First published 2017
Rose has lived with agony as her constant companion since childhood. Terror and uncertainty filled her days until she made a desperate bargain. She traded homelessness in New Orleans for luxury, scavenging for food for fine dining, independence for a contract with Bastien Pascal. Their arrangement is platonic and mutually beneficial. Bash becomes her friend, mentor, and roommate. Rose settles into this new existence until everything shifts. She finds herself responding to his touch, craving his comfort after nightmares, wondering what might happen in the darkness between them. Love was never part of their deal, yet Rose falls for him anyway. Just as happiness seems within reach, agony returns to threaten everything she has built. Bastien is planning his own death, and Rose must decide how far she will go to give him reasons to live.
Genres: romance, thriller, dark-romance, contemporary-romance
Vibes: dark, emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity, second-chance-romance
Setting: New Orleans
282 pages · Paperback · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Content warnings: anxiety, depression, mental-illness