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Forbidden Sanctuary
Paperback
Publisher Price: $18.99
Publisher: Pale Sigil Press, LLC
Published: Mar 15 2026
Pages: 468
Weight: 1.23
Height: 1.16 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Forbidden Sanctuary
The Fallen Grace Chronicles - Book One
Forbidden Sanctuary is an adult gothic fantasy about hunger, memory, and defiance inside a corrupt celestial system.
Seraphine Vex survives by restraint. Whatever she once was has been buried beneath routine, denial, and a constant physical ache she refuses to name. She knows only this. If she loses control, people get hurt. So she keeps herself contained and lives quietly among mortals, pretending the past does not breathe down her neck.
When supernatural forces begin hunting her, Seraphine is dragged back into a hidden world she was never meant to survive. Angels, demons, vampires, witches, and fae exist under strict cosmic laws enforced by the Tribunal, a celestial court that decides who is permitted to exist and who must be erased.
Kael is one of the Tribunal's enforcers. Once an archangel, now something altered and unstable, he exists to hunt threats, extract souls, and maintain order through sanctioned violence. He does not question commands. He does not disobey. Until Seraphine disrupts everything he was built to uphold.
Their connection forms against both of their wills. It is not destiny. It is invasive, dangerous, and binding. As Seraphine's suppressed nature begins to awaken, her hunger turns physical and lethal. Survival demands blood, sacrifice, and choices she never wanted to make.
The deeper she falls into the truth of what she is, the more attention she draws from heaven and hell alike. The Tribunal watches closely. Demonic forces search for her for reasons buried in old betrayals. Forgotten powers stir in the margins of reality.
Forbidden Sanctuary is a dark, emotionally driven novel that explores autonomy versus obedience, love forged through shared ruin, and the cost of choosing yourself in a universe designed to punish those who wake up.
This is the first book in The Fallen Grace Chronicles. Intended for adult readers.
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