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Paperback – 416 pages

A dark contemporary fractured fairy tale reimagining of The Hunchback of Notre Dame from BookTok sensation Emily McIntire.

He is righteous. She is sin.

Father Cade Frdric is a holy man. Brought up in the streets of Paris, he has dedicated his life to the church. But theres a monster that lingers just beneath the surface. A sickness. One that bleeds darkness and feeds on the damned. When hes tasked to become the priest in Festival, Vermont, a town both beautiful in architecture and riddled with despair, his sickness sings, demanding he rid the place of evil.

Amaya Paquette is Festivals beautiful mystery. She spends her days caring for her younger brother and her nights transforming into Esmeralda, dancing for greedy eyes and lustful 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 cant eat. Cant breathe. Cantthinkunless its of her.

And temptation is a devastating mistress.

Shes his weakness, so he decides hell be her demiseeven if it means killing the only woman he might ever love.