WATTYS 2023 SHORTLIST
Sarah Kennedy's life has fallen to pieces. Her family is broken, she's growing apart from her only friend, and it's been a while since she's stopped dreaming about anything better. She embarks on a trip to Latin America, joining a retreat she hopes will mend her dwindling friendship and escape her miserable day-to-day life.
Bad turns to worse, and her hopes are shattered when she is kidnapped by a cartel. While her life is miraculously spared, she's kept captive by a daunting and narcissistic drug lord, Pablo. As his obsession with her grows, so do his favors and promises. Sarah soon finds herself in a gilded cage, living a life more lavish than anything she's ever imagined.
But all that glitters isn't gold, and this luxury has a price. If Sarah wants to escape the violent, treacherous, and cocaine-fueled world of cartels, she'll have to fight the demons that keep her captive, as well as the monsters in her head, armed with nothing but a dry sense of humor and a fragile strength. But as she and Pablo both know- it's a long journey home when you don't have any home to go to.
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DTOD is marked as mature for strong language, drug use, violence (and also dark humor) and the occasional steam/smut. Trigger warnings are included before sensitive or explicit scenes.
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"Drugs, Treasons and Other Demons, a niche erotica for people who like men who keep their socks on."
"A book that will make you cry whenever you hear a Pitbull song."
"By the time I finished reading this whole book, I could have read the entire Hunger Games saga. But I would have had a lot less fun."
"I went to read a few chapters of this book one night, and all of a sudden a whole weekend went by on me."
𝐀 𝐂𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐋 ♡ 18
(SECOND BOOK IN THE SERIES) 💜
THIS STORY IS NOT FOR THE WEAK HEARTED. IT'S DARK AND INTENSE. I TRUST YOU KNOW YOUR TRIGGERS. PLEASE FIND THE TRIGGERS AT THE BOTTOM AND READ WITH CAUTION. :)
HUNTER
She's that intoxicating drug you get addicted to and I'm the junkie always craving his next fix, doing whatever it takes to get it. And now that I've got a taste, I don't ever plan on letting her go.
EVELYN
I knew it was a terrible idea from the beginning.. and yet I still fell in love with him. He captured my heart in a way no one else was able to and now it feels like we're forever intertwined with each other, even when he's keeping the biggest secret from me.
TRIGGER WARNINGS:
- mature and crude themes
- course language
- heavy violence
- mention of drugs / addiction
- sexual abuse
*ON GOING STORY*