The Cathedral's Silent Claim

Elise was a scholar, driven by a hunger for truth. Her search for a forgotten cathedral was meant to be the cornerstone of her thesis, a final step in her academic career. But when she pushed through the ancient oak doors into the oppressive silence of the nave, she discovered she was not alone. Something was watching her from the shadows. Something made of stone. Something that had been waiting for a very long time.
He is Gavriel, the cathedral's eternal guardian. A creature of immense power and profound sorrow, he has watched Elise's bloodline for centuries, a silent, brooding sentinel. Now, snowed in and cut off from the world, Elise finds herself the object of his intense, hypnotic gaze. He offers her a world of forbidden knowledge and sensual awakening, a thrilling dance on the edge of a blade. But Gavriel's world is one of ancient rituals and dark secrets, and the price of his protection may be her very soul.
As a shadowy evil from Gavriel's past begins to stir, Elise is forced to make a choice. To trust this beautiful and terrifying creature is to surrender everything she is. To refuse him means certain death. Caught in a web of desire and danger, she must unravel the mystery of her own past to decide her future. Is Gavriel her savior or her captor? And in his world of stone and shadow, can she survive being claimed?Fans of A Discovery of Witches and the dark, epic fantasy of Sarah J.
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