I can’t believe I’m writing a blog post about the sixth book in a series I created 🥰.
*Silent scream*
It feels like only yesterday I was announcing Pride’s (book one) release date. And now here we are five books later, and only one book (after Wrath is released) away from completing this series.
Insane!
I am so happy to share details about Wrath. There’s so much to discuss and so much ground to cover. I wanted to take a different approach with Wrath because this story differs from other books in my catalog.
I’ve mentioned one character from Wrath, Lauryn, although she wasn’t mentioned by name. The mention was in a passage that appears in Envy (book four) in my Love is Cure, Vol. 1 – Vices & Virtues series.
At first, Wrath was a story I dreaded telling, but over time, after developing the characters and finding another reason (albeit heartbreaking) to write this story, Wrath has easily become one of my favorite stories to tell in the series.
The Concept
The foundation of Wrath is much like the foundation for the other stories in the series. The focus is on pairing the vices with their virtues and to heal their vices with love. Wrath is very much the opposites attract we love in the books that make up the LIC series. The characters, Lauryn James, and Asher Truesdale don’t see each other coming and the unexpectedness of their attraction makes them magnetic the moment they meet on the page. In Wrath, the vice is of course wrath, and the virtue is patience. They are the perfect pairing. In several instances, patience more than anything is what Lauryn needs, and Asher has plenty of it to give. Wrath can be a mask worn to hide hurt and fear. Those who are wrathful or have wrathful ways are angry or acting out in anger as a protection measure, whether it be physical or emotional protection they’re seeking. And this is the case with our main character, Lauryn. But when Asher offers her a safe space, a place where she could let her guard down and take off the mask, the healing begins.
The Love Connection Between Wrath and Patience
The characters in Wrath are like the characters in Lust and Gluttony. Whereas in the other books where the vices and virtues are complete opposites, in Wrath – like Lust and Gluttony – the virtue relates to the vice because the virtuous ones have lived with that vice too. Understanding personally why a person is how they are because you were once like someone misunderstood, whether for a long time or for a period before evolving, forges a connection that can be healing. It can be healing because for once, the vice can feel understood and not judged and this makes them feel more opened and trusting to being guided out of darkness knowing that someone else has done it already. This is the case with Lauryn and Asher. The care Asher takes with Lauryn is so serene to read. His character is not only patient in actions but patient in understanding her and her ways. He’s selfless in his approach and Lauryn is a challenge he doesn’t see as a burden. And she really needs that.
Although I had summaries for every story in the LIC series written long before starting work on Pride, book one, there was a news story that shocked me to my core that gave me the final push and the bravery to go through with penning this story. The situation the news story covered also inspired me to name my heroine Lauryn. More on that in my next blog post.
For now, Wrath is available for pre-order on Amazon!
Are you all caught up on the stories in the Love is Cure, Vol. 1 – Vices & Virtues series?
All the books in this series are standalone, which means you can read them in whatever order you want. So, browse each book to decide which one you’d like to start with.