Silent Bond

Frankie Devereaux has spent years wanting the one man she can never have.
Leo is human. She’s a witch. And keeping him at arm’s length is the only way to keep them both safe.
Then Leo dies—and wakes as a vampire.
Suddenly, the attraction they’ve spent years denying becomes impossible to ignore. His hunger knows her blood. Her magic reaches for him without permission. And the closer they get, the more their connection begins resembling the very thing Frankie was raised to fear.
Except vampire bonds aren’t supposed to feel like this.
They take. They control. They destroy.
Frankie and Leo’s seems determined to make them stronger.
And in a world where witches are valuable, vampires are dangerous, and powerful people have spent centuries controlling both, that may make their bond the most dangerous thing of all.
Some bonds are cages. Theirs could start a war.

Tropes:
Witch × Vampire
Fated mates with actual choice
Touch her and die
Blood drinking
Telepathic bond
High heat
Southern Gothic magic