Surrender Or Drown-The Siren and The Dark Horse Trilogy: Book One.
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Bella moved to West Virginia to escape a monster.
Brandon went to escape himself.
She is fire wrapped in thorns. She's sharp, untouchable, and running from a past that refuses to die.
He is leather and silence. He's scarred, and grounded, a boy who learned long ago to feel nothing at all.
When their worlds collide, numbness is no longer an option. And control isn't in either of their hands.
She makes him feel.
He makes her breathe.
The more they fight it, the more it consumes them. But what's worse is they're left to accept that some things are terrifyingly inevitable. When a Dark Horse meets a siren, surrender might be the only way to survive being drowned.
Because love isn't their biggest risk... obsession is.
This story is about two broken souls, bound by trauma and nightmares and how they find common ground in one thing... each other.
Despite their denial-Bella and Brandon must choose: let the other in... or die trying to escape.
This is a haunting, slow-burn dark romance with a psychological thriller edge.
Steamy. Sweet. Thrilling.
Action-packed with plot twists and a love that doesn't just pull you in but keeps you locked in. Intimate and emotional and definitely written for a mature audience.
Book one of S.O.D is packed with just enough dark humor to keep you scrolling until 3 a.m.
My fresh take on cliche dark romance.
(18+ guys! Read at your own risk)
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