When Blood Runs Red

When Blood Runs Red

Book cover with a DNA helix, blood-red flowers, and a city skyline background. The title says 'When Blood Runs Red,' and the author is Patricia Prior.

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In Eclipsera, blood is power—but greed holds the blade.

After her parents’ untimely deaths in a suspicious lab explosion, Aria Ellis retreats into herself, haunted by grief and unanswered questions. But when her sister, Luna, drags her to the glittering Guardian Gala, Aria is thrust back into the deadly politics of Eclipsera’s founding families.

Desperate to learn more about her parents’ demise, Aria begins studying her mother’s old journal and discovers research about ancient blood magic, hinting at dark things happening in Eclipsera. When a genetically engineered monster attacks her apartment, corrupting her magic and nearly claiming her life, Aria realizes she might be the next victim in the city’s dark games.

Navigating a deadly web of power, desire, and betrayal, Aria must decide what price she’s willing to pay for the truth—and whose blood will stain her hands before it's over.

WHEN BLOOD RUNS RED is a dark, seductive urban fantasy filled with twisted betrayals, deadly romance, and a world where power is the only thing more dangerous than love. Perfect for fans of These Violent Delights, The Mortal Instruments and From Blood and Ash.


N.B. Enter Eclipsera at your own risk. When Blood Runs Red contains graphic violence, mature themes, and adult situations.This story is intended for mature audiences (18+) and may not be suitable for all readers.

Tropes

  • Dark Fantasy

  • Forbidden Love

  • Political Intrigue

  • Dystopian Society

  • Family Legacy

  • Blood Magic System

  • Morally Gray Characters

  • Corrupted Science

  • Betrayal and Secrets

  • Touch Her and Die

  • - Graphic violence, blood, and on page character deaths

    - One brief scene involving child death (non-graphic emotionally intense)

    - Medical experimentation and bodily injections

    - Emotional abuse, psychological manipulation, and toxic relationships

    - Parental death and family trauma

    - Scenes of torture (brief but graphic)

    - Sexual content and emotionally volatile intimacy

    - Recreational drug use and party culture

    - Magical creature cruelty

    - Infidelity (not between FMC and MMC)

    - On page panic attack

    - Themes of suppressed trauma and self-destructive behavior

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