Possessed - Ava Thorne

Experience this gothic historical romance where faith and forbidden desire collide in the shadows. Set during the terrifying height of the Bamberg Witch Trials, witness a tale of possession, obsession, and the dangerous line between salvation and damnation.

In a city where women burn daily for the crime of knowledge, loving a witch's daughter might be the greatest heresy of all.

Katharina is the daughter of a burned witch, raised by the Church that killed her mother. She secretly continues her mother's healing work while her guardian, Father Heinrich, shields her with his silence-even as forbidden feelings grow between them. But when a moment of weakness on Beltane breaks Heinrich's sacred vows, something ancient slips into the cracks of his shattered faith.

What enters him transforms his protective love into dark obsession. Now Katharina must navigate not only the Witch Bishop's increasing suspicion, but the unholy devotion of a man who may no longer be entirely human. Is this the devil wearing her guardian's face, or the man freed from the chains of religious repression?

As Heinrich's obsession deepens and his shadow grows hungrier, Katharina faces an impossible choice: flee from the only person who ever protected her, or surrender to a love that might damn them both.

"Is that what you desire, my dove? To be punished for your sins? To transmute those lustful thoughts through pain?"

Perfect for fans of gothic romance and religious horror. If you crave atmospheric historical fiction with morally complex characters, supernatural possession, and the intoxicating tension between sacred and profane, this dark romance is your next obsession.