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Credence
487 pages
A snowbound, boundary-pushing fever dream of isolation, angst, and unapologetic taboo romance.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like being trapped in a snowed-in cabin where the temperature inside is rising to a boiling point. It is a deeply claustrophobic, intensely charged experience that thrives on pushing boundaries and exploring the feral edges of desire. The narrative is drenched in angst and isolation, capturing the raw, messy transition from numb grief to a chaotic sexual awakening. The prose is visceral and unapologetic, pulling the reader into a tangled web of possessive dynamics and blurred moral lines. It is a propulsive, feverish read designed for those who love their romance dark, taboo, and completely isolated from the rules of the outside world, delivering a fiercely unconventional journey toward belonging.
- Mood
- snowbound
- claustrophobic
- feral
- charged
- brooding
- Tone
- provocative
- angsty
- unapologetic
- intense
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- unconventional belonging · sexual awakening · isolation and grief · taboo desires · blurring boundaries
- The writing
- Visceral and emotionally raw, prioritizing intense sensory details, heavy internal monologue, and unapologetic heat.
- The arc
- Moves from numb, isolated grief into a chaotic, boundary-shattering awakening, finally settling into a fiercely unconventional sense of belonging.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave high-angst, taboo romance with extreme forced proximity, possessive alpha males, and boundary-pushing spice.
Content notes
- taboo relationships
- explicit sexual content
- ménage and group sex
- age gap
- grief and parental death
- dubious consent elements
About the book
From author, Penelope Douglas, comes a new standalone!
Three of them, one of her, and a remote cabin in the woods. Let the hot, winter nights ensue...
Tiernan de Haas doesn't care about anything anymore. The only child of a film producer and his starlet wife, she's grown up with wealth and privilege but not love or guidance. Shipped off to boarding schools from an early age, it was still impossible to escape the loneliness and carve out a life of her own. The shadow of her parents' fame followed her everywhere.
And when they suddenly pass away, she knows she should be devastated. But has anything really changed? She's always been alone, hasn't she?
Jake Van der Berg, her father's stepbrother and her only living relative, assumes guardianship of Tiernan who is still two months shy of eighteen. Sent to live with him and his two sons, Noah and Kaleb, in the mountains of Colorado, Tiernan soon learns that these men now have a say in what she chooses to care and not care about anymore.
As the three of them take her under their wing, teach her to work and survive in the remote woods far away from the rest of the world, she slowly finds her place among them. And as a part of them.
She also realizes that lines blur and rules become easy to break when no one else is watching.
One of them has her. The other one wants her. But he...
He's going to keep her.
Description from Open Library.
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