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The book

Flesh Endures

A tantalising tale of immortality, temptation and the terrible cost of desire.

Lord Karolan, endowed with an arcane knowledge of alchemy, knows immortality comes at a price. Any lover perishes at his touch. His only companion is his familiar, a greedy, wanton spirit that attached itself to him during his transformation, feasts on his fleshly desires and 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 them, and a future 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 falls into the hands of the Inquisition. Found guilty of heresy, she faces a fate even she may not survive. Dare she open her heart to Karolan now she knows what he is, while risking the familiar that 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.

Publisher
Troubador Publishing
Publication date
28 October 2026
ISBN
9781806346622
Format
Paperback
RRP
£9.99

Selected review quotes

The sex appeal of the vampire has been a given for some time, but it’s rare to find the archetype handled as seductively. A marvellously imaginative, lushly sensual piece of work.

Sally-Anne Rogers

Flesh Endures is a gritty tale, its spiked tendrils pushing from the coffin of the vampire tradition. By turns moving, sensual and horrific. This is not a book for the faint-hearted.

Tina Rath

Flesh Endures is a tantalising dark fantasy, with a gothic background and a hero who is deadlier than Dracula. There’s magic, alchemy, temptation and a rather surprising development.

Velvet Vampyre
Author Sue C. Bentley

About the author

About Sue C. Bentley

Sue C. Bentley is the bestselling author of more than 80 books for children and adults. Published during a 30-year career and under several pen names, her books have been translated into over 20 languages and sold worldwide.

She writes dark, atmospheric fiction with complex characters, strong women and a gothic edge. Sue is also a mixed-media artist whose work is inspired by nature, light, shape, movement and texture.

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