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    Summary

    Fay lives up the hill. Lately, the old building being refurbished below her has been making an awful lot of noise. She isn’t the only resident who’s curious. She’s just the one who gets caught snooping.

    She thinks it’s theatre. He lets her. He thinks she’s nosy. She dares tell him no.

    Mistaken identity leads to a job offer. Somewhere between teasing, lingering looks and an attraction neither should indulge, curiosity becomes something darker.

    Obsession.

    The mysterious man behind the mask isn’t an actor. He is Papa V Perpetua—the Fifth, the face of the Ministry, and a man with a very important project to complete. Failure isn’t an option. Neither is falling for a civilian.

    The Clergy has rules about such things. Papa V has never been particularly fond of rules. And Fay has a way of making him forget every single one.

    Her kindness gets under his skin. Her warmth becomes addictive. Before long, his interest in the woman who lives up the hill becomes something far more possessive.

    He knows he shouldn’t want her. He knows he cannot have her.

    But knowing something has never stopped the Fifth before.

    Language:
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    Chapters:
    3/?
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