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Credence

by Penelope Douglas

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️explicit·spoiler
Available on Kindle Unlimited

Why Read This?

A cathartic journey through trauma and taboo that delivers intense angst and a possessive HEA.

Synopsis

Tiernan de Haas doesn’t care about anything anymore. The only child of a film producer and his starlet wife, she’s grown up with wealth and privilege but not love or guidance. Shipped off to boarding schools from an early age, it was still impossible to escape the loneliness and carve out a life of her own. The shadow of her parents’ fame followed her everywhere. And when they suddenly pass away, she knows she should be devastated. But has anything really changed? She’s always been alone, hasn’t she? Jake Van der Berg, her father’s stepbrother and her only living relative, assumes guardianship of Tiernan who is still two months shy of eighteen. Sent to live with him and his two sons, Noah and Kaleb, in the mountains of Colorado, Tiernan soon learns that these men now have a say in what she chooses to care and not care about anymore. As the three of them take her under their wing, teach her to work and survive in the remote woods far away from the rest of the world, she slowly finds her place among them. And as a part of them. She also realizes that lines blur and rules become easy to break when no one else is watching. One of them has her. The other one wants her. But he… He’s going to keep her. *Credence is a new adult standalone novel suitable for readers 18+.

At a Glance

3.67 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️explicit
Endingspoiler
PairingWHY CHOOSE / REVERSE HAREM
Romance Pacingmedium burn

Top Tropes

captive romanceforced proximitycaretaking romance

Mood

darkintensebroodingtenseunhinged

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

3.67 ★

Page Count

470 pages

Published

2020

Primary Genre

Dark Romance

Pairing

WHY CHOOSE / REVERSE HAREM

POV

First Person

Romance Pacing

Medium Burn

Cliffhanger

spoiler

Audiobook

Available

Yes

Format

Standard

Narrator

Sofia Willingham|Greg Tremblay|Carson Beck|Michael Pauley

Narrator Count

Multiple

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
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Mood & Vibe

Mood

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Characters

FMC: damaged survivor sign in to unlock

Spice Details 🌶️

animalistic / primal sign in to unlock

child abuse (referenced)suicidechildhood traumaemotional abusetraumaviolencecaptivitydubious consentgriefstalking

World & Setting

contemporary sign in to unlock

Reading Context

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