by M. Sinclair
First published 2020
Maya has spent her entire life locked in the basement of her father's church. Her parents believe she carries the devil inside her, and their abuse has been relentless. The one strange truth is that she heals from every wound they inflict. When her father dies, her mother pulls her out of the religious cult and drives her to Washington State, where a man named Jed fills the car ride with unsettling comments and long stares. Maya has never met a stranger before. Then she collides, literally, with the most striking man she has ever seen. More like him keep appearing. She is five days from turning eighteen, five days from the moment she plans to bolt and never look back. But something about these men stops her cold. Every instinct she has says they belong to her. They seem to feel it too. Maya has survived a childhood of darkness and isolation. She has never once felt sunlight on her skin. Now, on the edge of freedom, she is about to discover that what she is has never been fully human. This is a slow-burn reverse harem fantasy with dragon shifters, a protagonist carrying deep trauma, and a cliffhanger ending. Contains child abuse, PTSD, violence, and mature sexual content for readers 18 and older.
Genres: fantasy, adult, dark-fantasy, fantasy-romance, reverse-harem, paranormal-romance
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, emotional, intense, slow-burn, traumatic
Tropes: fated-mates, found-family, reverse-harem, slow-burn-romance
Setting: Washington State
246 pages · Paperback · Independently published
Content warnings: abuse, child-abuse, violence