Crossed by Emily McIntire (Never After #5)

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Crossed-by-Emily-McIntire-(Never-After-#5):From-bestselling-author-Emily-McIntire-comes-a-dark-and-delicious-fractured-fairy-tale-reimagining-of-The-Hunchback-of-Notre-Dame.He-is-righteousness.-She-is-sin.Father-Cade-Frédéric-is-a-holy-man.-Brought-up-in-the-streets-of-Paris,-he-has-dedicated-his-life-to-the-church.-But-there’s-a-monster-that-lingers-just-beneath-the-surface.-A-sickness.-One-that-bleeds-darkness-and-feeds-on-the-damned.-When-he’s-tasked-to-become-the-priest-in-Festivalé,-Vermont,-a-town-both-beautiful-in-architecture-and-riddled-with-despair,-his-sickness-sings,-demanding-he-rid-the-place-of-evil.Amaya-Paquette-is-Festivalé’s-beautiful-mystery.-She-spends-her-days-caring-for-her-younger-brother-and-her-nights-transforming-into-Esmeralda,-dancing-for-greedy-eyes-and-shameless-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-can’t-eat.-Can’t-breathe.-Can’t-think-unless-it’s-of-her.And-temptation-is-a-devastating-mistress.She’s-his-weakness,-so-he-decides-he’ll-be-her-demise…even-if-it-means-killing-the-only-woman-he-might-ever-love.****CROSSED-is-a-dark,-contemporary-romance-(not-fantasy-or-a-literal-retelling)-and-the-fifth-complete-standalone-in-the-Never-After-series:-fractured-fairy-tales-inspired-by-our-favorite-villains.-It-features-mature-themes-and-content-that-may-not-be-suitable-for-all-readers.-READER-DISCRETION-IS-ADVISED.-Detailed-TW-can-be-found-on-the-author’s-website.-This-series-can-be-enjoyed-in-any-order.*