The Gloaming
by Jamie Dalton
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Pub Date Jun 03 2025 | Archive Date Jun 05 2025
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Description
Some fire burns hotter in the darkness...
For readers of Deborah Harkness, Anne Rice, and Leigh Bardugo comes a darkly captivating urban fantasy where ancient rivalries, forbidden desire, and the dance between hunter and hunted grows ever more deadly.
Erin Conrad has learned to accept the fire that burns in her blood – a rare gift that makes her a vânător, capable of sensing and destroying the vampires that stalk her city. By day, she pours lattes at Jolt, the bookish coffee shop she co-owns. But by night, she hunts, driven by an instinct that fulfils and hollows her.
When her best friend is found dead miles away, his death staged to look like suicide, Erin refuses to accept the official explanation. As more bodies fall, she follows a bloody trail to two ancient vampires and discovers someone is recreating their most infamous kills – with her friends as the victims.
Her search seems hopeless, until a mysterious Scotsman appears in her hour of need. Despite everything she's sworn to destroy, Erin feels an undeniable attraction toward him – a burning desire that threatens the very identity she's built her life around. Their connection is as inexplicable as it is powerful, pulling her deeper into a hidden world she's only glimpsed before.
Caught between powerful vampires with centuries of history, Erin must unravel long-buried truths while a killer watches her every move. As old secrets come to light, passion ignites between unusual allies and she discovers a power unlike anything she's encountered before – one that awakens not just her abilities, but her heart.
In this dangerous game where old grudges dictate the rules and revelations unfold with each step, Erin faces an impossible choice: vengeance for those she's lost or a love that could transform everything – if she dares to embrace it.
The Gloaming is the first book in the Blood of the Revenants series.
Advance Praise
"This was a definite page-turner. The way the characters found their inner strength, and each other was the reason you couldn't put the book down. The grief and pain only made the love more heartfelt from each character."
- Edith-Marie Buonacore, April 2, 2025
"My favourite read of the year so far! From the start I was hooked, on the edge of my seat with anticipation. This story had me laughing, gasping and crying. Literally invoked all the feels."
- Georgie Mitchell, March 22, 2025
"Straight off the bat this book was everything I didn't realise I was looking for [...] it was gritty, had real, honest relationships between the pages and had a common thread of mystery woven around vampires and their kind."
- A.L. Hartwell, March 27, 2025
"This book was so amazingly written and so original! I loved the concept of the whole story, the characters were original and the storyline was flawless."
- Gemma Williamson, March 20, 2025
Available Editions
EDITION | Ebook |
ISBN | 9798313906591 |
PRICE | |
PAGES | 513 |
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Featured Reviews

Reminiscent of A Discovery of Witches, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and supernatural tv shows of the early 2000s, I *thoroughly* enjoyed this book. I’ve been impatiently awaiting the vampire-lit renaissance for years, and am so pleased to be able to count this read among the gradual uptick.
The story was intriguing enough that I sped through it in only a couple of days- the characters were compelling, the world familiar but not distractingly modern, and although some of the twists were expected, I still found myself on the edge of my seat. I can’t wait for the next instalment in this series, and will be watching its progress closely. I can easily see it becoming a future soothing, spooky favourite🤞🏻
Big thank you to netgalley and jamie for allowing me to read this arc 🦇🩸

I couldn't put this book down. I read it in a day and now I'm anxiously waiting for the next one.
The story is an interesting twist on the typical vampire/romance novels out there right now with extensive backstories for the vampires themselves. The descriptions and word choice throughout the book that just keep you hooked. I loved the characters and I appreciated the author not being afraid to have tension last between main characters instead of immediately trying to fix everything.
The one thing I will say though is I was little disappointed by the "insta-attraction" between the FMC and the MMC. It sounds like this is something that will be expanded on later though so I'm hopeful for it. I adored them both and I can't wait to read more of their story.
I was definitely in tears at the end and my heart was shattering. A very well written last few chapters leading to one heck of a cliffhanger for the next one! I absolutely cannot wait!
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