Drowning in Sins

by A.R. Hall

From the twisted imagination of A.R. Hall comes a gothic romance influenced by a ghost story. A real one.

“Maybe I didn’t like the idea of choosing between them, but I would sure as hell choose to save them both from this monster.”

They say never look too hard when you’re at sea, but when two brothers live through an unspeakable event it’s hard to process what they may or may not have seen.

Rosalyn wants to know what happened that day, what secrets this shipwreck holds and when she meets two brothers that capture her attention, her job becomes that much harder.

They say blood is thicker than water, but will love conquer all or will history repeat itself?


Drowning in Sins is Book One in the Lovibond Duet and does end in a cliffhanger. For all potential trigger and content warnings, visit A.R. Hall's website.

Genres: Romance

262 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 7, 2024

About the author

Born and raised in the beautiful Texas Hill Country was a little girl with wild, curly hair and a growing imagination. Storytelling began at an early age as an only child who loved to use her imagination and make up stories. As she grew, she could never decide on what she wanted to be once she was grown up. Her love of making up stories didn’t stop, and it was with that imagination she realized she could live all of those realities and dreams, in stories.

A.R. Hall is a USA Today Bestselling author who lives in Texas with her almost high school sweetheart husband, daughters, dogs, and a growing collection of crafting hobbies. She claims to be an extroverted introvert, but every Pisces likes to keep their head in the clouds. Her other interests include starting gardens, binging tv shows, eating sour candy, and tracking her hydration.

All of her books are also currently in KU.

Reviews

[Wanderlust Signing · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thrilling journey filled with adventure and mystery!

This book was definitely out of my usual genre, but I’m grateful I gave it a chance. “Drowning in Sin” was flawlessly written, with an especially gripping beginning.
The only downside is having to wait for the next book in the series. A.R. Hall truly takes the reader on a thrilling journey filled with adventure and mystery. The writing is so captivating that you feel like you are right beside the characters, experiencing everything with them. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a great read!

[Riley Crowe · Rating 5 out of 5]

𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐁𝐎𝐍𝐃! @a.r.hall_books 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞! 𝐈𝐭 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟕𝟒𝟖! 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐜𝐡, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐦. 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐱. 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞/𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞/𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢ny!

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬! 𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐁𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞? 𝐘𝐄𝐒! 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥, 𝐬𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲! 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥? 𝐈 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭!

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞.... 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮!

𝐌𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬!

𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬 @a.r.hall_books 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬!

[Mandy Gray · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was sucked into this world from page 1! A.R. did such a beautiful job building this world of love, mystery and destiny! I loved the flashbacks that help me to start putting the pieces together and I could not put it down! WARNING this is the first book in a duet & it ends on a MAJOR cliffy!! But it is so worth the ride! Ros feels like all she needs is to have a grand adventure on the sea but fate has so many other plans for her! So if you are down for a few ghost, a mystery & love you should definitely run and grab this book!

[Natalie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Y’all this book was way good! I couldn’t put it down. A.R. did such an amazing job with this book. The world, the characters, love, mystery, literally everything was just so good!

The aspect of the book was amazing, it takes place out on sea, it was something new to me and I’m so glad I read it! Without giving too much away (because this is a shorter read) the adventure we go on is something else. It’s a mystery, a love triangle, and family drama all in one. There’s also ghost! So if that’s something that interests you, I highly recommend this book!

✨ Does end on a major cliffhanger!!

[Readingwithdesi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Where has this author been my whole life? I’ve devoted this book from page one! The way this author build this world it’s magical! Mysterious and beautiful! I love this story and these characters so so much

[Carrie(FantasticallyTaboobooks) Crossty · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was so good. From the first page you had action. The setting was something you don't see everyday and that ending. Whyyyyyyyy? I cannot wait to grab book 2. New to me author but amazing writing and plot.

[Jacqueline Fromm · Rating 5 out of 5]

From the very beginning you want to jump right in and stay till its over. The way it jumps past and present just adds to the mystery and the way it ends makes you beg for more. Cant wait to dive into book two right after this and find out what happens.

[BookinBritt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love it so far!

This story has kept me captivated these last few days and I'm dying to know how things are going to end between these three!

I'm really hoping they DO learn to share and their past is fleshed out even more, but we shall see!

[taysbookaddiction · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was so good! I didn’t want to put it down! This was my first book my AR and definitely won’t be my last, the writing and Worldbuilding is phenomenal! I loved the at sea aspect! Definitely need to get my hands on book 2

[Alyssa Grimes · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was such a unique story, very creative and I love all the mystical, tragic parts of it all- and the two brothers;)

[Kandace_Bookaholic_ · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a rollercoaster but worth the ride the world she builds is amazing! The way i inhaled this book, but man it does end on one hell of a Cliffy!