The House That Swallowed Vows
Isolde Marr returns to Blackwater House to probate her mother's estate and discovers the first drowned vow sealed behind a mirror. Cassian Vale, the tide-bound revenant who keeps the chapel bells, can open the house's occult archive only if Isolde admits what she truly wants from the manor and from him. As the sentient house feeds on denied desire, their investigation forces mature ritual intimacy, negotiated power exchange, and a consent-forward alliance that may cost them both their freedom. A gothic paranormal romance about inheritance, grief, and lovers who must speak their hunger before the tide claims them. Free sample available.
About the story
Isolde Marr returns to Blackwater House to probate her mother's estate and discovers the first drowned vow sealed behind a mirror. Cassian Vale, the tide-bound revenant who keeps the chapel bells, can open the house's occult archive only if Isolde admits what she truly wants from the manor and from him. As the sentient house feeds on denied desire, their investigation forces mature ritual intimacy, negotiated power exchange, and a consent-forward alliance that may cost them both their freedom. A gothic paranormal romance about inheritance, grief, and lovers who must speak their hunger before the tide claims them.
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By Lavinia Nocturne. Listed listening length: 36 minutes. Category: Gothic Paranormal Romance. Story dynamics: Forced Proximity, Haunted House, Morally Gray Love Interest, Slow Burn. Part of The Blackwater Vows.
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