Book profile
Crossed
- Subgenre
- romance
- Edition year
- 2023
- Spice
- Heat not verified
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This dark gothic small-town romance follows Father Cade Frédéric, a Paris-raised priest harboring a monstrous inner sickness that feeds on the damned, after he is assigned to the despair-ridden town of Festivalé, Vermont. There he meets Amaya Paquette, a mysterious woman who secretly works as dancer Esmeralda to support her younger brother, and who avoids close bonds out of fear of abandonment. Cade becomes instantly obsessed with Amaya, convinced she uses witchcraft to tempt him, while his inner darkness urges him to eliminate perceived evil—even if that requires killing the woman he loves. The narrative explores their fraught, forbidden connection as both grapple with inner demons and hidden vulnerabilities.
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- Dark Romance: “There’s a monster that lingers just beneath the surface. A sickness. One that bleeds darkness and feeds on the damned.” source
- Gothic: “Festivalé, Vermont, a town both beautiful in architecture and riddled with despair” source
- Small Town Romance: “When he’s tasked to become the priest in Festivalé, Vermont, a town both beautiful in architecture and riddled with despair” source
- Tortured Hero: “He can’t eat. Can’t breathe. Can’t think unless it’s of her.” source
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