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Door of Bruises

Series membership: Thornchapel · Listed position 4
HEA 2020 Adult
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Best for readers who like: Queer ensemble romance, intense BDSM, haunted country estates, folklore and love tested by supernatural danger.
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Spice5/5
Darkness8/10
Obsession7/10
Psychological8/10
Violence5/10
Emotional Damage9/10
Trigger Intensity9/10
Romance Focus8/10

Book at a Glance

Series membershipThornchapel
Readable on its ownno
POVFirst person • Multiple POV • Third Person
PaceMedium
Story LengthLong
EndingHEA
WorldParanormal / Supernatural
SettingFantasy / Supernatural • Rural / Wilderness
RelationshipF/F • Polyamorous
Obsession TypeMutual Obsession
Subgenreerotic romance • gothic romance • paranormal romance
MMC TypeAlpha / Dominant • Damaged / Tortured
FMC TypeDefiant / Strong • Vulnerable / Guarded
MMC OccupationAcademic / Professional
Writing StyleAtmospheric / Gothic • Emotional / Angsty • Erotic / Explicit • Literary / Lyrical
MMC PersonalityAuden Guest is an architect and estate owner: possessive, intensely dominant and caring, with old family wounds beneath his confidence. St. Sebastian Martinez, 25, is a guarded, loyal librarian who wants honesty as much as devotion. Becket Hess is a priest wrestling with faith, guilt and the need to make amends.
FMC PersonalityPoe Markham is a curious, devoted librarian whose determination to protect the people she loves can become self-sacrifice. Rebecca Quartey, a landscape architect and Domme, hides deep tenderness behind control and practicality. Delphine Dansey is creative and emotionally open, working through trauma while rebuilding trust with Rebecca.

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accidental fatal stabbinganimal deathBDSMbloodbody shamingbondageChild abusechild neglectdeath of a teenagerexplicit sexual contentgriefhomophobiaimpact playinfidelitypanic attacksparental deathPoisoningpossible incestprolonged separationracismreligious guiltserious illnesssuicidal ideationsuicide attempts

Eerie Take

Read the first three Thornchapel books before this finale. Its erotic intensity and gothic atmosphere come with heavy grief, suicide themes and an unresolved question of biological kinship between lovers.

At Thornchapel, six lovers and friends are trying to repair what has broken between them while a door to another world threatens everything around the manor. As roses spread and sickness reaches the valley, Poe searches old stories for a way to stop the danger. Auden, Saint, Rebecca, Delphine and Becket must decide what they are willing to surrender—and whether love can survive the secrets they have kept from one another.

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