title: Blood Kin: A Novel
author:  Ceridwen Dovey 
description: "A precise and terrifying debut novel." <br>-<i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br><br> "Dovey's surgical prose and cool apprehension of the machinations of ambition and lust make her a writer to watch." <br>-<i>O, The Oprah Magazine</i><br><br> "Taut and remarkably self-assured first novel . . . there's a knowing sensuality to the novel's sparsely lyric passages." <br>-<i>Los Angeles Times</i>
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  # Blood Rush
  
  
  ## Highland Blood Fae
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## A.S. Green
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## TORTOISE HOUSE PRESS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2021 A.S. Green
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,
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  the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief
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  This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are
  entirely coincidental.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Cover design by Sanja](https://bookcoverforyou.com/)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0003.html#2RHM0-67f850ea65e64087bf79d6f87cdaee6a)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0004.html#3Q280-67f850ea65e64087bf79d6f87cdaee6a)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0005.ht