To Burn and Still Be Held

By: Betty Biggs-Qaaqer

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

A storm-branded heretic. A captain bound by vow. A miracle stitched from fire and flesh.

Liora Kynthos has survived gods, ledgers, and the deep—but survival is not salvation. Not when her brand still burns. Not when the chorus inside her sings of pyres and promises. Not when the only hand steady enough to hold her is the one scarred by the same flame.

Maura Skerrett was never meant to love a saint. And yet, together, they’ve rewritten hymns, razed prisons, and buried gods in the ash of their defiance. But when the Flarewind sails into the final caldera, nothing remains untouched—not even the love they bled to keep alive.

The sky is breaking. The Basilica has bared its teeth. And the story they’ve sung across a sea of wounds may demand one final verse—lit by wildfire, sealed in kiss, and chosen freely.

To Burn and Still Be Held is a searingly intimate sapphic romantasy filled with:
• volcano vows and pyrrhic miracles
• canon-divergent saints and ink-bound captains
• tether scars, sex rites, and divine care
• sacrificial love that refuses martyrdom
• one covenant that rewrites its own flame

For readers who crave sacred smut, holy war, and heroines who'd rather burn than bow.