Wuthering Heights meets a grown-up The Cruel Prince by way of Sierra Simone, in the first of a dark new romantasy series by bestselling author S.T. Gibson.
SAVAGE BLOOMS
by S.T. Gibson
Orbit, October 2025
(via KT Literary)
Adam has been in love with his best friend Nicola since college, but the closest he can come to admitting his feelings is inviting her to travel with him to Scotland in search of a legendary cave from his grandfather’s bedtime stories.
When a storm washes out the road, Adam and Nicola find themselves at the mercy of Eileen, an eccentric aristocrat, and Finley, her brooding groundskeeper. The Americans quickly get more than they bargained for as they become entangled in Eileen and Finley’s world of mind games, kink, and ancient enchantment.
S.T. Gibson is the British Fantasy Award-nominated and Goodreads Choice -nominated author of the USA Today bestseller Evocation and Sunday Times bestseller A Dowry Of Blood and She holds a Bachelor’s in Creative Writing from UNC and Masters of Theological Studies from Princeton Seminary.
This book follows two American best friends, Adam and Nicola, and eccentric Scottish aristocrat Eileen and her brooding groundskeeper Finley. When the four are thrown together on the hunt of a legendary cave, they find themselves drawn to each other and tangled in a web of faery magic.