Lady Slayers Series by Lana Popović

A historical YA horror novel based on the infamous real-life inspiration for Countess Dracula In 16th century Hungary, Anna Darvulia has just begun working as a scullery maid for the young and glamorous Countess Elizabeth Báthory. When Elizabeth takes a liking to Anna, she’s vaulted to the dream role of chambermaid, a far cry from the filthy servants’ quarters below. She receives wages generous enough to provide for her family, and the Countess begins to groom Anna as her friend and confidante... moreA historical YA horror novel based on the infamous real-life inspiration for Countess Dracula In 16th century Hungary, Anna Darvulia has just begun working as a scullery maid for the young and glamorous Countess Elizabeth Báthory. When Elizabeth takes a liking to Anna, she’s vaulted to the dream role of chambermaid, a far cry from the filthy servants’ quarters below. She receives wages generous enough to provide for her family, and the Countess begins to groom Anna as her friend and confidante. It’s not long before Anna falls completely under the Countess’s spell—and the Countess takes full advantage. Isolated from her former friends, family, and fiancé, Anna realizes she’s not a friend but a prisoner of the increasingly cruel Elizabeth. Then come the murders, and Anna knows it’s only a matter of time before the Blood Countess turns on her, too. less

In seventeenth century Parls, nineteen-year-old Catherine Monvolsin Is a well-heeled Jeweler's wife with a pecullar taste for the arcane. She Ives a comfortable life, far removed from a childhood of abject destitution-until her kind spendthrift of a husband lands them both In debt. Hellbent on avolding a return to poverty, Catherine must rely on her prophetic vislons and the grimolre gifted to her by a talented diviner to reinvent herself as a sorceress... moreIn seventeenth century Parls, nineteen-year-old Catherine Monvolsin Is a well-heeled Jeweler's wife with a pecullar taste for the arcane. She Ives a comfortable life, far removed from a childhood of abject destitution-until her kind spendthrift of a husband lands them both In debt. Hellbent on avolding a return to poverty, Catherine must rely on her prophetic vislons and the grimolre gifted to her by a talented diviner to reinvent herself as a sorceress. With the help of the grifter Marle Bosse, CatherIne divines fortunes In the le de la Cité-home to sorcerers and scoundrels. There she encounters the Marquise de Montespan, a stunning noblewoman. When the Marquise becomes Louls XIV's royal mistress with Catherine's help, her ascenslon catapults Catherine to notorlety. Catherine takes easly to her glittering new life as the Sorceress La Volsin, pitting the depraved noblesse agalnst one other to her advantage. The stakes soar ever higher when her path crosses with that of a young magiclan. A charged rivalry between sorceress and magiclan leads to Black Masses, tangled deceptions, and gristly murder-and sets Catherine on a collision course that threatens her own life. less