3.6

Credence

By Penelope Douglas

Format:Softcover

Penelope Douglas’s bold New York Times bestselling romance set at a remote cabin in the woods—now in a beautiful collector’s edition featuring gorgeous stenciled edges and special new cover art. Tiernan de Haas doesn't care about anything anymore. The only child of a film producer and his starlet wife, she's grown up with wealth and privilege but not love or guidance. And when her parents suddenly pass away, she knows she should be devastated. But she's always been alone, hasn't she? Jake Van der Berg, her father's stepbrother and her only living relative, assumes guardianship of Tiernan. Sent to live in the mountains of Colorado with Jake and his two sons, Noah and Kaleb, Tiernan quickly learns that these men now have a say in what she chooses to care and not care about anymore. As the men take Tiernan under their wing, she slowly finds her place among them. Because lines blur and rules become easy to break when no one else is watching. One of them has her. The other one wants her. But he's going to keep her.

Romance
Softcover
First published 2026-06-16

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Popular Reviews(62)

3.6(638 ratings)
Larissa 📚🌷Reviewed by Larissa 📚🌷

winter comes. they all come. end.

Melanie M.Reviewed by Melanie M.

Ein gutes Buch mit tollem Setting, ganz viel tension und drei heiße Protagonisten. Das Buch hat mich gut unterhalten aber leider haben mich die letzten 100 Seiten sehr gestört, sodass ich nicht alle Sterne geben kann.

Emilie RoyReviewed by Emilie Roy

I heard a lot about Penelope Douglas and this book and was really excited to read it. I really liked her writing and the way she described the surroundings, the sounds, the people. But to be honest, I was a little disappointed. I feel like there wasn’t really a storyline up until half of the book and for 536 pages, that means I waited for 300 pages for something to happen really. I want to give her a second chance though and want to read another one of der books. 🫧

sophieReviewed by sophie

I actually really liked this! The setting was definitely my favorite part and I loved that the storyline too. I liked Tiernan and was surprisingly invested in all the characters. (noah > kaleb > jake) The spice was maybe a little much at times, but with a book like this you kind of know what you’re getting into lol. My biggest issue was that it started to drag towards the end and I got a little tired of all the back and forth. Overall, definitely a good read and I’m glad I read it —but I was also very ready to be done by the end 😭

Caroll-AnnReviewed by Caroll-Ann

📖 Credence by Penelope Douglas ⭐️⭐️✨ 2,25 stars This story was honestly such a weird one for me. Credence follows Tiernan, a young woman who, after losing both of her parents, is sent to live in the remote Colorado mountains with her father’s half-brother Jake and his two sons, Noah and Kaleb. What starts as a forced fresh start quickly turns into a complicated and forbidden situation as Tiernan becomes increasingly entangled with all three men. I think I would have enjoyed the story a lot more if it wasn’t quite as fucked up as it was. Morally, I felt incredibly conflicted because there were parts of the story that I genuinely enjoyed, while at the same time I couldn’t ignore how wrong a lot of what happened to Tiernan was. The three men take advantage of her vulnerability, and considering how young she is and the power dynamics involved, I just couldn’t fully get behind any of these relationships. There were quite a few scenes where I genuinely cringed or felt uncomfortable. I mean, she was barely legal, and the whole situation just felt wrong to me on so many levels. Even though I understand that this book is meant to be dark, taboo, and morally questionable, I struggled to separate that from how uncomfortable the relationships made me feel. In the end, I’m just not sure this book was for me. There were definitely aspects of the story that kept me reading, but I could never really get over how wrong Tiernan’s relationships with the three men felt to me.

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