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Violet, an art teacher at a school commits a crime that sends her running for her life. When she acts to save another from an unspeakable horror her future is marked and the gallows are following her. She is used to being afraid and alone, she is an orphan, left to survive on the streets until the school gave her a chance and a career. She runs till she drops on a grave marker and ends up in a boarded up abby with a master with many dark secrets of his own. Her goal is to find a place to hide while saving money for a chance to clear her name. She accepted a job as his dark child's governess.
Alistar, the dark lord of the abby has been living with secrets so long he can't remember the truth anymore. His wife dead his daughter something no man nor woman will tend to. He is the only one capable, and even he comes away with bloodied bits on his body. His offer to this scruffy woman to be his child's governess was an act of desperation. He paid her a huge amount of coin to do it and he had no expectations of her staying. He has bigger goals to worry over, he must find a cure, he has to, it is his only path in life, no matter the cost. He is hard, distant and formal.
Violet instantly bonds with his child, she see's herself and her struggle in this broken girl. She struggles to break through her armor and teach her about the world. There a bond might slowly build if only..
The story takes us to the horrible path of the villagers and their belief in dark tales and monsters. They have torches, pitch forks and wagging tongues, and slow witted minds.

What I liked-I enjoyed the gothic feel and the way trust was slowly built between the child and Violet. The abbey was beautifully described and had me yearning to see it myself. Alistar, was a great father character, strong and devoted. I ended up liking him in the end after wanting to smack him many times. The hunt for the cure was an interesting look at medicine in those times and off the mark it was.
What didn't pass- Violet, she took every chance to throw herself at the man with uncontrollable hunger. She had worked so hard to become more than what she had been treated as while on the streets only to lust without control. She did this in a time where it is unacceptable and he kept turning her away. Then he would waggle his tongue and fondle her only to drop her like a hot potato at the last moment. The moments where weird, uncomfortable and not moments I would call "loving times." There was just too much of this it was over the top tease and unbelievable. There was a lot undone. The stained glass was talked about so much and it just faded into the story. I really wanted to know what happened to it. I also missed finding out what happened to the girl she saved and the school ? I wanted those holes filled.