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The Price of a Touch: A Dark Romantasy Novella of Pain, Ghosts, and Slow-Burning Love
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 28 2026
Pages: 148
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.32 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
SOME CURSES ARE CARRIED. OTHERS ARE SHARED.
In a kingdom where healers are property and pain is currency, Elara is one of the last Sin-Eaters - women born with the ability to absorb the suffering of others directly into their own bodies.
Every session costs her. Every touch leaves a mark.
She has seventeen days left.
When the King sends her to General Kaelen - the Reaper of the Eastern Marches, a warrior whose curse forces him to carry the death-echoes of every man he has ever killed - she expects a broken soldier who needs managing.
She doesn't expect a man who asks if it hurts.
In the ruins of his war-torn chamber, they strike a deal: she will quiet the ghosts accumulating in his mind. He will protect her from becoming the King's most dangerous weapon.
But the longer they carry each other's weight, the harder it becomes to remember where his grief ends and hers begins. The echoes don't stay contained. And neither do the feelings neither of them can afford.
Elara came to save him.
She didn't expect to question whether she still wants to be saved alone.
The Price of a Touch is a dark romantasy novella of forced proximity, forbidden tenderness, and the unbearable cost of being used as a tool by those who were supposed to protect you. Perfect for readers who love morally complex heroes, slow-burn emotional tension, and romance forged in shared suffering.
If you've ever wanted a love story where the price of connection is measured in days, not words - this is the book you've been waiting for.
Pick up your copy today and discover what happens when two people, each counting their remaining time, choose to spend it carrying each other.
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