The Rose Bargain (The Rose Bargain, #1)

Characters engage in descriptive kissing and sensual on-page making out.

Scenes include magical combat, blood-based rituals, and physical injuries.

Moderate use of words like d--n, h---, and s--- occurs throughout.

God's name is used occasionally as an exclamation or in frustration.

Set in the Prohibition era, the story includes social drinking and speakeasies.

Characters deal with significant grief and the trauma of losing family members.

Includes atmospheric horror elements, creepy spirits, and unsettling magical transformations.

The entire plot centers on witchcraft, blood magic, and communicating with the dead.

The story focuses on heterosexual attraction, but includes minor queer-coded elements.

Promotes a world where power is found within and through occult practices.

The church or traditional religion is presented as a restrictive or irrelevant force.

Fritzi and Elva show bravery while taking risks to protect their loved ones.

Christian faith is absent, replaced entirely by a system of pagan magic.

Strong themes of sisterhood and unconventional family bonds are central to the story.

Characters struggle with past betrayals and the difficulty of extending mercy.