If you love your vampire romance dark, atmospheric, and complicated in all the right ways, welcome. You found your next obsession.
The Tribes of the Vampire series is a four-book dark vampire romantasy quartet by NYT and USA Today bestselling author Michelle M. Pillow. Set in a gothic urban fantasy world where eight powerful vampire tribes answer to an ancient ruling council, each book follows a different couple drawn together by destiny and torn apart by the dangerous politics of the immortal world. Think forbidden love, morally gray antiheroes, dark protectors, and spicy romance with genuine emotional depth.
These are dark paranormal romance books for adults who want their vampires atmospheric, seductive, and completely free of sparkle.
Thanks to a seven-book deal with Pan Macmillan’s Tor Bramble UK, all four books now have brand new audiobooks narrated by Natalie Naudus as Victoria Mei, the fan-favourite romantasy narrator known for Starling House, Daughter of the Moon Goddess, and Victoria Aveyard’s Realm Breaker series. Her voice is absolutely perfect for this world and I could not be more thrilled.
Reading Order:
Redeemer of Shadows
The Jaded Hunter
Eternally Bound
In Her Shadows (Novella)
Best read in order. Each book is a standalone romance within the same world, but the overarching story builds across all four books and pays off beautifully by the end.
Now let me tell you about each one:
Audiobook available now, narrated by Victoria Mei.
Ebook available now at all retailers.
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Book 1: Redeemer of Shadows
Dark Vampire Paranormal Romance / Gothic Urban Fantasy
Eternity feels endless until her.
Hathor Vinceti has never felt like she belongs anywhere. After moving to London to help her aunt, she stumbles into a thriving underworld where bored immortals congregate, feed on deserving humans, and compete to build the most monstrous reputations. She was not supposed to end up in the middle of all of it.
Vampire Servaes, the Marquis de Normant, never asked for his dark gift. He has survived centuries with restrained fury against the master who stole his mortality and against the foolish young ones who abuse their power. Eternity seemed endless. And then there was Hathor.
NYT bestselling author Darynda Jones called this one a darkly sensual and witty romance that burned so hot it scorched her soul. Readers have said they have not enjoyed a vampire story this much since Anne Rice. One reviewer said if Twilight and Interview with a Vampire had a baby, this was it.
Perfect for fans of: Anne Rice, J.R. Ward, Filthy Rich Vampires, dark paranormal romance, gothic vampire romance, spicy vampire books.
Audiobook available now, narrated by Victoria Mei.
Ebook available now at all retailers.
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Book 2: The Jaded Hunter
Enemies-to-Lovers Vampire Romance / Dark Paranormal Romance
Duty demands they be enemies. Fate has other plans.
Jaden MacNaughton is a dhampir, half human and half vampire, raised from birth to do one thing: kill vampires. She has never doubted her purpose or the sacrifices it has required. Until a mission goes catastrophically wrong.
The vampire council sends Tyr, a Dark Knight and immortal enforcer, to punish her for her crimes. Cold, powerful, and completely unyielding, Tyr is everything she was trained to despise. And something about him sets her blood on fire.
Enemies-to-lovers with actual teeth. A vampire hunter falling for a vampire enforcer in a world where that attraction could destroy them both. Fallen Angels called it a spectacular story that set the pages on fire. One reader gave it five stars twice and said it must be ten stars because five was not enough.
Perfect for fans of: enemies-to-lovers paranormal romance, dhampir romance, dark urban fantasy romance, morally gray heroes, vampire hunter romance.
Audiobook available now, narrated by Victoria Mei.
Ebook available now at all retailers.
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Book 3: Eternally Bound
Gothic Vampire Romance / Captive Dark Paranormal Romance
A dark secret. A deadly obsession. An impossible love.
Tatiana Sinclair has always known her place, sheltered, respectable, destined for an appropriate marriage. Then her brother’s violence leaves a maid dead and Tatiana finds herself trapped in a brutal cover-up, haunted by guilt and by the dangerously seductive vampire who witnessed everything.
Count Marcello Spoleti did not expect to be captivated by a mortal, especially not one as stubborn and fascinating as Tatiana. When he forces her father to hand her over as payment for the family’s sins, Tatiana finds herself bound to a man who is her captor, her protector, and possibly her doom.
Full gothic romance. Victorian atmosphere, dark obsession, forbidden love, and a heroine who has to decide whether the monster holding her is also the one worth trusting. Readers called it heartbreaking and thrilling in equal measure.
Perfect for fans of: gothic paranormal romance, captive romance, dark antihero romance, Victorian vampire romance, forbidden love dark fantasy.
Audiobook available now,narrated by Victoria Mei.
Ebook available now at all retailers.
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Book 4: In Her Shadows (Novella)
Dark Vampire Paranormal Romance / Bodyguard Romance
Some secrets never die. Some loves are worth the risk.
When Olivia Baker was ten, she witnessed a massacre: a pile of slain vampires burning in the dawn light. She never told anyone who did it. Fourteen years later that secret has made her a target. Vampire elders want her dead to bury the truth. Others want her turned. Her only hope is Jaxon, her brooding, dangerously attractive vampire guardian whose own dark past is more tangled with hers than either of them wants to admit.
This novella delivers on threads building since Book 2. If you have been reading along, this one is absolutely for you.
Perfect for fans of: bodyguard romance, dark protector romance, vampire romance novellas, forbidden paranormal romance.
Is the Tribes of the Vampire series spicy?
Yes. All four books are rated Spicy Carnal and contain adult content, graphic violence, and are intended for mature readers. If you love dark romance with heat, emotional depth, and morally complex heroes, this series was written for you.
Where to start with Tribes of the Vampire
Start with Redeemer of Shadows, Book 1. The series builds across all four books and is best enjoyed in order. All four audiobooks narrated by Victoria Mei are available now from Pan Macmillan’s Tor Bramble UK. Ebooks are independently published and available now at all major retailers. Hardback editions are coming! Stay tuned for dates.
Find the full series, reading order, and all buy links at:
Tribes of the Vampire Series:
Redeemer of Shadows
The Jaded Hunter
Eternally Bound
In Her Shadows
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Michelle M. Pillow is a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author of dark fantasy romance, paranormal romance, and romantasy. Her Tribes of the Vampire series is available in ebook now and in stunning new audio editions from Pan Macmillan’s Tor Bramble UK. Find her full reading order at MichellePillow.com.
