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His Secret Illuminations

By Scarlett Gale
His Secret Illuminations by Scarlett Gale digital book - Fable

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A Sheltered Monk

 

By day, Lucían brews potions and illuminates manuscripts in service to the monastery that took him in as a child, wielding magic based in his faith and his purity. By night, he dreams of the world outside the cloister—a world he knows only in books and scrolls...

 

A Mysterious Warrior

 

A mercenary known as the She-Wolf hunts for a shipment of stolen manuscripts. When she needs a mage to track them down, she chooses Lucían for both his adorable blushes and his magic. She purchases his contract, hurling him headfirst into an adventure that will test both his skills and his self-control...

 

A Sacred Vow

 

Inexorably drawn to the She-Wolf's strength, surprising kindness, and heated touches, Lucían fights temptation at every turn. His holy magic is both vital to their mission and dependent upon his purity. How can he serve both her and the Lord if he gives in to his desire? As intrigue and danger forces them closer, how can he possibly resist?

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“The first 6 stars I've given in 2026 is this book and I'm very honored to do so. Hands down the best romantasy I've ever read (and it's not my favorite genre). I'm so honored to review this even though I read it pure of my love (and lust) to Lucían and Glory. Never in my life I read an acknowledgement from an author with teary eyed when she thanked the reader for reading her book. Scarlett Gale characters and plots really touch my heart, soul, and mind. I wish they were real. I wish the world is real. And I'm not the type to really fall in love with a book this deep. I'm in love with this book and I'm more than happy to be deeply more in love with the sequel. This book really befriend me in a way. I lost my best friends and this book had been my best friend in my saddest and happiest days. The best 11 days (or 12 hours 38 minutes and some part I've listened on audiobook in Libby) I've ever spent. Thank you for being you, Scarlett Gale. Thank you for writing this. Also, thank you for everyone who make the book can be published and well loved (especially you, Reddit).”
“That was a wonderful trip into the book and with the main characters. At some point, I felt I was playing side quests of a game where no violence is involved, haha. Because of the travel mode through villages and nature, and some little plot adventures. Though there were some heavier episodes toward the very end of the book. Here I must tell you that I define this story as a cozy fantasy. Let me tell you how I found this book. I wanted to find something opposite to stories where this big guy pins a short woman to the wall, an all-hero, etc. etc. etc. I wanted to read a story where a woman is dominant, Female Dom literature. While I did not find a lot, this book is where I started, and whoa, this was my first audiobook! In the story, we meet a young monk and a strong, big, older warrior-woman.”

About Scarlett Gale

Scarlett Gale is the author of The Warrior's Guild series and the fairy-tale retelling Red, the Wolf, and the Woods. Long ago, under another name, she was the co-author of Needles and Artifice (Cooperative Press; 2012), featuring a rollicking romantic steampunk adventure novella and associated knitting patterns, of which she also designed several. She writes and produces fringe theatre plays based on B-movies, such as Bodacious Barbarian Babes vs. The Indigo Empress and Showgirls of Beast Island. She is a co-producer of the Alison-Bechdel-approved Bechdel Test Burlesque, which in 2017 was included in the Women and Gender Studies curriculum at the University of Oregon. She lives in Seattle with her wife where she gardens, knits, reads, and drinks warm beverages. Unsurprisingly, she also has cats.

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