Blood and Honey

Blood & Honey

Our love broke the curse. Our child is the weapon. The world should have let us die.

In the hidden corridors between Dublin’s brutal underworld and the haunted alleyways of Naples, an ancient blood feud is about to be rewritten in flesh, fire, and betrayal.

Keira Lynch — the bastard queenpin of the O’Connell crime dynasty — was born with a secret carved into her bones: a whisper of forbidden magic that the priests could never burn out of her. Raised on bruises, whiskey, and broken promises, she learned early that loyalty is currency — and love is leverage. But when her father’s death forces her to marry their oldest enemy, she becomes the pawn everyone wants to play.

Finn Di Luca — the haunted heir to the Di Luca mafia throne — has spent his life at the mercy of ghosts: the father who beat him bloody to shape him into a weapon, the mother who died cursing his name, the saints who never answered his prayers. On the night he’s forced to wed Keira — the girl he’s hunted since childhood — he’s ordered to kill her before sunrise to seal the peace.

Instead, they choose each other. And the world will bleed for it.

Bound by a marriage pact soaked in betrayal and dark prophecy, Keira and Finn must navigate a labyrinth of warring families, arcane rituals, and treacherous allies — all while a ruthless new enemy hunts the child growing inside her. Their love is blasphemy. Their child is a threat. And the curse that stalks them demands a sacrifice neither of them is willing to make.

But in the world of Blood & Honey, every kiss is a power play — and every wound is an inheritance.

This is not a story of good and evil. This is a story of survival. Of a girl who’d burn down her kingdom to build her own — and a boy who’d slit his father’s throat to crown her queen.

For fans of dark mafia romance, forbidden magic, and star-crossed lovers who’d rather be monsters than martyrs, Blood & Honey will sink its teeth into you and never let go.

🌙 Read if you love:
✔️ Enemies to lovers so vicious you’ll beg them to stop and pray they never do
✔️ Marriage of convenience turned blood oath
✔️ Generational curses, whispered Irish myths, and mafia vendettas tangled in black lace
✔️ Broken boys who worship their girls like saints and sinners alike
✔️ Heroines who’d rather be wicked than wronged
✔️ A child who may be the beginning — or the end — of their dynasty

📖 Blood & Honey is the first book in the explosive new saga by Laura Carpenter — a sweeping, cinematic romantasy where every vow drips with violence, desire, and the echo of old gods who never truly died.

🔥 Trigger Warning: This book contains graphic violence, adult themes, morally grey characters, and a love that destroys more than it saves. Read at your own risk.

ecently selected and featured by Book Fest 2025 for its hauntingly unforgettable storytelling, Blood & Honey is already marking Laura Carpenter as a rising name in dark romantasy.

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🌐 Website: www.lauracarpenterbooks.com
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