Blood and Steel, (Paperback)

<p><b>Some women inherit jewelry.<br>Nia inherited a war.</b></p><p>Nia is a trauma nurse in New Orleans. She believes in vital signs, lab results, and things that can be measured. Not in omens. Not in spirits. Not in ancient pacts written under the skin.</p><p>But something has been calling her at three in the morning.</p><p>When a photograph surfaces-stamped <i>Lazarus Program. Subject 17. Deceased.</i>-Nia begins to unravel the truth about her mother's death. The car accident was a lie. The silence in her family was deliberate. And the past was never buried.</p><p>Under her skin, two seals burn.</p><p>One is an ownership mark placed by Mordecai, a six-hundred-year-old Ancient who believes she belongs to him.</p><p>The other is a protection seal-older, stronger, built layer by layer by her mother decades ago.</p><p>Possession and protection. Predator and heir. Father and son.</p><p>As supernatural forces move through the cemeteries and shadows of New Orleans-ghouls, harpies, creatures that recognize the Ancient blood in her veins-Nia realizes she has been living inside a war she never agreed to fight.</p><p>And the man she let into her bed knew more than he ever told her.</p><p>If she wants answers, she'll have to break the silence of three generations of women, uncover the truth behind the Lazarus Program, and face the Ancient who marked her as property.</p><p>Because the seals under her skin are waking up.</p><p>And this time, they pulse together</p>

• Blood and Steel, (Paperback)
• Author: Independently Published
• ISBN: 9798249987787
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-02-26
• Page Count: 246