"𝙸'𝚖 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍, 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚢 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝚁𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚘𝚖- 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚘." "𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚎." ☾ After a failed attempt at a marriage with a narcissistic man who never actually loved her, Sloan Parker ran away. She ran from her entire life, leaving what little of it she still had behind, and kept running until she thought she found a safe place to stop, even finding a job as a popular authors personal assistant. But of course, she couldn't live her life safely forever, and when the authors grandson, Ransom Drysdale, stormed into her life, no one could've seen coming just how both of their lives would change. History will repeat itself as the young couple get thrown into a whirlwind of emotions and events. Relationships will be tested, all in a desperate last attempt at something worth living for. Something real. - Set in a Knives Out AU where Harlan Thrombey's murder never occurred. ⚠︎︎ RATED MATURE FOR SMUT, ADULT CONTENT, AND COARSE LANGUAGE ⚠︎︎ WORD COUNT (excluding authors notes): 99 920 words. - RANKS: #1 in knivesout (11/12/22) #6 in ransomdrysdale (14/1/2022)

Ransom Drysdale could count all the things he loved on one hand-his money, his pride, himself, and Juliette Reyes. So when one thing is threatened, you can damn well bet that there's nothing he wouldn't do to protect it. How far would you go for love? [during + after knives out] [ransom drysdale x oc]