To Bleed a Crystal Bloom by Sarah A. Parker (Hardback)

Nineteen years ago, I was plucked from the heart of a bloody massacre that spared nobody else. Small. Fragile. An enigma.
Now, as ward to a powerful High Master who knows too much and speaks even less, I live within an imaginary line drawn around the castle grounds. Stay within. Never stray. Beyond the walls, monsters hunt. Inside, I am safe—but at a cost far greater than the blood I drip into a goblet each day.

Toxic. Unreciprocated love for a man who is both my saviour and my executioner. He holds the power to pull my roots from the ground, yet binds me to the tower that holds me captive. I can’t help but be drawn to him—despite the danger that blooms in his shadows.

When voracious beasts spill across the land and threaten to rend the fabric of my tailored existence, the petals of reality will peel back to reveal an ugly truth. I will face the monsters outside and the ones within. In a castle soaked with secrets, none are greater than the one I’ve kept from myself.

No tower is tall enough to protect me from the horror that tore my life apart. To Bleed a Crystal Bloom by Sarah A. Parker is a dark, twisting re‑imagining of Rapunzel—full of gothic romance, immortality, and the cost of freedom.