Sacred Ruin

Forced into an institution after experiencing unsettling visions, a young woman meets a mafia hitman whose dark obsession with her threatens both their hearts—and their lives—in this sizzling forbidden romance from the author of Unholy Vows. Don't miss the final installment in the Original Sins series.

He’s a devil in holy robes . . . and I’m trapped inside with him.

Katarina: My mother pulled strings to get me into Hallow Hall Institute—a place for the lost, broken, and damned. She said I was lucky, blessed. Here, doctors would mend my mind, while priests and nuns saved my soul. They say the voices I hear aren’t real, just delusions. But despite the holy men, evil lurks in the shadows. I feel it. I see it. And then—he arrives. Handsome. Charming. A wolf in devotion, with scripture on his lips and sin in his eyes. Within days, he has them all under his spell. But when he looks at me… I know. The devil himself has come to Hallow Hall.

Massimo: My life is built on blood and vengeance. I kill for money. I live for retribution. My work leads me to Hallow Hall—a place of whispers and suffering, where faith is a mask and monsters wear crosses. To get close to the man who needs to die, I put on the robes of the righteous. And then I see her. The girl who speaks to angels. The girl who sees right through me. She calls me a devil. She’s right. And I’m going to drag her into hell with me.

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