Ravaged (Unravel Me: A Novel)

Hannah is used to giving all of herself and expecting nothing in return. Her career as nurse is thankless and unforgiving, her family is cold and distant, and her ex boyfriend Sloan is a violent and manipulative sociopath. After her breakup she's desperate to move on with her life, willing to do whatever it takes to distance herself from her abusive relationship.

The only way Hannah knows to cope is to absorb herself in work, she'll be less likely to give in to Sloan's constant advances if she has no time to herself. Things start to look up when she answers a craigslist ad for a private duty assignment to work for a very wealthy and powerful employer, Lukas Roth, to care for his dying mother.

During her interview Lukas realizes that he made a mistake, he never meant to interview a nurse as young as Hannah, she would have no way to relate to his elderly mother. But as the interview moves along he begins to see something special in Hannah, she's a genuinely beautiful person and she carries herself with a level of reverence and respect that's rare to find. He can't deny his physical attraction to her and perhaps that worries him the most, it's been a long time since he let someone in, after the loss of his family he vowed to never love another soul, to never be that vulnerable again.
Love is weakness.

When she takes the job, Hannah and Lukas jump headfirst into a working relationship that quickly becomes less and less...professional. They each carry deep visceral wounds, damaged from the pain of past relationships and horrific tragedies. Lukas has a dark past and an even darker present, will Hannah be able to accept him for all of his flaws, let passion and desire and love overcome, or will his secret life be too sinister to unravel?