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Book cover of 'Sacred to Some: A Forbidden Love' by Raoul Marlowe, a contemporary literary romance featuring a silhouette of a couple walking on a beach with a cloudy sky.

Sacred to Some: a Forbidden Love

On the foggy coast of Northern California, a lonely freelance writer rents a room while ghostwriting a book that fills him with apathy. During his stay, he encounters a woman in town for six weeks, dog-sitting for her sister, searching the fog for a lost version of herself. What begins as a chance encounter between strangers blossoms into a quiet love between two lonely people who long to be seen as they are.

A love story that cannot be, but refuses to fade.

Stories of loneliness, longing, hope, love, and connection. Fiction. Poetry. Essays.

Raoul Marlowe

About Raoul Marlowe

Raoul Marlowe writes contemporary literary fiction and poetry exploring longing, hope, loneliness, and connection.

His debut novella, Sacred to Some: a Forbidden Love, is available now on Amazon.

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Overcast beach scene with large sandy and rocky cliffs in the foreground, ocean waves, and a small figure walking on the beach, with hillside houses in the background.
Overcast beach with gentle waves, three people wading in the water, distant rocky shoreline on the right, dry seaweed on the sandy beach in the foreground.
A landscape photo taken during sunset, featuring a silhouette of a large tree in the foreground, rolling hills in the distance, and a darkening sky with a visible crescent moon, planet, and stars.
A rocky trail with scattered rocks, dirt, driftwood, and small plants, with the shadow of a person taking the photo and a mountain shadow cast over the ground.