The Tithing (The Sacrifice #1) by A Zavarelli / Natasha Knight-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September

An ancient curse. Two families bound. A forbidden love.

When the Wildbloods presented their daughters to me on the night of the Tithing, they knew what was to come for the chosen girl.

The crescent moon that marked Willow made her mine. I had no choice but to take her.

Destiny determined our fates long before we were born, laying our roles out for us.

A Sacrifice would be made. A Tithe paid. Only then would our families be free, at least until the next payment came due.

I would have done my duty as Penitent. I tried.

But no one counted on the lion falling in love with the lamb.

And loving Willow could cost me everything.

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REVIEW:THE TITHING is the first instalment in the contemporary, adult THE SACRIFICE dark, thriller duet co-authored by A. Zavarelli and Natasha Knight focusing on Willow Wildblood, and Azrael Delacroix. THE SACRIFICE DUET is set in the author’s THE SOCIETY world aka Imperium Valens Invictum IVI.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there WILL BE triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Azrael and Willow) THE TITHING follows an ancient curse presumably directed at the Delacroix descendants, and hundreds of years of vengeance is about to claim Willow Wildblood on her twenty-second birthday. Knowing her life may be forfeit at any moment, Willow is subject to the taunts of Delacroix matriarch, and a town of ‘Disciples’ taking down anyone they believe to be possessed by magic but all is not well in the Delacroix house, and unable to help those who need it the most, Willow is forced to make a decision that will affect her life going forward. What ensues is the acrimonious and forced relationship between Azrael and Willow, and the fall-out as Willow suspects her time may be coming to an end.

The world building introduces the history of the Wildblood and Delacroix families. Hundreds of years of history, abuse, murder and repercussions that comes to fruition with the birth of a new Wildblood, marked at an early age. As Azrael struggles between head and heart, someone else is going to ensure Willow and the Wildblood family pay for the sins of the past.

The relationship between Azrael and Willow is a forced marriage; an abusive, questionable marriage meant to destroy our heroine, ensuring a rite of passage to avenge the family believed to be cursed. Azrael is determined to break his new wife, while someone else is determined to shed blood in the name of revenge. The $ex scenes are aggressive and intense, and not without some scenes of questionable consent.

The secondary and supporting characters includes Azrael’s long suffering and ill sister Rebecca, their brother Emmanuel, and evil grandmother Salome, as well as Willow’s sisters Raven, Winter, Aurora and Cordelia, and their struggling, weak-willed parents.

THE TITHING is a dramatic and tense story of murder and vengeance, power and control, secrets and lies, madness and legend. The premise is dark, twisted and heart breaking; the characters are desperate, delirious, and mad. THE TITHING ends on a cliff hanger-you have been warned.

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Reviewed by Sandy

About A. Zavarelli:

Zavarelli is a USA Today and Amazon bestselling author of dark and contemporary romance.

When she’s not putting her characters through hell, she can usually be found watching bizarre and twisted documentaries in the name of research.

She currently lives in the Northwest with her lumberjack and an entire brood of fur babies.

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About Natasha Knight:

USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance, Natasha Knight specializes in dark, tortured heroes. Happily-Ever-Afters are guaranteed, but she likes to put her characters through hell to get them there. She’s evil like that.

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