The Glamour of Vice (The House of Velvet Rot Book 1)

She was hired to heal the duke’s daughter. Falling for him could ruin them both.Vera Long is a licensed mind-healer with a rare gift, summoned to Summerland House for a private case no one in the capital will discuss. The patient is Lady Vivienne, brilliant, volatile, and armed with magic powerful enough to unsettle even a house built on secrecy.Her father, Conrad Lemont, Duke of Summerland, is ruthless, composed, and fighting for the highest office in the Arcane Commission. He hired Vera to keep his daughter from becoming a scandal. He did not expect the healer herself to become a threat to his discipline, his ambitions, and the dangerous order of House Lemont.The deeper Vera is pulled into the Lemonts’ world, the more impossible escape becomes. Vivienne needs her. Conrad wants her. And in a house where affection can be used as leverage, surrender may cost Vera everything.An adult gaslamp romantasy with a morally gray duke, a competent healer heroine, political intrigue, toxic family dynamics, forbidden attraction, age-gap tension, and slow-burn open-door heat.Trope Highlights:🖤 Morally Gray MMC x Competent FMC🍷 Age-Gap & Power Imbalance✨ Bisexual Characters & Sapphic Undertones🔥 Sizzling Slow Burn🗡️ Political Intrigue & Dangerous MagicAuthor’s Note: The Glamour of Vice is a tightly woven, high-heat adult romantasy short novel. It is perfect for readers looking for a high-tension slow burn without the massive epic-length commitment. Ends with a HFN/Cliffhanger leading directly into Book Two.Content Warning: This book is intended for mature audiences and contains explicit consensual sexual content, dark themes, toxic family dynamics, emotional manipulation, alcohol reliance as a coping mechanism, and a romantic relationship complicated by employment, age gap, and class boundaries. Reader discretion is advised. Read more