Credence

How it reads

Credence is romance (dark contemporary romance, specifically), and its dominant mood is romantic. The relationship is the engine of the story. The pace is moderate — neither a page-turner nor a slow burn — so it holds up whether you read it in long sittings or short ones.

It's set in a rural setting, in the present day, told in the third person, staying close to one character. Its central concerns are love, family and identity. In weight it's light and escapist — easy to fall into.

It stands alone, so there's nothing else you need to read first or after. The ending resolves happily. At 470 pages it's an ordinary novel's length. It's a mega-bestseller — the book everyone seems to have read.