The Blooming

The Blooming: A Dark Romance & Gothic Folk Horror of Blood-Bound Lovers, a Sentient Forest, and a Curse That Wants a Bride

She’s blooming with crimson flowers. He was raised to end her. The Hollow wants them both.

When a blood-red flower breaks through Lena Marrow’s skin, Blackthorn Hollow starts to whisper. The Blooming has chosen its next bride. The legend promises one thing: once marked, a girl belongs to the forest.

Rowan Vale is the last Keeper—sworn to stop the bride before the Harvest Moon or watch the valley fall. But the Hollow marks him too, binding their pulses. Now, when her flowers ache, his veins burn. When she’s called to the woods, he hears her name in the trees.

As a witch’s ledger of lost brides resurfaces and an ancient Bride Queen stirs beneath the roots, desire becomes a weapon. Every touch feeds the forest. Every kiss rewrites the pact. And when the moon rises, Lena must choose: surrender her body to the Hollow… or sever