Bound In Ash

Exorcism is a contract. Forgiveness is a product.
Raven Cole knows both are a lie. One job goes sideways and a target demon is stitched to her nerves-turning her body into Church property. The only person allowed to touch her without setting the thing off is Cassiel, a fallen angel on the payroll whose hands can quiet the fire... and whose orders will destroy her.

Inside the Church-Combine's black-site "Sanctuary," salvation looks like restraints and prayer-code. Every signature, every "consent," feeds the Redemption Engine-a holy machine that warehouses sin and turns the possessed into assets. Raven would run if she could. Cassiel would let her, if it didn't mean both their executions.

When the voice inside Raven says her name the way her brother did, she understands the truth: the Engine didn't save anyone. It harvested them.

To shut it down, Raven and Cassiel will break every oath that keeps the world comfortable-stealing proof, surviving the recapture order, and choosing each other when obedience is safer. Faith made a weapon of her body. Love will make a revolution of her.

Bound in Ash launches The Ashbound Trilogy-a fierce, addictive blend of dark romance, angelic politics, and corporate faith horror where every vow has a price and love is the most dangerous consent of all.

Expect: containment-horror stakes, close-proximity breathwork that turns into trust, morally-gray angels, corporate faith, found-under-fire partnership, and a clean but intense slow-burn that pays off with consent front and center.

Perfect for fans of morally gray angels, high-stakes intimacy, corporate cults, and "touch to steady" chemistry. Heat is slow-burn in Book One; the fire spreads in Book Two.