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Synopsis
An unusual girl. An enigmatic man. An ancient castle. What could go wrong? An outcast her entire life, Corvina Clemm is left adrift after losing her mother. When she receives the admission letter from the mysterious University of Verenmore, she accepts it as a sign from the universe. The last thing she expects though is an old, secluded castle on top of a mountain riddled with secrets, deceit, and death. An enigma his entire life, Vad Deverell likes being a closed book but knowing exactly everything that happens in the university. A part-time professor working on his thesis, Vad has been around long enough to know the dangers the castle possesses. And he knows the moment his path crosses with Corvina, she's dangerous to everything that he is. They shouldn't have caught each other's eye. They cannot be. But a chill-inducing century-old mystery forces them to collide. People have disappeared every five years over the past century, Corvina is getting clues to unraveling it all, and Vad needs to keep an eye on her. And so begins a tale of the mysterious, the morbid, the macabre, and a deep love that blossoms in the unlikeliest of places.
Gothikana: content & age rating
Intended for adult readers (18+).
This dark academia romance contains steamy sexual content, dark themes involving death and disappearances, and intense romantic/sexual tension between a student and professor. The gothic mystery elements include century-old deaths and potentially disturbing revelations.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, steamy sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include death, death of parent, and grief (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Readers will be drawn into a gothic mystery at a creepy isolated university where a misfit heroine teams up with a brooding professor to solve century-old disappearances.