
Credence
From New York Times best-selling author, Penelope Douglas, comes a new stand-alone!
Three of them, one of her, and a remote cabin in the woods. Let the hot winter nights ensue....
Tiernan de Haas doesn’t care about anything anymore. The only child of a film producer and his starlet wife, she’s grown up with wealth and privilege but not love or guidance. Shipped off to boarding schools from an early age, it was still impossible to escape the loneliness and carve out a life of her own. The shadow of her parents’ fame followed her everywhere.
And when they suddenly pass away, she knows she should be devastated. But has anything really changed? She’s always been alone, hasn’t she?
Jake Van der Berg, her father’s stepbrother and her only living relative, assumes guardianship of Tiernan who is still two months shy of 18. Sent to live with him and his two sons, Noah and Kaleb, in the mountains of Colorado, Tiernan soon learns that these men now have a say in what she chooses to care and not care about anymore.
As the three of them take her under their wing, teach her to work and survive in the remote woods far away from the rest of the world, she slowly finds her place among them.
And as a part of them.
She also realizes that lines blur and rules become easy to break when no one else is watching.
One of them has her.
The other one wants her.
But he....
He’s going to keep her.
*Credence is a full length, stand-alone romance suitable for listeners 18+.
- Pages
- 470
- First published
- November 4, 2020
- Language
- English
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Shelved by 11 Litcadians
Reviews
Finished April 1, 2025
I didn't find this book taboo, aside from the fact that the FMC slept with a father and both his sons. Being step-uncle/cousins wasn't an issue for me since they are not blood-related, nor had she ever met them before living with them right before she turned 18. Not liking any of the characters in the story was the issue for me. I felt no connection with any of them. I also don't see why Tiernan decides who she is in love with, there doesn't seem to be much reasoning behind it. This wasn't a bad book but it wasn't my cup of tea. I also did not find any of the sex scenes steamy whatsoever.
Finished June 22, 2025
I’d heard what others had to say about this, yet I felt so unprepared for what actually happened, WTAF was that 😳
Finished September 20, 2022
Started April 7, 2024 · Finished April 9, 2024
Finished June 22, 2021
Finished January 9, 2022
This book was so good! I felt so many emotions while reading this and I just could not put it down. I loved the ending with Kaleb’s words, it’s was so sweet and made me so happy!

