falls apart.