Divine Permission

Father Grant Hale has spent thirteen years perfecting the art of stillness—a priest who never sleeps, never breaks, and never lets anyone close enough to notice what he really is.

Then Phoebe Walton walks into his confessional with blood on her hands and fear in her heart, and every rule he’s built his existence around starts to crack.

She wasn’t looking for God. She was looking for somewhere to disappear. Instead, she finds something far more dangerous: a man who listens without judgment, protects without being asked, and sees her—every dark corner of her—without flinching.

But Grant’s doors aren’t the only things that open for the right confession. Some secrets are worth burning a life down for.

And some sins feel too much like grace to resist.

Includes a bonus steamy chapter.

Content Warning:
This story includes domestic abuse, child sexual abuse, stalking, graphic violence, death, blood and gore, supernatural violence, alcohol abuse, smoking, panic attacks, trauma, grief, and emotional distress. It also contains explicit consensual sexual content between adults, religious imagery, and mature themes. Please read with care.