Door of Bruises

Sierra Simone

Nov 2020 · Thornchapel Book 4 · Sierra Simone

About this ebook

Twelve years ago, our fates were sealed with a kiss.

We are all, for better or worse, doomed to love each other until death do us part. My heart belongs to Proserpina and St. Sebastian—even if he no longer wants it.  Even if she has left it behind to follow him. 

Delphine’s fled back home, and Becket’s holy calling is in peril. 

And now only Rebecca and I remain at Thornchapel to face the unknown.

The door is open. The door that shouldn’t exist; the door that people have died to close. I don’t feel like the lord of the manor.  I don’t feel like a king or a wild god. I am a friend and a boyfriend and a brother—and a failure at being all of these things. But the door doesn’t care about my guilt. It only cares about the sacrifice I’ll make to close it.

As the bruising dark of Samhain approaches, so does the fate of our circle, of Thornchapel and the village and the valley beyond it. And I must don the crown, because one thing is still true, even if I must face it alone.

Here at Thornchapel, the kings must go to the door.

Here at Thornchapel, all kings must die.

Ratings and reviews

Six people, six loves. One ending!! I remember thinking, in the early spring of last year (March 2019) that a story revolving around six people was either going to be terrible or amazing. I needn't have feared. It was more than amazing. It was a superbly written, mind-blowningly starburst of wonderment and decadence. Reveraence and seduction. Lust and love. Multiple narrators and storylines are, after all, Sierra Simone’s forte, and she stepped up to the plate when she wrote this 4 part series, which finishes with Door Of Bruises. It’s been an emotional, spine-tingling, hot and sexy ride throughout the whole four books. The culmination built steadily with each installment and now at the end, it will tear you apart one final time before resurrecting you with a thankful sigh and a smile on your face. If you have the time -or heaven forbid, you haven’t started the ‘Thornchapel’ series yet (WHYEVER NOT??)- binge read the whole set now. It’ll be so much better that way.

The Door of Bruises is the amazing conclusion of the Thornchapel Series. Sierra Simone takes her readers through some old pagan/druid rituals that evolve over centuries. The story picks up after everyone left Thornchapel, but they seem to be returning on their own. The odd color roses so dark red their almost black in color and are growing all over Thornchapel, taking over everything and now encroaching through the village. The elusive door to the chapel opens, and they are all trying to close the door. The reunion and research come with lots of kinky sex. The ending was not what I was expecting but done in Sierra's spectacular unique way!

About the author

Sierra Simone is a USA Today Bestselling former librarian (who spent too much time reading romance novels at the information desk). She lives with her husband and family in Kansas City.