Immortal Pleasures

V. Castro

Reborn from the ashes of conquest as an immortal vampire, Malinalli has spent five centuries avenging her people by reclaiming stolen artifacts and returning them to their homelands. Her latest mission takes her to Dublin in pursuit of two Aztec skulls—relics bound to her own troubled history—where she encounters a mortal horror novelist drawn to her darkness and an immortal who understands it completely. As these dangerous connections awaken long-suppressed desires, Malinalli must confront the enduring wounds of colonization, the complexities of identity and justice, and the possibility of love beyond mortality. Blending Indigenous history, lush gothic horror, sensuality, and feminist reclamation, the novel offers a fierce reimagining of a woman long defined by other people’s narratives.