
Bones
K.L. Speer
Bones #1
A healer scarred by twelve years of captivity is captured again — and falls for the warm heart of her captors' crew.
Description
Bones was born with the miraculous power to heal, but all her gift has brought is death.As a child, her older brother trained her to survive, and so survive she did. The blood on her hands will never wash off, she is broken and scarred in more ways than one, but she survived.After finally escaping the ruthless raiders who imprisoned her for twelve long years, Bones is haunted by her past and desperate for atonement. Freedom is short-lived, however, as the rumors of her abilities catch up to her. Dragged to the northwest mountain stronghold known as the Vault, Bones finds herself involuntarily drawn to the tight-knit crew who captured her, and the feelings she begins to develop for Trey, the heart of the crew, scare her more than all the horrors of her past.Bones struggles to maintain her distance, navigate her trauma, and deal with the new horrifying ways her healing powers are used to root out a budding revolution. As her defenses slowly break down, everything she believes about herself and the world is challenged, forcing her to confront the question: what are you surviving for?**This is a post-apocalyptic romantasy that deals with dark themes. Check content warnings at author's website klspeer dot com slash content-warnings**
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