House of Bane and Blood Audiobook By Alexis Menard cover art

House of Bane and Blood

Order and Chaos Series, Book 1

Preview
LIMITED TIME OFFER

3 months free
Try for $0.00
Offer ends July 31, 2025 at 11:59PM PT.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 3 months. Cancel anytime.

House of Bane and Blood

By: Alexis Menard
Narrated by: Jacci Prior, James Cavenaugh
Try for $0.00

$0.00/mo. after 3 months. Offer ends July 31, 2025 at 11:59PM PT. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $33.90

Buy for $33.90

Confirm purchase
Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use, License, and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.
Cancel

About this listen

In a city split into two opposing sides, power comes in many forms: bloodlines, money, love, and—most importantly—secrets.

An heiress in the most notorious family in Lynchaven, Camilla Marchese is doing all she can to keep her family's syndicate, the Iron Saint Railway, from slipping into bankruptcy. When the gorgeous and depraved Nicolai Attano, the leader of a rival family, offers to pay off the inspector in exchange for her hand, she has no choice but to give up not only her throne—but her name.

Nico has his own motivations for their union beyond maintaining peace with her family. A serial kidnapper known as The Collector has been ravaging the streets of Remnant Row, stirring up mistrust between natives and descendants. If Milla can help restore safety to his streets, he'll have no need for her or her family's company. Find the Collector, prevent a war between their sides of the city, and pay off the family debt before she turns twenty-one. If Milla can fulfill her end of the bargain, she'll walk away with more freedom than she's ever had before.

This deal plunges Milla into the city's dark underbelly where remnant magic and arcane science compete in a deadly game of depravity. When forbidden feelings rise for her new husband and dark family secrets come to light, Milla must discover the truth about her past before it gets them both killed or worse—collected.

Set in a post-industrial age setting on a magical isle, Peaky Blinders meets the magic system of the Grishaverse in this rivals-to-lovers adult fantasy romance.

©2023 Alexis L. Menard (P)2024 Podium Audio
Fantasy Gaslamp
Engaging Plot • Excellent Worldbuilding • Phenomenal Narrators • Unexpected Twists • Unique Fantasy Elements
Highly rated for:
All stars
Most relevant  
The narrators really brought this story to life! So well done. Can't wait for the next book!

Amazing narration!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Overall, this was a great listen. My only issue is that it seemed a bit familiar. More and more stories like this are saturating the genre. Some are terribly written and lose plot to overdo spice. This story does not fall into this category. Decent plot, great character development, and general writing ability. There's not too much spice, but the slow burn is pretty good. Although, I have no clue why the author chose the female main character's kink. I have noticed more books including this particular kink, and, to me it's just unappealing. After all the great steamy build up and then the bizarre pivot into a kink that seemed forced, I was disappointed. Anyway, the story was good though. I kind of felt like ACOTAR and Crescent City got together with a little Steampunk and had a baby with the storyline. I'll most likely continue the series.

Enjoyable

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

I could see and feel ever detail of this story. ACTOR meets my favorite man of all time from Peaky Blinders. This was delicious and I am DYING for the next release!!!!! Bring on City of Mirth!!!

ENCASED!!!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

This book has made it to my top 3 reads of this year. I love it so much and can’t wait for book 2! I loved the banter between the FMC and the MMC. The audio version is perfection!

Top 3 Books of 2024!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

This was so good! I agree with the other reviewers that it has a steampunk/peaky blinders vibe to it and I didn’t know what to think about that going into it but I ended up loving the unique world building. Both the FMC and MMC are fierce in their own right but with kind hearts and I think that’s one of the things I enjoyed most about this book. Can’t wait for book 2! Don’t miss this one!

Loved this!!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

I could not stop listening to this book!! it is DEFINITELY worth the credit!!
Out of all of the hundreds of Audible books I have listened to, this is only the 2nd one where I did not want to stop listening to it! Looking forward to hearing how the next installment plays out since this one in particular is 1 of 2!

Strong storyline, great pacing and kept you hooked!!!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Really enjoyed the story line and the voices of the narrators were definitely a nice complement to the characters - they sounded sexy so made the story more enticing and kept you interested.

Awesome Narrators

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

I really enjoy this take on a fantasy/ magical world/life mixed with the perky blinders time period and vibes! Great read, great plot and delectable romance!

Devilishly delicious!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Omg this was sooooooo freaking good. The narrators did a great job and the story was amazing. I was captivated from the start. I did not expect all the twists and turns and that ending!!! Can’t wait to dive into the next one!

I wish I listened to this sooner!!!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Great Story! Loved the whole vibe and world building. And the MMC was perfect! Just enough protective instincts while being endearing at the same time. The spice was only 2 🌶️ but it didn’t matter because the plot was excellent and the relationship was believable. Love the twists and Excited to start book 2 right now!

Incredible

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

See more reviews