𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴! This book contains mature themes such as; graphic depictions of dead bodies, blood, psychological terror, underlying sexual themes, and violence. ˗ˋ ♡ ˊ˗ London, December 1888. The city is drowning in fear. A new killer walks the streets, mimicking the infamous Jack the Ripper- only this time, it's worse. Clarissa, a highborn lady, never expected to be pulled into a murder investigation. But when her maid becomes a victim of the new killer, she has no choice. The only man who can help her? A relentless detective with a haunted past and a dangerous obsession with catching the killer. As the body count rises, Clarissa and the detective are drawn together by a case that threatens to consume them both. Secrets unravel, blood is spilt, and in the shadows of Whitechapel, history threatens to repeat itself. ˗ˋ ♡ ˊ˗ 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝘁𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻, 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿-𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝗻𝗻 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝘀, 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗺𝗮𝗻, 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲, 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝗱𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗞𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘆. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧

𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴! Strong language & themes, mentions of past rape, sexual assault, self harm, eating disorders, depression, child abandonment, SEVERE child abuse and generally sad and deep quotes by Alex. **𝘕𝘰𝘯𝘦** 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘈 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭. ｡ﾟ•┈୨♡୧┈• ｡ﾟ ❝Hell hath no fury like my father if he decides I've made a mistake.❞ -Alex Gibson ｡ﾟ•┈୨♡୧┈• ｡ﾟ Alex Gibson was never meant to make it out alive. A star on the ice but a ghost in his own life, he's spent years burying his pain beneath the bruises he earns in the rink and the ones no one else sees. When she steps into his world, she sees right through the armor-through the anger, the chaos, the darkness. But love doesn't fix broken things. And Alex? He was born to break. ｡ﾟ•┈୨♡୧┈• ｡ﾟ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲. 𝗗𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁, 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗺𝗲.