Bound and Unbound: A paranormal novella duology
Ali Hazelwood
A Long Time Dead
by Samara Breger
About this book
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NAMED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES AS ONE OF THE 10 BEST ROMANCES OF 2023.
Somewhere foggy, 1837 . . .
Poppy had always loved the night, so it wasn’t too much of a bother to wake one evening in an unfamiliar home far from London, weak and confused and plagued with a terrible thirst for blood, to learn that she could no longer step out into the day. And while vampirism presented several disadvantages, it more than made up for those in its benefits: immortality, a body that could run at speed for hours without tiring, the thrill of becoming a predator, the thing that pulls rabbits from bushes and tears through their fur and flesh with the sharp point of a white fang.
And, of course, Roisin. The mysterious woman who has lived for centuries, who held Poppy through her painful transformation, and who, for some reason, is now teaching her how to adjust to her new, endless life. A tight, lonely, buttoned-up woman, with kindness and care pressed up behind her teeth. The time they spend together is as transformative to Poppy as the changes in her body, and soon, she finds herself hopelessly, overwhelmingly attached. But Roisin has secrets of her own, and can’t make any promises; not when vengeance must be served.
Soon, their little world explodes. Together and apart, they encounter scores of vampires, shifty pirates, conniving opera singers, ancient nobles, glamorous French women, and a found family that throws a very particular sort of party. But overhead, threat looms—one woman who is capable of destroying everything Poppy and Roisin hold dear.
Samara Breger's A Long Time Dead is a lush, Victorian romance, drenched in blood and drama, about the lengths two women will go to secure a love that cannot die.
- Publication Date
- May 25, 2026
- ASIN
- 1612942652
Reader Reviews
November 5, 2025
This became one of my new favorite books. It is exquisitely written, and I instantly fell in love with both of the feminist heroines. It’s a wonderfully dark yet humorous imagining of what happened to Lucy. It’s deliciously sensual without being trashy, in fact the sex scenes are so well written it could never be anything close to trashy. It’s entertaining, engrossing, heartbreaking, and endearing. I loved it ) One person found this helpful
January 6, 2025
I went into this book expecting something like \"Carmilla\", but I was thoroughly surprised by a third of the way into the book. Originally, I had found it almost impossible to read without dozing off because it started very slow and seemed to drag on with its detailed passages of the atmosphere and how the grass and chilly winter air felt after being changed into a vampire were oddly very welcoming and overwhelmingly cosy. However, as the plot thickened and it developed midway through, I found...
July 29, 2023
This is a good one, folks. The main character is a Georgian era prostitute who was, pretty much, turned on a lark. You don't really get to see many vampire stories that are sympathetic to sex workers. Usually they're just vampire fast food that doesn't sit very well like a day old whopper. Poppy is a fully fleshed out character with her own needs and wants and, though we don't really see them, her sex worker friends are treated with the same kind of dignity. The other thing that's delightful is...
September 13, 2023
One of my reading guilty pleasures are lesbian vampires. I adore them, when the story is good (and believable) and the plot isn't too saccharine or far fetched. I've read grimdark, quirky, derangedly odd, and sweetly sapphic. The best draw me into their timeline, their world, and the issues they face as if I'm an unseen visitor watching as the story unfolds. This is one such story! First, the MC's are not just wholly themselves, they are 3D, idiosyncratic beings who I would swear were real....
March 16, 2025
This is a slow moving story with flowery/lush writing and imagery. Poppy is childish and often petulant but always loving and lovable. It’s a sweet story of acceptance and found family. Queer vampires and humans finding acceptance with each other. ) One person found this helpful
