Penance (Devout Trilogy #3) - Lesli Richardson
Penance…
My life has been a series of bad mistakes I’ve let my father make for me—my degree, my career, and my sham marriage.
I walked away from the only person who ever brought love and happiness into my life.
Liam married a great guy, while I’m living a bunch of lies.
When I walked into that Senate chamber and saw Liam, it all came back. Everything.
My promise to Him.
I never broke it—I’m still His, and always have been.
Daniel warns me if I break his husband’s heart again that I’ll find out exactly how bad things can get.
What’s the worst that can happen?
I’m just desperate enough to want to find out.
Penance
Devout Trilogy
Book 3
Lesli Richardson
http://www.LesliRichardson.com
Penance
Devout Trilogy Book 3
Copyright © 2020 by Lesli Richardson
First E-book Publication: June, 2020
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Writing as Lesli Richardson:
The Bleacke Shifter Series:
1) Bleacke’s Geek
2) Geek Chic
3) A Bleacke Wind
4) Bleacke Spirit
5) A Bleacke Christmas
6) Geek-Speak
7) Bleacke Expectations
The Great Turning Series:
1) The Great Turning
2) The Great Turning: Into the Turn
3) The Great Turning: Future Ages
Governor Trilogy:
1) Governor
2) Lieutenant
3) Chief
4) Yes, Governor
5) Pet
Determination Trilogy:
(A stand-alone trilogy set in the same world as the Governor Trilogy.)
1) Dignity
2) Diligence
3) Desire
Devastation Trilogy:
(A stand-alone trilogy set in the same world as the Governor Trilogy.)
1) Dirge
2) Solace
3) Release
Inequitable Trilogy:
(A stand-alone trilogy set in the same world as the Governor Trilogy.)
1) Indiscretion
2) Innocent
3) Incisive
Devout Trilogy:
(A stand-alone trilogy set in the same world as the Governor Trilogy.)
1) Sacred
2) Profane
3) Penance
Maxim Colonies:
1) Jailmates
2) Farborn
3) Saudade
Of Boardwalks and Bison
Cross Country Chaos
Poly
Her Vampire Obsession (Midnight Doms Series)
Coming Soon:
Deviant Trilogy
How Many Times Do I Have to Say I’m Sorry?
Lesli Richardson is better known by her more prolific Tymber Dalton pen name. Please check out her website for more info on all her titles under both her pen names, including full book and series listings, trivia, character information, and more.
Author's Note
Politics are messy, nasty, sexy, brutal, funny, impossibly complex, and a lot of fun to write about. (Mostly because they’re messy, nasty, sexy, brutal, funny, and impossibly complex.)
Since the focus of this trilogy isn’t the politics so much as it is the people, I’ve taken certain liberties and simplified a few things here and there.
But the kinky shit is absolutely realistic.
The Devout Trilogy is a spin-off featuring characters first introduced in the Inequitable Trilogy, and set in the same world as the books in the Governor Trilogy, Determination Trilogy, Devastation Trilogy, and others. It is a standalone trilogy that can be read separately from those books.
It is suggested the books in the Devout Trilogy be read in order:
Sacred
Profane
Penance
Dedication
For Hubby, and for My Viking. They know why.
Chapter One
Now — October
Why are you doing this to me?
I’ve reread those words countless times over the years, the opening line of an e-mail Liam sent me the afternoon when I skipped our law school graduation ceremony and fled New York. An e-mail he sent after discovering the note I’d left for him, and he realized I wasn’t coming back.
Every time I read those words, they cut deeply into my soul and make me bleed. This kind of self-flagellation was the only consensual