Crossed (Never After #5)
Emily McIntire
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars
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· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 106 ratings · 416 pages · Published: 01 Aug 2023
He is righteousness. She is sin.
Father Cade Frédéric is a holy man. Brought up in the streets of Paris, he has dedicated his life to the church. But there’s a monster that lingers just beneath the surface. A sickness. One that bleeds darkness and feeds on the damned. When he’s tasked to become the priest in Festivalé, Vermont, a town both beautiful in architecture and riddled with despair, his sickness sings, demanding he rid the place of evil.
Amaya Paquette is Festivalé’s beautiful mystery. She spends her days caring for her younger brother and her nights transforming into Esmeralda, dancing for greedy eyes and shameless lips. Although she longs for love, she shies away from companionship, afraid of being abandoned again.
When Father Cade lays eyes on Amaya, he finds himself ensnared, convinced she’s using witchcraft to lure him to her. He can’t eat. Can’t breathe. Can’t think unless it’s of her.
And temptation is a devastating mistress.
She’s his weakness, so he decides he’ll be her demise…even if it means killing the only woman he might ever love.
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*CROSSED is a dark, contemporary romance (not fantasy or a literal retelling) and the fifth complete standalone in the Never After series: fractured fairy tales inspired by our favorite villains. It features mature themes and content that may not be suitable for all readers. READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. Detailed TW can be found on the author's website. This series can be enjoyed in any order.*
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Tagged as:
- dark romance 13
- contemporary 12
- secret relationship 9
- poor heroine 9
- forbidden love 8
- cruel hero/bully 8
- tortured hero 8
- arranged/forced marriage 8
- m-f romance 8
- independent heroine 7
- disabilities & scars 7
- cheating 7
- new adult 6
- men in uniform 6
- suspense 6
- bad boys 5
- take-charge heroine 5
- small town 5
- competent heroine 4
- forced proximity 4
- age gap 3
- 20th century 3
- slow burn 3
- enemies to lovers 1
- height difference 1
- neurodivergent mc 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- slut shaming 9
- past sexual abuse 8
- rape 8
- past abuse 7
- self harm 7
- past child neglect 7
- abuse 6
- third party sexual assault 6
- ableism 6
- religious trauma 6
- graphic violence 6
- death / grief 4
- misogyny 3
- dubious consent 1
- geography
- northern africa 2
- Format
- Audiobook
- dual pov 8
- first person pov 6
- male pov 3
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The 'Never After' series
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first-person-pov · dark · dual-pov · forced proximity · death · m-f · audiobook · explicit-open-door · bad boys · from hate to love · new adult · torture-scs · contemporary · suspense · strong heroine · slow burn · age difference · praise-kink · tortured hero · male-pov
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