The Sterling Rose

In the shadowed valley of Lanarkshire, two ancient houses wage a bitter blood feud that has poisoned the land for generations.House Blackwood rules from the looming Blackwood Cathedral, controlling a lucrative empire of forbidden relics and underground anatomical trade from the crypts beneath. Wealthy, ruthless, and steeped in dark secrets, they will stop at nothing to maintain their power.House Sterling, clad in the frost of the northern ridges, is a disciplined and vengeful rival, waiting for the perfect moment to collect a generations-old blood debt.When forbidden love blossoms between a Blackwood heir and a Sterling daughter, it ignites a chain of betrayal, poison, and calculated destruction. Family members turn on each other, old wounds reopen, and both houses spiral toward a devastating civil war where loyalty, love, and legacy are sacrificed in the name of revenge.In a world where blood ties are both the strongest bond and the deadliest weapon, one final act of treachery will determine which house — if any — will stand when the valley runs red.