Sin in the Spaces Between, (Paperback)

<p>The sea is raging, the hotel is decaying, and Mara Vale has nowhere left to run.</p><p>Vale House waits on the cliff like a confession-one that knows her name. When Mara arrives to claim the coastal hotel her estranged aunt left behind, she expects paperwork, repairs, and a quick sale. Instead she finds a building full of locked rooms, missing records, and Celeste Ward-the severe, watchful manager who acts less like an employee and more like a gatekeeper.</p><p>Celeste insists the hotel can be saved. Mara suspects it's been hiding something for years.</p><p>As storms cut them off from town, Mara and Celeste are forced into the same narrow halls and late-night inventories, circling each other in tension that keeps turning to heat. Mara is used to fixing broken things with her hands. Celeste has spent a lifetime holding a crumbling legacy together with silence and control. Every touch feels like a risk. Every glance feels like a dare.</p><p>But Vale House has its own appetite. Guests whisper about Evelyn Vale's final months. Ledgers don't match. A sealed wing appears on no blueprint Mara can find. The more Mara digs, the more the hotel pushes back-through sabotage, half-truths, and the unsettling sense that someone is still protecting Evelyn's secrets.</p><p>Desire is easy. Trust is not. And the closer Mara comes to the truth, the more she must decide what she's willing to sacrifice: her exit, her reputation, or the woman who has become the only shelter she wants.</p><p>Stormy, gothic coastal atmosphere with a modern, steamy edge. Forced proximity, slow-burn tension, and earned emotional payoff. Family inheritance secrets, hidden rooms, and escalating danger. Complicated heroines with sharp edges, soft centers, and real stakes. A twist that reframes everything Mara thought she inherited.</p>

• Sin in the Spaces Between, (Paperback)
• Author: Dr. Charlie King
• ISBN: 9798233993435
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-01-12
• Page Count: 324