dangerous mercy

I ran from my family of virtuous sinners before they could marry me off to a man three times my age. 

And into the arms of a boy who might just be the devil himself.

He saved me when I fled into the night, rescuing me from a cloistered life of forced penance.

But the devil always gets his due.

Iain McKinley doesn’t feel anything, for anyone, but that’s what happens when you’re raised in a serpent’s den. Except when he looks at me, emotion sparks in his eyes for the first time.

Lust. Need. Possession.

A desire to corrupt the girl who he thinks is the only innocent thing left in this terrible town.

But he can’t be more wrong.

I might bend, but I don’t break. The dark urges I conceal behind a sweet smile won’t stay hidden forever.

We’re all sinners here and we’ll burn together.

Coming Winter 2020/2021