The Saint and the Sorceress - A Dark Academia Romantasy Novella

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A seminary student, seven years into celibacy and haunted by hereditary madness, discovers his grandfather's journal full of impossible alchemy claims. In sultry New Orleans, he seeks proof they're real—not insanity.

But will he succeed when the sorceress who holds the answers is tempting as sweet poison—and she's been trained to use his hunger against him?

Featured Tropes:

The Saint and the Sorceress

Dark Academia & gothic mystery
Enemies to lovers
Forbidden interracial romance
Religious vs. secular tension
Virgin hero
Slow burn tension
Morally gray magic system
Inherited guilt & family secrets
Captivity & forced proximity
Life-or-death stakes
Hurt/comfort

A priest-in-the-making, set on uncovering his grandfather's crimes.
A sorceress sworn to bury the past, and him.

An attraction as unholy as it is unstoppable.

Here's where the magic happens:

New Orleans Victorian

Behind these wrought-iron galleries, a celibate seminary student faces his worst nightmare—and his deepest desire. Seven years of devotion crumble when he meets the sorceress who holds proof his grandfather wasn't insane. She practices her alchemy in candlelit rooms, brewing potions that could save his sanity or damn his soul. But every answer she offers comes with a price, and her beauty is just another weapon in a revenge plot decades in the making.

Abandoned Plantation Ruins

Abandoned to time and Spanish moss, these plantation ruins hold more than decay. Within crumbling walls lie the remnants of alchemical experiments, journals documenting impossible theories, and evidence of crimes that demand generational revenge. Nature reclaims what guilt built, but some secrets refuse to die with their keepers. Here, in Louisiana's forgotten places, the past trains its daughters well—and waits for the right moment to collect old debts.