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Bound to Fall

Bound to Fall is a dark/Gothic paranormal historical romance set in 1880's Portland, Maine, where an immortal shipbuilder wrongs a grieving widow, and discovers his love for repentance at the hands of her rage.

Concise Summary:

When you can never die, you should learn to let go of what you loved...

Samuel is an immortal cursed to live with heartbreak, with deeply human emotions and faded memories. He tries to help a woman with a heart as vulnerable and broken as his own, but he only helps to shatter it completely. If it's the last thing Helen does, she will end him. She will pick up the broken shards of her heart and cut him. There are many ways to die in 1880, and Helen is willing to try everything once. Since Samuel can't seem to die, he might indulge her rage, for repentance of what he did to her. It turns out, he may enjoy repenting far too much.

Tropes & What to Expect: Enemies-to-Lovers, Secret Relationship, Tortured Hero, Tragic Past, Widow, Revenge Romance, Captive Falls for Captor, Break Their Heart to Save Them,  Feminine Rage, Must Love Dogs, Magic, Forced Proximity for Warmth, Outcast from Society, Possessive Hero, Can't Commit, Forced Marriage. HFN or HEA ending.

Microtropes: Name Play (Last Name/Nickname), Unexpected Love Language, "I won't touch you again—until you ask for it nicely," Guys with Glasses, Strong Forearms, Forehead Kisses.

Spice:  Please click to read content warnings (18+) below so you will not hate reading the book. It is a work in progress and may be updated later.

Explicit & Open-Door. MF. Dominant Female, Submissive Male.

Spice Details/Notes of Caution: Some Book Burning, Actual Torture (Knife Cutting with Blood, General Violence with Random Objects TBD, MMC heals fast but feels pain), Attempted Murder, Bondage, Dominance/Submission, Sadism/Masochism, Edging, some Non-Consent (the initial torture and initial edging) and Consensual Non-Consent, Descriptive Death/Grief (cholera on a ship), Suicidal Ideation (ideation only & from the immortal), The No-Feelings Hookup, Prejudice Toward Irish Catholics (by side characters), Prejudice Toward Spiritualists (by side characters), mild Stalking, Memories of a Drowning. ​

Copyright ©2024 Aubrey Knight

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