Andrei cannot believe his good fortune when he is summoned by the beautiful yet formidable Queen Viorica to serve as her personal apothecary. But he soon learns that things at her dark castle are not what they seem. Haunted by his growing obsession with her, Andrei soon discovers her dark secret. Unafraid, he destroys the competition around him to take his rightful place by her side. Lost to passion and bloodlust, the queen is caught unaware when her adversaries make their move. But no one realized that Queen Viorica created a monstrous king out of the once timid Andrei, bearing a love strong enough to make kingdoms burn.Read as a standalone or as an addition to The Ancient Ones Trilogy, The Dark Queen’s Apothecary explores the boundaries of dark romance with an extra spicy love that bites.