Yung-Lung Chen · The Cold City

New York has doors no map admits.

Enter The Cold City, a steamy hidden-world vampire romance series where every landmark has a secret, every lock has a hunger, and every woman who opens the wrong door may never be the same.

For adult readers. Vampires, danger, secrets, consent, and heat inside.

Blood Under the Lights — The Cold City, Book One
Blood Across the River — The Cold City, Book Two

The Cold City — the series so far

Blood at the Old Gate — A Cold City Novella by Yung-Lung Chen
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A hidden New York. A city under the city. A hunger that remembers your name.

The Cold City is a paranormal romance series set beneath the landmarks of New York, where old doors open into impossible places, vampires keep dangerous promises, and desire is never separate from consequence.

For readers who want romance with teeth, heroines with agency, and monsters who understand restraint.

The Cold City books

File 0 · Prequel
Blood at the Old Gate — A Cold City Novella by Yung-Lung Chen

Blood at the Old Gate

A Cold City Novella

The prequel door opens here. One wrong key leads beneath the city and into the arms of something dangerous.

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File 1
Blood Under the Lights — A Cold City Novel

Blood Under the Lights

A Cold City Novel

Under Yankee Stadium, a Bronx electrician follows a forbidden current into the old bones of the city and meets a vampire who hears every beat of her heart.

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File 2
Blood Across the River — A Cold City Novel

Blood Across the River

A Cold City Novel

The Cold City expands beyond the first gate. More blood. More secrets. More doors that should have stayed closed.

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Reader promise

What waits inside these books

  • Hidden New York mythology
  • Vampires with restraint
  • Dangerous attraction
  • Strong heroines who choose
  • Secret doors, old locks, bloodlines, and bargains
  • Adult heat with clear consent
  • Series mystery that keeps opening new doors
The author

About Yung-Lung Chen

Yung-Lung Chen writes dark, cinematic romance about secret cities, dangerous systems, and women who walk through the wrong door and refuse to become victims of the world waiting on the other side.

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