Devil's House

Prequel Novella to the upcoming dark romantasy, The Veiled Witch.If you grew up watching Supernatural and thought, "e;Hm, this would be amazing with a bad-ass nun and a will-they/won't-they dynamic with her guardian angel."e;"e;A warrior nun and her guardian angel are trapped in a house designed to ruin them. And the only way out is heresy."e;For fans of A Discovery of Witches, Serpent and Dove, Ninth House, and City of Bones.Sister Vespera of the Scarlet Order hunts the things this world must never know exist. And she does so with her guardian angel by her side. Damiel is her protector, her weapon. He is the invisible presence she has come to know better than her own heartbeat. Which is why lately, in the quiet hours of the night, she has been sending him away. Sister Vespera has a secret her guardian must never know.When a routine possession case leads her to an estate where the wealthy indulge in the darkest of sins, Sister Vespera will be forced to confront an evil the Church never prepared her to face. And surviving it will demand the very thing she has been hiding.The Devil's House is a free prequel novella and your first step into a fully developed series set in a world of witches, angels, and forbidden desire.Tropes: enemies to lovers / slow burn / forbidden romance / forced proximity / power dynamics / morally gray hero / will they won't they / secret keeping / yearning / forbidden desire / touch her and you die / possessive protector / hidden world / dark paranormal romance / strong female lead / supernatural investigation / gothic atmosphere / religious trauma / found familyContent Warning: The Devil's House contains demonic possession and body horror, violence and death, religious trauma and institutional abuse of power, strong language, strong sexual content, and occult rituals.This novella is intended for mature readers 18+.