Torturedhero Stories

"Dead Roses" follows Iris Blackwood, a 23-year-old florist haunted by a tragic past she can't remember. When she begins receiving bouquets of dead roses at her flower shop with cryptic notes, she's thrust into a dangerous game of cat and mouse. As she unravels the mystery behind the sender, she discovers that her forgotten memories hold the key to a dark secret-one that connects her to a series of disappearances in her small coastal town of Thornhaven. Between two men who claim to want to protect her and a past that refuses to stay buried, Iris must decide who to trust before she becomes the next victim. But in a town built on lies, the truth might be deadlier than the secrets themselves.

Rank #1 in Talent Awards 2017 (Romance) "I see a man surrounded by a thick wall of a facade. He habitually wore a mask every day - showing himself to everyone the way he wants to be illustrated. Strong. Cold. Brutal. Ruthless. These were his favorite masks. But I did not let those fake faces deceive me. But there were fissures on those walls, and also holes in his mask. A closer and a keener inspection on those cracks and a peak through those holes reveal a man who's crumbling in beneath. I got too curious. Intrigued, I dug too deep to know the man who wore a thousand masks. I found his true face that bore so many scars - and I wasn't disgusted by it and embraced every one. And that was my biggest mistake: that I showed him that I cared too much. And because of that, he had his eyes set on me. He placed a cage around me - determined to not let me go. He wanted me. He needed me. But there was one scar - it was the most dreadful of all of them. The one he safeguarded, concealed and disremembered - even from me. It was the scar that held the key to the destruction of every string of attachment between us. But the revelation was inevitable. Everything that was hidden in the dark always ended up being exposed to the light." - Emily Gardner

A secret love. A protector. A girl who loves too hard. Maya Jolie has always been a little too much for the world-too flirty, too sensitive, too wild for her own good. With red bows in her hair and heartbreak in her eyes, she hides loneliness behind mascara and cherry gloss. But James Kane sees through it all. He's her best friend's older brother. He doesn't believe he deserves love-especially not the messy, beautiful kind Maya offers with wide eyes and shaking hands. But Maya has only ever wanted him. He's her dark angel. She's his only light.

"𝕴𝖙'𝖘 𝖑𝖔𝖛𝖊, 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖑𝖔𝖛𝖊 𝖎𝖘 𝖆𝖓𝖌𝖚𝖎𝖘𝖍." - Henry Miller; from "A Literate Passion: Letters of Anais Nin & Henry Miller 1932-1953" ... An empty man. A man destroyed.

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.

"When secrets and lies have shaped your family's history, can art be the key to healing and redemption? Amara, a talented young artist, uncovers a dark rivalry between her family and the mysterious Nico's. As they work together on a project, Amara finds herself drawn to Nico's intensity and creativity. But with a centuries-old feud simmering in the shadows, can Amara and Nico's love prevail? Or will the weight of their families' past crush their chance at happiness? Dive into a world of art, passion, and forgiveness in this emotional and captivating tale of love and redemption..

She was sent to ruin him. Now, he wants his revenge. Miss Hestia Normanton hasn't much further to fall. The man with whom she eloped refuses to marry her until she brings down his enemy, Conall Methuen, Earl of Corsbury. Methuen, tortured by the untimely death of his fiancee, hides away from the world, injured and disfigured. Hestia's arrival brightens his bitter existence, but interferes with his fundamental need to revenge himself on the man who stole the woman he loved. Hestia's lover Frederick, a man with a murky past, links both the living and the dead. Can Hestia stop Frederick and Conall destroying one another? And how can she avoid ruin all over again? These chapters are a taster for a new book coming out on Friday April 17th. I am so excited to share this with readers!

This isn't a tale of perfect people, or perfect endings. It's a short story of two souls;damaged, destined, and desperate to find light in each other. One was trained to destroy. The other one was born to survive. But somewhere between guns, lies, and stolen moments... they found something painfully real. Love. Not the kind that always wins, but the kind that never forgets. For all the broken hearts out there, from an author who got her own heart broken. :)

The one man she can't trust is the only one who can keep her safe. Tortured Special Agent Finn Cort returns to his coastal hometown of St. Michaels, Maryland-to find his high school sweetheart occupying his farmhouse. But any hope of reconciling is wiped out by a serial killer, bringing Finn's shallowly buried skeletons to the surface. Delila Spencer copes with her horrific, abusive past by sheltering battered women. But an obsessed killer is plotting to spill her haunting secrets-using abused women as his targets. Their future depends on trust-but will exposing their secrets cost them love?

In a world where power defines who you are, Serenity's gift of rebirth is both a blessing and a curse. A Phoenix with the ability to control raw energy, she is the light in a world veiled by darkness. But even light can be consumed by flames. Khaos, once a hero, is now a villain haunted by betrayal, lost in his desire for vengeance. His past is a shadow that fuels his destruction, and his heart has been reduced to ash. But when he is held captive by Serenity, a woman with the power to heal and destroy, sparks fly-and not just from the flames that burn within her. As Serenity is forced to watch over Khaos, their worlds collide in ways neither of them expected. Amidst the chaos, secrets unravel, and emotions stir. The man who once fought for the greater good is now a broken soul. But in Serenity's eyes, he finds something he hasn't felt in years-hope. And in the light of her warmth, he begins to see the possibility of redemption. But their love is a dangerous fire, one that could consume them both. As they fall into the flames, the battle between light and darkness rages on. Can Serenity save Khaos, or will the flames of their love burn them beyond repair?

He was supposed to save them. But heroes are not born, they are broken. Heroes are meant to save. Yet not all heroes are the same. Some are puppets. Some are betrayed. And some... are merely acting. Caelan's story begins with betrayal and ends with awakening. a curse reborn through lifetimes, a world ruled by silence and lies. A boy haunted by a face he's never seen, but remembers all too well. In a kingdom where stars burn out before dawn, even light learns to love the dark. The sun still rises, yet its light only whispers lies into the eyes of the hopeful. For even ruin remembers its name, until the world reduces to ashes.