by K. Webster
First published 2017
After loss shatters his family, a father pulls his children away from the world entirely. No neighbors, no screens, no outside voices. Just raw land and the people he has left. He believes the wilderness will do what civilization could not: let them heal. But the backcountry has no patience for grief. It is cold, indifferent, and punishing. Survival demands everything, and the rules that once governed their lives back home begin to loosen under that pressure. What grows between them in that isolation is not what he planned. It is confusing and wrong by any standard he once held. It is also the only thing keeping them alive inside. K. Webster builds the story around a love that the characters themselves cannot fully justify or escape. It does not redeem itself through easy answers. It simply exists, fierce and unasked for, in a place where softness has no survival value. This book is written for readers who can sit with extreme discomfort and still want to know what happens next.
Genres: drama, contemporary, adult, adult-fiction, psychological-thriller, family-drama
Vibes: dark, gritty, intense, intimate, thought-provoking, unsettling
Tropes: forbidden-connection, found-family, grief-driven-choices, isolation
Setting: backcountry, wilderness
250 pages · Paperback · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Content warnings: abuse, incest