A Novel · June 9, 2026
The
Mortal
Crystalline
A Yorkshire Winter · 1812
A three-thousand-year-old immortal arrives in a frost-bitten English village to assess the last surviving descendant of an ancient witch bloodline. He had not expected to be seen.
The Story
Yorkshire, 1812. Lucien Varenne arrives in England posing as a French émigré. In truth, he is a three-thousand-year-old enforcer for the Crimson Court, sent to locate and assess the last surviving descendant of an ancient witch bloodline.
He finds Eliza Caven. Twenty-seven years old, a practical village governess, and a woman who sees the world with unnerving clarity. As they walk the frost-bitten moors, Lucien realises Eliza is not a threat to be managed, but the key to a forgotten covenant.
But the Crimson Court does not forgive — and Lucien must decide whether to maintain the cold certainty of his immortal existence, or risk everything for a mortal life he never believed possible.
Two Adults. One Yorkshire Winter.
Lucien Varenne
Like someone who has been waiting so long he's forgotten what he's waiting for.
Eliza Caven
A woman the world had decided not to notice — until something noticed her back.
A Theme Song
Caribbean Blue
by Enya · the song that lived in the room while this book was being written
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