What Hurts Beneath the Skin

First, she fell for her drug dealer. Then, she was groomed by his brother.
Hannah thought her greatest battle was between her love for Miguel and the cocaine he sold her. But when Miguel goes to prison, his older brother Mike becomes her only solace-a steady, fatherly presence who helps her pick up the pieces. Mike builds a fortress of trust, a "safe space" where Hannah's deepest wounds are tended to with a dangerous new kind of medicine and a possessive kind of care.
As the lines between protector and predator blur, Hannah finds herself trapped in a new, more intimate nightmare. To break free, she must confront not just her addictions, but the terrifying realization that the love she craves might be the very thing designed to destroy her. A dark, compulsive, and heartbreakingly realistic dive into trauma, manipulation, and the long road back to oneself.