"In a market where werewolf and vampire romances are the norm, making a mermaid the heroine is a refreshing innovation that sets the work apart from traditional fantasy romance."
—WebNovel / WSA Official Editorial Review

"The mermaid heroine is a refreshing new addition to a saturated genre, making it an outstanding work."
—WSA Reader Judge

"The mermaid heroine is well-drawn, the Victorian Gothic atmosphere is intense, and the slow-burn romance is excellent."
—novelreviewhub, "Allure Of The Night – Complete Guide & Review"

"I refresh for updates every single hour… Vincent stays on my mind; this is absolutely a slow-burn that grows more tense with every page."
—Dolroro (WebNovel reader)

★ 8 million reads and a 4.94/5 rating, plus the WSA 2022 Writing Contest Gold Award. A dark Gothic romance lifted up by global readers through both its rating and its read count.

★ In a market saturated with vampire and werewolf romances, it dares to make a mermaid the heroine. A WebNovel official editor praised it as 'a refreshing innovation in making a mermaid the protagonist.'

★ A mermaid's tears condense into pearls, her blood is a vampire's hallucinogen, her long hair is woven into silk, and her flesh is a werewolf's delicacy. The heroine, Eve, hides her mermaid identity—and nearly gets exposed.

★ The author, ash_knight17, is a two-time WSA Gold winner: she took the crown in 2020 with The Crown's Obsession and won Gold again in 2022 with this book.

★ A slow-burn forbidden romance beneath a Victorian Gothic night. Open it, and you will hold your breath alongside Eve inside the vampire mansion.

A mermaid in hiding. A vampire who guards her secret. A slow-burn forbidden romance in Victorian Gothic night.

The story is set in a world where mermaids are seen by the creatures of the night as "treasure bodies": a mermaid's tears condense into pearls, her blood is a vampire's hallucinogen, her long hair is woven into silk, and her flesh is a werewolf's delicacy. The heroine, Genevieve Barlow (nicknamed Eve), is herself a mermaid in hiding, whose looks have stopped aging since she turned eighteen. She enters the manor of the pureblood vampire Moriarty family as a governess—on the surface to earn a living, but in truth to investigate the truth behind her mother's death nearly twenty years earlier.
There she meets Vincent Moriarty, a pureblood vampire. He senses her secret early on, yet chooses to shield and protect her. A dangerous, slowly burning forbidden romance unfolds, drawing in the power politics of vampire society, generations of family vendettas, and the ethical dilemmas of crossing species.
The book's pacing falls roughly into three acts: the first sees Eve establish herself in human society while Vincent grows suspicious during the identity-concealment phase; the middle escalates into supernatural political conflict driven by infighting within the Moriarty family and the rules of vampire society; the final act brings every secret to the surface as Eve and Vincent face their ultimate test. A Victorian Gothic night, a strong yet restrained heroine, and a slow-burn tension that only intensifies—these are the work's most distinctive marks.

ash_knight17
An Indian female writer. A former cloud architect at an IT company, she later became a full- and part-time web-fiction author on WebNovel; her reader community nickname is "KnightSquad." A two-time WSA (WebNovel's annual writing contest) Gold Award winner—she won in 2020 with The Crown's Obsession and again in 2022 with Allure Of The Night. Her WSA-winning works appeared on an outdoor billboard at London's Leicester Square, gaining platform-level exposure. In her craft she blends darkness, the Gothic, and supernatural politics into romance; her heroines are courteous yet inwardly strong, and her heroes often carry eccentric and sadistic traits. In 2023 she was featured in a special report by China Writer Net as one of the representative overseas web-fiction authors. Representative works: The Crown's Obsession (WSA 2020 Gold), Allure Of The Night (WSA 2022 Gold), and over a dozen other WebNovel serials including Young Master Damien's Pet, Heidi and the Lord, Bambi and the Duke, Letters to Romeo., Garden Of Poison, and Eternity in the darkness.

This is a long-form web serial of 546 chapters, whose narrative structure divides roughly into three acts:
Act 1 (approx. ch. 1–150) · Identity Concealment: Eve establishes herself in human society as a governess; Vincent begins to suspect this mysterious tutor.
Act 2 (approx. ch. 250–400) · Supernatural Politics: infighting within the Moriarty family and the rules of vampire society escalate the conflict.
Act 3 (approx. ch. 450–546) · Truth Revealed: every secret surfaces, and Eve and Vincent face their ultimate test.