Ash Gray. Dark Nobles, #5

FIGHT OR COMPLY-THERE IS NO HOPE IN SIGHT. JolietteTricked into captivity, Joliette's life turns darker than the slums when the Scholars lure her brother into their lair and turn him into a monster. Subjected to unspeakable experiments, she assumes death is imminent-until the Scholars throw her into a dungeon with a vampire scientist. Despite his aloofness, Joliette catches glimpses of tenderness beneath his cold exterior, and in the sunless prison, finds herself oddly willing to offer blood for his experiments.
And with the way he escorts her everywhere-even to the bath chamber-perhaps there is a small paradise hidden in this living hell. QuillonImprisoned and enslaved by the Scholars, Quillon is forced to execute their sinister commands to survive. He wavers, however, when the Scholars orders him to use an innocent young woman to conduct abhorrent experiments. Despite her harrowing circumstances, the young woman refuses to succumb to despair.
Her gentle resilience ignites a spark of hope in Quillon's numbing heart. Yet, as their bond deepens, Quillon's growing affection blinds him to the Scholar's scheme. As his captor's perilous web closing around him, will Quillon defy the Scholars even though they wield absolute control over him?Set against the backdrop of Victorian England and Ireland, this tale of forced proximity and torture will captivate readers seeking dark romance without explicit content.