DK flip scoops ‘gripping’ YA romantic fantasy by Romina Garber
DK flip has acquired The Last Vampire, a “gripping” YA romantic fantasy novel by bestselling author Romina Garber.
Associate publishing director Francesca Young acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, from Imogen Bovill at Abner Stein on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Laura Rennert of Andrea Brown Literary Agency. It will be published as a paperback original and in audiobook in May 2026.
The publisher said: “In The Last Vampire readers meet Lorena Navarro, an Austen enthusiast, who has enrolled in a new boarding school located in a long-abandoned manor in the woods, hoping to discover her own Mr Darcy. Instead, she awakens William Pride, the world’s last vampire, from his three-century-long slumber in a coffin. Penned as Crave meets Pride and Prejudice this book will appeal to YA readers looking for their next mysterious, romantic and enticing vampire reading fix.”
Garber said: “Is not general incivility the very essence of love?” Elizabeth Bennett asks in Pride & Prejudice. In the case of William and Lorena, the answer is an emphatic yes! When a remote boarding school opens in a once-condemned ancient manor buried in the woods of New Hampshire, Austen-loving Lorena Navarro enrols in hopes of finding her own Mr Darcy. Instead, she stumbles across a coffin and accidentally awakens the world’s last vampire. My favourite part of writing this romance was getting to tell it from both perspectives. It made the process of falling in love so much more compelling because I got to experience it so fully, and I found myself swooning and smiling and suffering just as much as my characters.”
Young said: “I can’t wait for UK readers to sink their teeth into this Gothic sensation – Romina Garber has created a thrilling and immersive world that will captivate readers who love forbidden love stories and paranormal adventures.”
