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Flesh Endures by Sue C. Bentley
Genre: Dark Fantasy / Horror
Cover Reveal: 28th August 2026
Publication Date: 28th October 2026
Lord Karolan, endowed with an arcane knowledge of Alchemy, knows immortality comes at a price. For any lover perishes at his touch. His only companion is his 'familiar' a greedy, wanton spirit that attached itself to him during his transformation and, which feasts on his fleshly desires as it yearns to become human.
Karolan saves Garnetta from the plague sweeping through early gothic Europe, by bestowing the 'dark gift' upon her, but without her permission. A bond of desire develops between the two, and a future for them seems possible. Until Garnetta learns the shocking truth about what Karolan's laboratory holds, and what he has done to her.
Fleeing in horror, she unwittingly falls into the hands of the inquisition. Found guilty of heresy, she is to be subject to a fate even she cannot survive. Dare she open her heart to Karolan now she knows what he is? While risking attracting his familiar, now attached to her also, which is eager to inhabit her enticing female form.
Karolan is desperate to find the woman he has grown to love, knowing that only a leap of faith can lead him to her, before time runs out.
About Sue C. Bentley
Sue’s first love is gothic fiction, both to read and to write. Her books for adults are inspired by classics like Frankenstein, Dracula, the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch and William Blake, Victoriana,and the dark fairy tales and folklore of the British Isles. She has published a number of novels using pen names, notably for Virgin Publishing’s Black Lace imprint – erotic fiction for women, written by women. And for LittleBrown’s, XLibris list. She is also the author of a Sunday Times, worldwide bestselling children’s series for Penguin Random House. During recent years she has returned to writing for adults, exploring her favourite themes with two dark fantasy novels for JoffeBooks. Her short stories have also been published in a number of anthologies. Flesh Endures is the product of her latest journey into the dark underworld of her imagination.
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