Nightshade (Nightshade Duology #1)
Keri Lake
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· 68 ratings · 664 pages · Published: 29 Oct 2021
My father called them messengers.
He once told me they walked among us, and that somewhere in this dark and godless city, there shined a faint sliver of hope. I had only to look for the signs.
Well, I’ve spent my whole life investigating the inexplicable, and all I've found are the unsettling vestiges of iniquity - the evidence of another world shrouded by the obscure. Purgatory to some, where depravity hides in shadows, and girls like me are little more than delicious bites of temptation.
Others call it Nightshade.
This peculiar place is where I first met the cold and callous recluse living in a decaying cliffside cathedral. Jericho Van Croix is the epitome of everything I’ve been told to fear. A raven-winged harbinger who wears intrigue like a warm black cloak. An enigma that I’m determined to unravel – even if it means getting closer than I should.
One touch is forbidden. Even so much as a kiss would be my demise. But the sin on his lips burns me up like a wild flame, and his growing infatuation weakens my resolve.
Giving him what he wants, though, will mean no chance for redemption, or escape. What's worse is, the signs I’ve followed yet failed to see all these years begin to unmask a terrifying reality:
That falling may be my only saving grace.
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- paranormal 13
- demons 11
- dark romance 11
- angels 10
- fantasy 10
- historical 10
- ancient times 9
- alpha male 9
- possessive hero 9
- new adult 8
- vengeance 8
- slow burn 7
- tortured hero 7
- grumpy/cold hero 7
- mystery 6
- forced proximity 6
- pregnancy 6
- sleuth heroine 6
- bad boys 6
- sweet/gentle heroine 6
- second chances 5
- bondage 5
- take-charge heroine 5
- independent heroine 5
- angst 4
- magic 4
- disabilities & scars 4
- forbidden love 4
- tortured heroine 4
- sassy heroine 4
- cruel hero/bully 4
- enemies to lovers 4
- fated mates 4
- suspense 3
- shy heroine 3
- m-f romance 3
- dual pov 3
- sweet/gentle hero 2
- cheerful/happy heroine 2
- height difference 2
- virgin heroine 2
- other man/woman 2
- first person pov 1
- third person pov 1
- male pov 1
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- abuse 7
- death / grief 6
- religious trauma 3
- slut shaming 3
- misogyny 3
- graphic violence 3
- torture of mcs 3
- body betrayal 3
- torture of side characters 3
- child sexual abuse 2
- rape 1
- mental illness 1
- geography
- usa 4
- north america 3
- illinois 3
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The 'Nightshade Duology' series
4.06 · 94 ratings
paranormal · religious-trauma · angst · explicit-open-door · pregnancy · torture-mcs · m-f · dark · angels · new adult · from hate to love · fated-mates · fantasy · abuse · magic · demons · erotica · horror · heroine sleuth · male-pov
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