The Things She Prays For

She had spent her whole life mastering desire. He taught her that surrender was the only mastery that mattered.Carmella "Cary" Mathew has spent her entire life being the daughter everyone expects her to be. At twenty-two, she is a psychology student in Delhi, a devoted Christian, and the pride of her vicar father. To everyone around her, she is composed, innocent, and obedient.But Cary has a private side no one knows exists. Beneath her carefully controlled life lies a hunger she has spent years trying to understand, one that leaves her torn between guilt and desire.Then there is Alvaro Joseph.Powerful, ruthless, and impossible to ignore, Alvaro sees something in Cary that she has worked desperately to conceal. What begins between them is secret, dangerous, and increasingly difficult to control.Behind closed doors, Cary discovers just how far she is willing to step outside the life she has always known. With every encounter, the line between curiosity and obsession becomes harder to recognize.But Cary has a future waiting for her.As her secret life grows more consuming, Cary finds herself caught between the woman everyone believes she is and the woman she is beginning to discover beneath the surface.And Alvaro has no intention of letting her forget what happens when she stops pretending.THE THINGS SHE WANTS MOST MAY BE THE VERY THINGS THAT DESTROY HER PERFECT LIFE.For readers who crave dark romance, obsessive antiheroes, forbidden desire, religious repression, psychological tension, BDSM themes, secret relationships, possessive dynamics, and morally complicated characters.Content note: This novel contains mature themes, dark psychological elements, obsessive behavior, BDSM themes, violence, trauma, religious conflict, and other dark-romance content.