Sacred Waters

A priestess sworn to the sacred waters. A runaway heir bound by duty. A love born in fire, sin, and impossible longing.Aurelia has always belonged to the river.Dedicated to the gods before birth, she has known only the quiet rhythm of ritual, prayer, and obedience...until the morning Marcello finds her kneeling at the water's edge. He is fleeing an arranged marriage, a future chosen for him by family ambition, and the suffocating weight of duty. One look between them changes everything.But desire becomes desperation. Marcello does the unforgivable: he takes Aurelia from the temple and carries her into the mountains, determined to save them both from lives they never chose. When a deadly storm leaves Aurelia injured and stripped of her memory, Marcello tells one more lie...she is Rachel, his beloved wife.Snowed into a lonely cabin, they build a life that feels tender, real, and sacred in its own way. But love built on stolen choice cannot remain hidden forever. When Aurelia's memory returns, she must face the truth of what was taken from her: her name, her vows, her calling, and the life she might have lived.Now torn between the priestess she was, the mother she has become, and the man who both shattered and cherished her, Aurelia must decide whether love can survive the truth.Set in an ancient world of sacred rivers, mountain storms, family honor, and forbidden devotion, Sacred Waters is a sweeping historical romance about sin and sacrifice, identity and redemption, and the impossible question of whether broken love can be made whole again.

Pagina's: 259, Paperback, Independently published