Billy Barlow lives a life his human self could’ve only dreamed of—luxury, women, wealth, ease. Vampirism has led to some major improvements. But when several local teens are injured on a real estate holding in the rural English village of Ashbourne, the town council demands he see to its repairs. What they don’t know is that Billy is an Ashbourne local—from 200 years ago.
Leslee Hawthorne has all the talent and skill a hedge witch needs to land the honored title of Queen’s Gardener. Too bad her ex-best friend has stolen credit and credence out from under her. When a slick, big-city guest arrives at the new hotel in town looking for someone to redo the Huxley Manor grounds on a minuscule timeline, Leslee thinks she’s tripped into a major opportunity. If only she could focus on the task at hand and not on her new client’s charming good looks.
All too soon, Leslee and Billy are forced together as they take on antiquated building laws, rogue teen vampires, and a mysterious creature terrorizing the village. But Billy’s impulsive past actions catch up with him and Leslee will have to decide if she can cross the natural line she’s sworn to uphold in the name of new love.
Tropes: vampire x witch, gothic romance, ghoul hunting, slow burn, only one bed because teen vampires took all the others, why is the lawyer hot, forgiveness, talking to trees, seduction in the hedges, she lets him burn