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by Sera Maddox Drake (Author)
Second Place, Literary Fiction, The 2025 Firebird Book Awards
Second Place, Visionary Fiction, The 2025 Firebird Book Awards
Best Unconventional Love Story, The 2025 Firebird Book Awards
An Author Shout 2025 Top Pick
She had it all - riches, a college scholarship, a girlfriend - until her conservative, hyper-religious parents found out about the girlfriend and made her choose between conversion therapy and disownment. That was the end of her academic career.
Three years later, she met a shy public reference librarian in a bookstore. He'd been waiting his whole life for her. Meanwhile, she was starting her whole life over. What ensued between the two was magic.
Given that he was about to become her tutor in the magickal and erotic arts, that was only to be expected.
But at what cost?
The mysterious older man was all she could ever have wished for, but she might need to choose between her developing identity and the most profound love she had ever known.
"Magic and philosophy sandwiched in between some of the hottest scenes I've read in recent years... Loved it!" - Hannah Gonzalez, Reedsy Discovery
"Love is brutal, bloody, and ecstatic in this passionate romance... BDSM aficionados will love it... A richly imagined, lurid love story that's not for the faint of heart. (Our verdict: Get it!)" - Kirkus Reviews
"A singular tale, braided with blood, mystery, and intellect, that dares to fuse the sacred and the profane" - The Prairies Book Review
