"Dawn's abusive father wants to mold her into a well connected socialite, who marries into the 'right' family. Except Dawn doesn't like men, and dreams of a life much different than one filled with riches, or stature. As a last ditch effort to force her to see things his way, her father ships her off to a private Catholic boarding school. There, she finds a friend and ally in Mallory Moore, her A-Levels Latin teacher.
Nearing thirty, Mallory Moore has had more than her fair share of experience in dealing with life's cruel strokes of fate. Her unwavering care melts Dawn's heart, but it's Mallory's mysterious past that gives her insight to help the bright, but troubled young woman.
Once no longer teacher and student, their unconventional friendship explodes into passionate love. When Dawn's father finds out, it's full out family warfare as secrets about Mallory's tragic life come to light. Can the pair navigate the complex and dangerous web of deceit, betrayal, and honor to mend the pieces of Mallory's shattered life, or will the secrets become the wedge that pries the two lovers apart?"
The long awaited first novel in author Coco Mingolelli's series, The Three Sins of Mallory Moore, Peccatum in Carne: Sins of the Flesh has captured the hearts and minds of both editors and readers alike.
An honest and eye opening look into the world of lesbian relationships,it also touches upon the important issues of consent, mental illness,recovery, and finding joy in the serendipity of life.
Praise for Peccatum in Carne: Sins of the Flesh
"This story does not disappoint. I laughed, I cried, I swooned. I've never read anything so beautiful. You brought these characters to life, you really did, and made me and hundreds of others fall in love with them in an entirely different way."
Peccatum in Carne: Sins of the Flesh's current rankings are:
#10 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Lesbian Fiction
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During beta reading, there were over two hundred positive reviews from editors, over the span of twenty eight chapters.
Mallory reached out to rest a hand on Dawn's shoulder as she peered down towards the chicken-scratch the student liked to call legible writing. Dawn gasped, and shrunk back from the hand like it had burnt her, eyes glassy with tears that refused to fall.
No, this would not do, not at all. Mallory made the decision then and there that Dawn needed kindness – small gestures of comfort that might unlatch her mind and heart.
She hesitated, leaning back against a desk to look into those deep blue eyes. "What hurt has been done to you, sweet girl? We shall erase it – it shall be but a memory forgotten," she promised. This, she knew how to do.
Dawn whimpered in response, so quiet it could have been considered ambient noise. "I'm... I'm fine, Miss Moore."
Every afternoon since, Mallory wished that she had said the things on her mind. There was something about Dawn that she couldn't quite place - a familiarity and affinity she'd not felt for another person in all her twenty nine years of life... that she could remember, Mallory thought with a wrinkle of her brow. She wanted to protect Dawn from whatever nameless monster was haunting her. Whatever, or whomever it was - she would have slayed gladly, if only the girl had asked.
But she hadn't, and Mallory didn't push.
It was of no matter now as it was the end of June, and the class was graduating in a few short weeks. Dawn had been within her reach since the beginning of January, and she'd yet to unlock the secrets that rested behind those eyes.
True, her Latin had improved. Some days, Mallory could coax a smile from the petite blonde, but it was rare. It was as if she were looking into a mirror darkly; Dawn reminded her so much of herself.
Mallory had been that angry, lonely teenager once, her heart bound in agony.
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Spanish
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Translation in progress.
Translated by Alba Michelle Quiroz Garcia
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