He has been bored for two hundred years. One drop of blood just ended that.Ezra Calloway is twenty-three, broke, and two months behind on rent. He works a downtown dive bar and survives on cheap cynicism and a mouth that talks faster than trouble can land. He has exactly one skill that reading a room before it turns on him. It has never once warned him about a man like this.
Then a glass shatters, a single drop of his blood hits the floor, and the coldest, most beautiful stranger he has ever seen nearly comes apart over it.
Dorian Magnus runs an empire from a tower of black glass. He is a vampire who has outlived emperors and buried their bloodlines, and the scent on Ezra's skin is one he believed had been extinct for centuries. He does not introduce himself. He does not ask. He selects Ezra — a too-good-to-be-real job offer, a contract already signed, a single question about his blood type — and waits.
The small crescent scar healing in Ezra's palm is not from the broken glass. It is a leash. And the moment Ezra works out that the man who saved his life is also the one who has been tracking it, he stops being the hunted thing — and starts deciding the terms.
Book One of the Magnus Tower Chronicles. The dive bar is only the beginning.
Inside this vampire CEO — centuries old, ice-cold control, and one fatal weakness Feral, funny omega — broke, mouthy, and done being owned Forbidden office romance — selected, marked, and watched from across the glass Slow burn to very high heat — a first fever, a ruined desk, and a scar that answers his touch Predator-and-prey obsession that bends — a leash that is learning to run both ways The hunt widens — a port city, a missing bloodline, and a council still in the dark
If you love possessive immortals, sharp-tongued survivors, and danger you choose on purpose — start here.
Reader Intended for readers 18 and older. Contains on-page sexual content, strong language, and mature themes including vampirism, blood-play, knotting, fated-mate obsession, and a tracking bond mark. Please read responsibly.
Huh, apparently (at least of this writing, August 4, 2026) book three of this trilogy isn't on GoodReads yet??? So I didn't actually read this twice, it's just a way of logging the third book in the trilogy lol.
Having read about 2/3 of this author's available works on KU, I just need to note that while they work INCREDIBLY well for my id, I don't know if I'd rec them to anyone. I wouldn't NOT recommend them either, but, uh. The caveats I have here are:
1. While I don't think that these are AI written, they show signs of having been written really fast and not edited, or having been written in another language and using translation software to put into English. Which is to say there are a LOT of contradictions and repetitions, far more than I'd usually expect in a typical self-pub.
1.5 I'm leaning more toward the translation software hypothesis, because it's just too weird that there are THIS many references to an omega being called a wife or mother without it actually changing as soon as said omega gets knocked up. Like if this were some weird gender essentialism, I'd expect it to be consistent across the rest of every book that they're now suddenly being referred to as only female. It's not consistent in that way and if there is a consistency in English I can't see it as a through-line. So my hope is that this is a translation issue and the original language has more nuance? Because otherwise these poor omegas are having some WEIRD ASS GENDER DISPHORIA and I'd like that to be explored in more detail?
2. It's fine that you have a kink for big dicks, but OH MY GOD WE DON'T HAVE TO DESCRIBE THEM EVERY SINGLE SEX SCENE??? After a certain point the bottom has to embrace being a bit of a size queen rather than just marveling about how big their partner's dick is, right?
3. Every single romance is between the same two characters. The names change, the world-building differs, but it really is always "Uptight domineering alpha top with an abnormally large dick falls for the snarky omega bottom who rocks his world by running his mouth." Which, again, absolutely works for me and my id, but I don't actually expect it to be generalizable. 😂
Let’s get the worse part of this review out and over with. So here goes. Through most of this book there have been inconsistencies. As you read this book you will notice them. You will also notice that in certain areas there are repeated sentences. Whether it’s AI written or not it needs better editing. I believe if the Author would have taken more time to review their work this book would be awesome.
Now, on to the good things about the book. It has a great storyline and the characters are wonderful. Dorian and Ezra are perfect for each other if they can get past their own selves. The roommate is a great supporting character and I hope we will see more of him getting involved and not being one of those friends who betrays his best friend. I gave this book 4 stars 🌟 because of what I wrote in the first paragraph. Hopefully the other books will be better edited. 💜❤️
This book genuinely took over a month for me to get through. I needed breaks from this writing, the only reason I didnt dnf this book early on was because I was so excited about the omegaverse aspect BUT BRO THERE WAS NO KNOTTING NO NADA. I feel betrayed LOLLL.
The writing was weird, some people on here said they liked it but I didnt really. It felt like the story was just being dragged so there were many occasions where I skipped pages of just BLAH BLAH BLAH to see some semblance of plot progression- WHICH IS VERY TIRING. so I in fact did dnf this book after reading more than 80% of it.
not sure if AI was used in the writing of this book, it very well could have been. but none the less, was interesting plot just not executed well.
There are some plot issues,. Like being covered in a dead man's coat, only for the coat to magically become Dorian's. And Ezra's cell was left behind in the bar, yet he had it at Ezra's safe house after the concrete bunker. There was another one as well, but I've forgotten what it was. Still, a great read and I'll be getting volume 2 because I love this author!
I would not mind it being AI as much if there would be some effort. The book needed editing. Heavy editing. A lot of parts made no sense, characters changed position mid scene, there were sentences repeating etc. The plot could have been interesting it certainly has a potential but don’t waste the time, it’s not worth it.
This big was a Rollercoaster! I did have a hard time visualizing what i was reading and the written sounds or moans were confusing like, hhk and hng. But overall, it was an enjoyable adventure.
What beautiful writing with no plot progression. I really wanted to enjoy this one as the writer truly writes with great imagery and lyrism but it was redundant and simply stagnant. There is a large difference between slow burn and simply delaying the books progress. DNF.
I got 24 pages in. On the 2nd page, it was obvious this was AI. But it’s so much AI, that it’s like nails on a chalkboard. Don’t waste your money or time on this. Don’t recommend.
I’m f you want to waste your time this is the biggest ok for you. Less about vampires and more about biotech. Go figure, that’s the authors career. No character development and a plot that reads like bad fan fiction.
This story had too much repetition… the same descriptions over and over again. Then, it felt like chunks and chapters were missing in the story. And then it just ended…
I won't rate this book but I won't finish it, its just bad and dear god how many time can you repeat the thing over and over again. It sounded good, vampires and omegaverse I didnt see it before but after 50% I just can't force myself to carry on.