Desire

The Fallen

by Julie Mannino

Esai’s path has been set since birth after he was saved from a house fire. He’ll live out his life as a Pastor, remain at Meadow church, and deny himself the touch that he truly craves. He’s spent years trying to bleed out the vile part of himself so he can be what everyone expects of a unselfish, pure, and an example to everyone.

Until Tiras.

The newcomer at church is like sin and desire wrapped in human form. He’s everything that Esai has tried to forget and push away, but even the pain he forces himself to endure as punishment isn’t enough to rid him of his sinful thoughts.

When Tiras’s true form becomes evident, and he offers a new way, will Esai turn away or run right toward temptation?

While this novella contains a completely different pairing, it is related to the Fallen series which would probably be helpful to understand the Fallen realm.

Genres: M M Romance, Paranormal, Fantasy, Religion, Demons, Romance, LGBT

107 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 21, 2023

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Reviews

[TrippyBooks]

A novella following the love story between a demon & pastor who has been abused by the church his whole life.

Plot twist the demon is the sweetest person hes ever known.

[Steph]

A good story.

I don’t read a lot of M/M stories but I enjoyed this one. The right balance between plot and spice. I appreciated how the author used religion that’s been corrupted over time in this story. I’ll definitely read more form this author.

[Nick]

This was brilliant, sensitive and handled well. Loved this pairing

[W.Havington]

The story was amazing and hot, and the cover...no wonder Esai couldn't resist temptation.

[Amanda]

Spicy

This book was a good, quick, spicy read. The romance aspect did feel a little like insta-love/insta-lust to me, but that's to be expected in shorter standalone books. Esai's complicated relationship with religion and his religion based trauma is very relatable, though, and I feel it was handled in a very respectful manner.

[Eric Platt]

Desire managed to vannilize the concept of desire emanating from Hell, it was more like desire emanating *weakly* from Earth, and then Hell taking their cues from that, if you can imagine it.
I feel as if I am now entitled to refer to myself as the Demonic Lord of Desire who is unhappy

[Hannah Mossman]

wow

This book was utterly fascinating. I don’t have words. It makes me want to look up the series that it is based on. Take a chance on this book. It’s worth it.

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3.25*