The Family: Blood and Bonds – The Collection Part 1

by Katey Hawthorne

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The Family - Katey Hawthorne - Blood & Bonds

Part of the The Family: Blood and Bonds series:

The Family: Blood and Bonds - The Collection Part 1

Editions:ePub: $ 6.99

ISBN: 978-1-7357854-6-2

Bookish, lonely farm boy Liam finally heads off to college at 20, determined to enjoy his freedom. He's gonna party, he's gonna get laid, and dammit, he's gonna enjoy himself. Except it kind of sucks.
Gianni never struggles with anything but boredom: the chief difficulty in the life of a vicious, century old vampire. And then his pretty little roommate Liam reminds him what he loves about being alive, and Gianni decides he simply has to have him.

It begins as pure entertainment, a provisional friendship. Then it turns into a challenge. Then something like love, at times indistinguishable from hate. It’s a love story for monsters, and the beginning of something that will affect their lives, families, friends, and world forever.

Which, for a vampire, is a hell of a long time.

The Family is a dark m4m (eventually mmm?) romance that spirals into an epic story about love, death, and an undead found family. This is the first 21 chapters, which have a love story arc of their own.

Published: July 31, 2025
Cover Artists:

Natasha Snow

Genres:

Dark Romance, Erotic Romance, Gothic Romance, Paranormal, Paranormal - Vampires

Tags:

format - novel >100K, format - series, potential trigger - blood, potential trigger - grief; past loss, potential trigger - murder, potential trigger - stalking, what - emotion - angst, what - sex - bdsm light, what - sex - first time / exploration, where - general - college, where - states - pennsylvania, who - description - dormmates, who - description - roommates, who - type - vampires

Pairings: M-M
Heat Level: 5
Romantic Content: 5
Ending: Click here to reveal
Character Identities: Bisexual, Gay
Protagonist 1 Age: Ageless/Immortal
Protagonist 2 Age: 18-25
Tropes: Age Difference, Everyone is Queer, Monster Love
Word Count: 100000
Setting: Pittsburgh, PA
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters

Excerpt:

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About the Author

Katey Hawthorne loves queer romance. Originally from the Appalachian foothills of West Virginia, she currently lives in Pittsburgh with her family of one other human and many furry creatures. In her spare time, she enjoys travel, comic books, B-movies, loud music, video games, Epiphones, and Bushmills. Her favorite causes include animal rescue and bisexual representation in media. She is an unashamed fangirl and collects nerdy tattoos like she’s trying to prove it.

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