First published 2021
Magdalena ended her own life to shield Lucian from his enemies. It was not the hardest choice she ever made, and that fact alone says something about what she has become inside this relationship. Now she is still standing, still his, and still learning the shape of the secrets he never shared. Lucian and Katarina ran a game together, and Magdalena thought she had won it. She was wrong. Lucian never stopped moving pieces. She has found something close to peace inside his violence, and she has accepted a future built around him, but that acceptance gets tested hard when his latest betrayal surfaces and outside threats crash into their world. Lena carries damage she was never supposed to carry. Magdalena set certain things in motion to give Lena back what mattered most to her, but the cost was steep and Lena does not know it yet. When she finds out, forgiveness may not be possible. Through all of it, one truth holds: Lucian will burn down anything that stands between him and Magdalena, and she is not free of him.
Genres: romance, adult, adult-fiction, thriller, psychological-thriller, dark-romance
Vibes: dark, emotionally-complex, gritty, intense, obsessive, suspenseful
Tropes: betrayal-and-redemption, obsessive-love, protective-possessive-hero, toxic-romance
489 pages · Paperback · Amelia Hutchins
Content warnings: abuse, emotional-abuse, toxic-relationship, violence