Lethal Kiss

De: Taylor Grothe

A blood-soaked love story of rage, revenge, and belonging, Taylor Grothe's adult debut is a sapphic horror/romance that's as grotesque as it is beautiful.

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Something ravenous lurks below the marble floors of Preston University…

When Marcella is hired at Preston University, she intends to lay low for a few semesters, enjoy the extensive library, and feed … discretely. She’s a monster, but she’s careful. Then a professor is found murdered and it isn’t her doing. Whatever is killing her colleagues is older, far less restrained, and ravenous.

Assistant professor Lacie is aware how ruthless the track to tenure is. But seeing the corpse of one of her colleagues is enough to make her suspect the professors that came before her didn’t just quit academia. There’s only one person she can trust enough to ask for help—the beautiful, aloof, and tantalizingly secretive Marcella.

The deeper into the mystery they dig, the more Marcella’s drawn to Lacie’s immovable bravery and quiet intelligence. And the closer they grow, the more Lacie is drawn to Marcella’s vicious nature.

The weight of spilled blood and stolen opportunity is too heavy to carry alone, but they’re both determined to get what they deserve—even if they have to kill for it.

…But desire has teeth of its own.

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Academia’s game of tenure track turns deadly in Grothe’s masterful horromance where blood and rot oil the gears of elite universities, and the monstrous hunt with impunity. Seething with rage and deeply, achingly romantic, Lethal Kiss spits out its bones with fervor, seizes its readers by the throat and doesn’t let go. A consummation devoutly to be wished. This is an always kind of thing.” —Shalini Abeysekara, #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of This Monster of Mine

"A deliciously pulpy horror-romance, Lethal Kiss breathes new life into the Nordic undead. Weaving a tense murder mystery with the unrelenting nightmares of academia, Grothe invites us to delight in the camp joy of finding your strength by embracing your inner monster." —K. M. Enright, Sunday Times bestselling author of Mistress of Lies

"The competition for academic tenure just became deadly. Lethal Kiss is a hungry, wickedly dark tale which will leave you begging for more. Grothe's rich, lyrical prose weaves a tale of revenge, obsession and love which you'll struggle to put down. With a murder mystery that kept me guessing at every turn and a seductive sapphic romance, Lethal Kiss is bound to be the next dark academia sensation. Easily one of my top reads of 2026.” —Emily Cooper, author of Season of Fear

"Campy and bloodthirsty with plenty of heart-racing horror, Lethal Kiss is a darkly delicious book readers will love sinking their teeth into. A propulsive, seductive read from first bite to last." —De Elizabeth, author of She Haunts Me Still and This Raging Sea

"I simply could not put it down... Whether you're crushing on a character, or rejoicing in a character's end, this book hooks you into the lives of those at Preston University." —Erica Rose Eberhart, author of Tarnished