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Black Vows: Amen: An Obsessive Dark Romance Set in New York
BLACK AMEN — An Obsessive Dark Romance Set in New York (Possessive, No Redemption)
by E. Thorne
New York doesn’t forgive. Ethan doesn’t ask. He collects.
Grace knows there’s something wrong in him—and chooses him anyway.
Kneelers, black veils, a broken church bell, and a city that loves witnesses. No redemption. Only choice.
Breathe. Ask. Please. Enough. Say it.
Tomorrow—louder—good boy.
Grace never believed in saints; she believes in rules. Ethan wrote them for her. He doesn’t promise love—he enforces it: ritual vows in a gutted church, a collar ring at her throat, and a language that turns NO into the only vow that matters. Victor, the city’s favorite sinner, wants an audience and a ledger with their names in it. Three kneelers—KING • QUEEN • PRIEST—wait under a dead bell while the neighborhood watches like it’s Sunday and sin is free.
Between a diner that smells like smoke and mercy, and a ferry slip that charges by the knee, Grace and Ethan build a religion without God: forks as relics, veils as ties, rings engraved with words—YES, NO, TOMORROW, ALWAYS. He is obsessive, possessive, precise; she is lucid enough to know better and chooses him anyway. Every ceremony is a dare. Every please is a door. Every enough stops just before redemption.
Black humor. Knife-sharp dialogue. Tension that never blinks.
No technology. No magic. Just New York—loud, hungry, and watching.
Read if you
– Obsessive, possessive, morally gray heroes
– Gritty New York settings (church pews, river docks, late-night diners)
– Power play, ritual vows, public witness
– Constant slow-burn heat with closed-door intimacy (not explicit)
– Dark, non-redemptive endings that still hit like a vow
Content Dark romance with obsessive/control dynamics, ritual humiliation, threats, and on/off-page violence (non-gory). Consent is complex but explicit. No paranormal. No modern tech. Intended for mature readers.
Black Amen is a complete dark romance set in New York with a closed ending—and the door cracked for more. Amen.
by E. Thorne
New York doesn’t forgive. Ethan doesn’t ask. He collects.
Grace knows there’s something wrong in him—and chooses him anyway.
Kneelers, black veils, a broken church bell, and a city that loves witnesses. No redemption. Only choice.
Breathe. Ask. Please. Enough. Say it.
Tomorrow—louder—good boy.
Grace never believed in saints; she believes in rules. Ethan wrote them for her. He doesn’t promise love—he enforces it: ritual vows in a gutted church, a collar ring at her throat, and a language that turns NO into the only vow that matters. Victor, the city’s favorite sinner, wants an audience and a ledger with their names in it. Three kneelers—KING • QUEEN • PRIEST—wait under a dead bell while the neighborhood watches like it’s Sunday and sin is free.
Between a diner that smells like smoke and mercy, and a ferry slip that charges by the knee, Grace and Ethan build a religion without God: forks as relics, veils as ties, rings engraved with words—YES, NO, TOMORROW, ALWAYS. He is obsessive, possessive, precise; she is lucid enough to know better and chooses him anyway. Every ceremony is a dare. Every please is a door. Every enough stops just before redemption.
Black humor. Knife-sharp dialogue. Tension that never blinks.
No technology. No magic. Just New York—loud, hungry, and watching.
Read if you
– Obsessive, possessive, morally gray heroes
– Gritty New York settings (church pews, river docks, late-night diners)
– Power play, ritual vows, public witness
– Constant slow-burn heat with closed-door intimacy (not explicit)
– Dark, non-redemptive endings that still hit like a vow
Content Dark romance with obsessive/control dynamics, ritual humiliation, threats, and on/off-page violence (non-gory). Consent is complex but explicit. No paranormal. No modern tech. Intended for mature readers.
Black Amen is a complete dark romance set in New York with a closed ending—and the door cracked for more. Amen.
502 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 7, 2025
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