A woman hiding from a traumatic past becomes the captive of an insidious cult—and her first love—in a breathtaking dark romance by USA Today bestselling author Jenika Snow.

Years ago, when Harper Quinn was a vulnerable teenager at the mercy of abusive parents, her champion was Lucien Voss. He promised Harper liberation from her house of horrors—only to inexplicably disappear from her life.

Lucien has finally returned. Not as a protector but as a man to be feared.

Kidnapped and dragged into the dark depths of a twisted cult, Harper finds herself a prisoner to Lucien, its leader who now promises her salvation. Nothing less than total surrender to the Shadowed Veil will heal her—at least according to its mad doctrine of psychological manipulation and calculated cruelty disguised as spiritual enlightenment. As Harper navigates a world of terrifying devotion, resistance is all she has left, even as the line between captor and protector begins to blur.

To save herself she must connect with the innocent boy she once loved now lost to darkness, and release him from the cult’s terrifying grip. Even if she succeeds, the Shadowed Veil may be inescapable.

Jenika Snow is the USA Today bestselling author of Altar of Lies in the Sweetwater Sins series and other dirty books. She is an admirer of rainy days, a profanity expert, an animal lover, and a book boyfriend enthusiast. Jenika has published hundreds of contemporary, paranormal, and dark romances since 2009, selling over three million copies worldwide. For more information, visit www.jenikasnow.com.