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Credence

  • 2020 first published
  • 523 pages
  • ★ 4.3 (23 ratings)
  • 7 editions

Credence is a 2020 novel by Penelope Douglas. Characters include Tiernan de Haas and Jake Van der Berg. Readers will find themes of Taboo, Love Triangle, Ménage and Dark.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.3 out of 5 from 23 ratings, and 1,420 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 7 editions.

At about 523 pages, most readers finish it in 9–10 hours.

About Credence

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 eighteen. 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.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Tropes

Characters

  • Tiernan de Haas
  • Jake Van der Berg

Subjects

  • Contemporary Romance
  • Taboo
  • Love Triangle
  • Ménage
  • Dark
  • Possessive Hero
  • Reverse Harem
  • Tortured Hero
  • Age Gap
  • Forced Proximity
  • Forbidden Love
  • Jealous Hero
  • Multiple POV
  • Romance
  • Dark Romance
  • Spicy

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote Credence?

Credence was written by Penelope Douglas and first published in 2020.

How long is Credence?

The median edition has 523 pages, about 9–10 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Credence?

Readers who like it often enjoy Gothikana, The Brood and God of Ruin.

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