
Varenne Schwarz
My Unholy God
“My Unholy God” is a 17,600-word paranormal romance that blends small-town tension with forbidden love. Set against the drought-parched landscape of rural Utah, this steamy story brings together a pastor's sheltered daughter and a mysterious handyman whose spiritual past reaches back thousands of years. It’s perfect for readers who crave supernatural secrets, small-town scandal, and a passion that defies both church and time itself.
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Daveena knows exactly what her family expects—marry a good Christian boy, stay in Dusty Creek, and never repeat her mother's mistakes. What she doesn't expect is the quiet handyman who arrives to fix the parish kitchen, the one whose pale blue eyes hold nothing when their fingers brush at the potluck table. Nothing except the burn that lingers on her skin long after he walks away.
Jed keeps to himself for a reason. The clay bulla he wears beneath his shirt has always burned against his chest, carrying memories of a life—and a god—he can't explain. Then Daveena touches him, and the burning becomes something else entirely. Something that feels like worship.
Their first kiss happens in a moonlit storage shed. Their second happens at the canyon's edge, where an ancient offering stone waits beneath the drought-stricken sky. But in a town this small, secrets don't stay buried. Deacon Harlan watches from every shadow, and by the time the wildfire forces evacuation, his whispers have become a roar: Ask him what he really is.
When Daveena's father demands the truth, when the congregation turns against them, when the first storm in months finally breaks—Daveena must choose: her family, her faith, and her future in the only home she's ever known, or a man whose dreams are those of an ancient god: Baal, the sex god of the Canaanites, and the enemy of Yahweh.
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This isn't just a forbidden romance—it's a story about choosing your own salvation. When a love that has survived millennia collides with small-town gossip, family loyalties, and the ghosts of past lives, everything begins to crack. Daveena must decide whether she'll repeat her mother's escape or carve out a future that's entirely her own. With vivid atmosphere, tightly held secrets, and a touch-starved god who's forgotten how to be worshipped, My Ancient God builds toward declarations loud enough to shake the church rafters—and you won't look away until the final page.
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