Credence
From New York Times bestselling 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
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After her parents' deaths, Tiernan de Haas is sent to live with her father's estranged half-brother and his two sons in a remote Colorado mountain estate. The road in closes for the winter the day she arrives.
Yes. Credence contains explicit on-page romance and pushes into dark romance territory. Most readers rate it 5 out of 5 on the spice scale. It is one of Penelope Douglas's most controversial titles for its taboo dynamic.
Yes. Credence contains explicit on-page romance and pushes into dark romance territory. Most readers rate it 5 out of 5 on the spice scale. It is one of Penelope Douglas's most controversial titles for its taboo dynamic.
No. Credence is a standalone novel by Penelope Douglas, separate from her Devil's Night and Fall Away series. A loose follow-up, Tryst Six Venom, is in a different setting.
Credence was written by Penelope Douglas, published in 2020 by SVM Publishing.
Credence is 486 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Credence takes most readers 7 to 11 hours to finish.
Credence is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.