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Synopsis
When I was a little girl, I dreamed a handsome knight would come and rescue me from my wretched mother. He'd ride up on his white steed and break the curse I've been fated to carry since the day I was born. Funny how things changed over time. How the fairy tale twisted into something far more crooked, darker than I ever imagined. In reality, my knight is scarred and broken, living alone in a castle of bones that overlooks the sea. He isn't searching for me. He never was. Lucian Blackthorne is as cursed as I am, and equally shunned by the locals, the fishers of men, who believe him to be the devil in the flesh. Perhaps he is, with the way his amber eyes draw me in, ignite me like an infernal blaze. And the sins he whispers in my ear are as wickedly intoxicating as the man himself. Yet, his touch is heaven and his will is my weakness. He calls us forbidden, an unsalvageable tragedy, with no happy end. Maybe we are. But in this story, he's the one who needs saving.
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Master of Salt & Bones: content & age rating
Intended for adult readers (18+).
This dark gothic romance contains explicit sexual content, cursed protagonists dealing with isolation and past trauma, and mature themes of forbidden attraction. The relationship involves significant power dynamics and dark romance elements.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, explicit sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include mental manipulation, isolation, and forbidden relationship (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Adult readers will be drawn to the Beauty and the Beast-style retelling with a cursed, brooding hero and the scorching forbidden romance set against a gothic seaside castle.