Book Description -In a forgotten forest stands a ruined fountain, its stone lips carved in eternal sorrow. The villagers say it is cursed-a place where whispers call your name and no one who answers ever returns.Elara never believed the stories. But when she steps into the clearing, she finds him: a man bound by shadows, alive yet not living, cursed to wait for one thing alone-a kiss freely given.Drawn into his haunting presence, Elara discovers the curse is more than a tale. It marks her, hunts her, and offers her a choice no one has ever survived. Yield, and vanish like the others. Resist, and risk the curse consuming not just her, but her entire village.With the help of a relentless hunter, Elara must face the fountain's dark truth and the hunger that lurks behind the legend. But the curse twists everything it touches, even desire. And as the pull between them deepens, she must decide: will she be the one to break the curse, or its final sacrifice?The Last Kiss at the Fountain is a gothic dark fantasy of whispers and ruin, of a love that binds like chains, and of a woman who dares to defy the darkness that would claim her.