penance novel

Pepper's Penance

Ashley Zimmer is the third-generation owner of A to Z Music, a brick and mortar store severely impacted by the dot-com boom. Refusing to call it quits, she see salvation in Pepper Alverez, the lonely woman who plays beautiful, haunting music every weekend without fail at a public piano in a neighborhood park. Everything would be alright if she could only get the crowds that gather at the park, into her store.<br><br>But the agreement to play in Ashley’s store during the winter months does not come without baggage. Pepper’s sad, minor key blues riffs and improvisations come from a long list of what she sees as her past sins. Playing the piano is the only way she knows to express those feelings and begin her atonement. It is her penance.<br><br>As Ashley begins to understand Pepper, she’s faced with a choice. Does she view their friendship as a temporary business agreement, giving Pepper a place to play while getting the store back on its feet, or is it something more. And when Pepper makes things less than easy, how far is Ashley willing to go? Will she take the risk, turning a tenuous friendship into something more?

Davina Lee · Urban

Gates of Penance

Penance is a prison of eternal damnation for those who go against the will of the gods. Growing up in the slums of District Nine, Nacht was like every other individual his age, struggling to survive with what little he had and blaming the capital for it. But unlike everyone else, he had been lucky. He still had a mother who cared for him deeply and did everything she could to help him succeed. However, that all changed when his mother was offered up as a sacrifice to the capital to help bolster the number of Enlightened in their arsenal. The Enlightened were elite warriors who wielded supernatural powers and served their respected clan at the cost of sacrificing an individual for the opportunity to enter Penance and be bestowed or awakening a rune, the source of their profound power. Having been exposed to the worst of humanity due to the horrific execution of his mother, Nacht developed a relentless ambition to change the world—even if it was in his own unconventional way. After performing a disgraceful ritual, Nacht is sent into Penance, where he becomes one of the Enlightened and is bestowed a mysterious power along with an insidious punishment.

TremblingSloth · Fantasy

PENANCE

The year is 2052 and the world has changed. Heroes have risen from the ashes of an Earth ravaged by war and now, humanity is thriving due to the presence of dungeons and magical abilities. The Guild controls every aspect of superhuman lives. The strong are revered and the weak are shunned. Among the many hopefuls is a woman doomed to die despite being a once-in a-millennium genius! "Why were you ever born into this world? Why can't you just die in a ditch somewhere?" "You should know your place. Live while keeping your head down and I might just let you survive." Read PENANCE: The Prologue here -> https://bit.ly/PENANCEPrologue

Mineva · Fantasy

The Prince's Penance

Dark times call for dark choices. My Choices. They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions, mine wasn't. However, Alex never made it to hell. Follow the story of a broken man as he pays the price for his sins in a new world. I do not own this cover.

HugzNeeded · Fantasy

Tower Of Penance: The Seventh Chord of Sin

Justice was finally served. Or so everyone believes. A decade after the coup, the Tower rules as a god. And humanity remains oblivious to their true place in the new world order. To maintain this fragile balance, each year, a handful of the "lucky" are chosen from the Pits to ascend the Tower. They were told it was a chance for penance, for ascension, to become Judges. But the Tower is not the paradise they painted it to be. Everything they taught Karim and his brothers in the Pits was a lie. Humans are not guilty. They are pawns in a larger game. The Tower is nothing but a gilded cage, and the prisoners are lambs led to slaughter, playthings for the Executioners to amuse themselves with in their cruel games. This year, Karim was among the chosen, to everyone’s shock. For a forgotten soldier buried alive in Pit Zero on a charge of treason he never committed, this was a golden ticket to revenge... or so he was told. To make matters worse, Karim has drawn the attention of the most dangerous players in this game, the Four Floor-Lords: The Bone Warden, the Scribe of Eyes, the Shackled Witness, and the Lord of Squad Zero. Each one more dangerous, more twisted, and more powerful than the last. Yet even among them, the Lords are divided, each with his own deadly ambition. Still, all of them have their eyes on him. They expect Karim to play their game, to line up like the others who bow at their feet, to break under their games. But Karim is not like the others. He refuses to bow. He will defy them all. Not because he is a hero. But because he killed the Reaper on the Second Floor — the entity the Tower forged from a former prisoner after they ripped out his mercy. The price: 18% of Karim’s mind. The reward: Fear is dead. And he climbs because his daughter is a hostage on the Fourth Floor, and the Minister who betrayed him waits there. Some sins are not forgiven. They are judged. And he is the next Judge.

LUNARIS_CADE · Fantasy

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Plain_Grass021

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Hate the part that Hachiman gets a Penance... You could've just not, or have him and Aqua Glich into Danmachi without cosmic entity part, as Hachiman would've stayed with Aqua regardless due to his morals... But no, you chose to give them Penance... Your a horrible person... Like the creator of AoT... gave a "great" anime, at the price of the characters fates and endings....

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Mineva

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Hi guys. I'm the author of Penance and here are just a few things I'd like to get out of the way: 1. There is a tragedy tag but there is no NTR! 2. There is violence but it will not be excessive. 3. The character in the cover is Demon Queen or Empress Alagarasi. She is the antagonist of the first volume of Penance. 4. The title means more than what some people may imagine. 5. Will it be a harem? There will be multiple romances but it won't be too excessive. 6. The overall feel of the story is going to be "helplessness" but at the end of the tunnel is hope so please do stick around for the end.

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HeathRenae

2021-01-25

I loved this story from beginning to end. the characters were all flawed and showed great growth throughout the story. In their own ways they each had their own penance to pay and it was painful to read at times but so heartfelt and honest.

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PhnxGold

2020-10-29

I guess James is paying the penance for being too nice and true true trusting and that's why he didn't just refuse Kathrine before things got out of hand. And now it got even worse for him, he is no longer human

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