Curator of Sins

Sanctuary Duet Book 1

“Some men build prisons. He calls his a sanctuary.”

Aurora “Rory” Hale paints nightmares with brutal honesty—survivors, scars, the truths people pay to look away from. Halewick is finally paying attention: a career-making show, a foundation grant, the kind of success that almost feels like safety.

Until the grant comes with a shadow.

Cassian Ward is the city’s most revered philanthropist—polished, silent, unreachable. Behind his reputation sits the Sanctuary: a hidden facility where trauma victims are “rebuilt” using methods no one would approve of in daylight.

Rory’s newest collection is a map straight to his secret.

So Cassian destroys her options. He pulls strings, shuts doors, and forces her into his orbit under the guise of protection—until the line between captivity and craving blurs into something addictive and dangerous.

Because Cassian doesn’t just want to save her.

He wants to own the story she’s trying to tell.

And when a powerful enemy comes hunting, Rory must decide: expose him and risk everyone inside… or surrender to the man who will burn her world down to keep her alive.

Book 1 in the Sanctuary duet. Ends on a cliffhanger.

TRIGGER WARNING: Intended for 18+. Contains obsessive surveillance/stalking, coercive control, explicit BDSM/kink (bondage, breath-play, edge/knife play), trauma themes, threats/violence, and abduction/kidnapping.