S. K. Harris writes atmospheric adult romantasy shaped by secrecy, power, desire, and the cost of survival.
His work explores the hidden forces that govern lives: institutional control, forbidden intimacy, buried truth, private longing, and the moral price of refusing obedience. He is drawn to intelligent, guarded characters placed under extreme pressure, where duty, restraint, loyalty, and desire are forced into dangerous conflict.
His debut novel, Bound to the Poison Duke, is a dark gothic romantasy of poison, forbidden touch, court conspiracy, and a healer who refuses to become the cure.
Bound to the Poison Duke
She was sent to save the Poison Duke. No one asked what it would cost her.
In the masked canal city of Lyscora, Caelia Virelle has spent almost her entire life serving the Order of the Pale Chalice. As a vessel-healer, she draws deadly poisons into her own body so others might live. Pain is expected. Obedience is not optional.
Then she is sent to Duke Severin Orsaro.
For three years, a poison known as Black Vesper has been killing Severin by degrees. His court fears him, his enemies are waiting for him to fall, and the Order’s promises of salvation
have given him little reason to trust its healers, especially the quietly defiant woman who arrives at his palace.
Yet when Caelia lays her bare hands against his skin, the poison responds as if it recognises her. Each treatment brings new danger, unsettling secrets and an attraction neither can afford to acknowledge. As stolen records and a masked assassin draw them into a conspiracy reaching from noble salons to the heart of the Order, Caelia begins to question everything she has been taught about mercy.
The Order has plans for her that go far beyond healing a duke. Severin refuses to survive at the cost of her freedom. But Caelia must decide for herself how much she is willing to risk—and whom she can trust with her heart.
Bound to the Poison Duke is a standalone adult fantasy romance with a slow-burn, open-door love story, dangerous magic, masked court intrigue and a happily-ever-after ending.
Bound to the Poison Duke
S. K. Harris
Publication: 1 December 2026
Publisher: S.K. Harris
ISBN-13: 9798237313154
Format: Ebook
Length: 179 pages