Bound and Unbound: A paranormal novella duology
Ali Hazelwood
The Monster and the Last Blood Match (Blood Type, 1)
by K.A. Linde
About this book
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Before The Wren in the Holly Library, there was The Monster and the Last Blood Match―the enthralling beginning to a world of passion, power, and secrets. When a human ventures into the world of vampires, she discovers that not all is what it seems.
For Reyna Carpenter, giving up her body isn’t a choice―it’s survival.
In a world where humans are currency and vampires rule from the shadows, Reyna accepts a high-paying position among the wealthy and ruthless elite. Her new job: a live-in blood escort for the enigmatic and dangerously powerful Beckham Anderson. She expects cruelty. She expects hunger. She expects to become his next meal.
But Beckham won’t drink from her.
He keeps his distance, his unreadable gaze shadowed by something far more dangerous than just desire. As the nights pass, Reyna begins to sense it―an invisible war being waged around her, secrets that twist through the corridors of Visage, and whispers of something far more valuable than power.
Because Reyna isn’t just rare―she’s the key to something bigger than she ever imagined. And the reason Beckham refuses to taste her blood?
It might not just change them―it might destroy everything.
The Blood Type series is best enjoyed in order.
Reading Order:
Book 1 The Monster and the Last Blood Match
Book 2 The Captive and the First Blood Game
Book 3 The Rebel and the Final Blood War
- Publication Date
- May 25, 2026
- ASIN
- 1649379706
Reader Reviews
June 5, 2025
I utterly love when books that I pick up on a whim, that weren’t on my radar become my favorite, it reminds me each and every time to step outside of my TBR, try new authors, new releases, or old ones and constantly find more books I want to read. I went into this book blind, vaguely knowing it was set in the same setting as The Wren in the Holly Library, but before the Monster War but I did not expect a political, vampire romance that included so many fun twists that I enjoyed every moment of...
January 3, 2026
I loved The Wren in the Holly Library, so when KA Linde stated that this book was set prior to that one, I knew I had to get it. Reyna lives with her two brothers in the poorest of areas outside the city. She decides to join the blood match program to help support her siblings. Beckham is one of the top executives at Visage, the company that created the program. Only now, they have stated a permanent residency program and he’s matched with Reyna. But of course, nothing is what it seems. This...
September 3, 2025
K A Linde has recently rebranded her 2018 series, Blood Type. The first of the trilogy is already out and we are expecting the second book to be ready October 21st, 2025. For a short time all three audiobooks of the original series were free to listen with an Audible account, and I was curious, so I bought the eBook for the new version and listened to the old. I was curious to see how much had actually changed. Honestly, not a lot. There were a few scenes in Blood Type that were not in The...
April 17, 2026
I read The Monster and the Last Blood Match by K.A. Linde back in February. I bought it last year and I can’t believe I waited so long. I do have the physical book on my shelf with the beautiful sprayed edges, but I listened to the audiobook on Audible. The narrator did a fantastic job. The slow burn between Beck and Reyna was burning. This is a good vampire read. The world, the tension, the dynamic between them, the steamy-ness...I enjoyed it all. Now onto book two, The Captive and the First...
April 5, 2026
I was delighted to get more backstory leading up to the Monster Wars. Gives billionaire romance vibes with a touch of supernatural. )
