by K. Webster
First published 2023
They came and stripped everything away. The home. The family. The life. Now a group of siblings finds itself dragged along on a brutal journey by people with a cruel agenda, treated as prey rather than people. With every mile, the chance of rescue fades. No one is coming. The only exit is the one they build themselves. The narrator watches the hours bleed away and makes a cold calculation: escape has to be planned, timed, and executed without a single mistake. But survival is not the only pressure bearing down. Trapped close together under constant threat, the siblings discover feelings for one another that go beyond loyalty. The narrator names those feelings honestly. They are desire. They are hunger. They do not feel wrong, even though the world would say otherwise. When the escape finally comes, freedom brings a new problem. These cravings cannot stay hidden forever. Parents could find out. The consequences could be banishment or something worse. The siblings press forward anyway, bound by a love that refuses to follow rules. They are, as the title says, unruly.
Genres: drama, survival, adult-fiction, psychological-thriller, dark-romance, family-drama
Vibes: claustrophobic, dark, emotionally-charged, gritty, intense, psychological
Tropes: forbidden-romance, forced-proximity, found-family, trauma-bonding
420 pages · Paperback · Author K Webster LLC
Content warnings: abuse, incest, kidnapping