Cover of I Will Break you

I Will Break you

Gigi Styx

Pen Pals Duet #1

dark romance(16k)

Her executed pen pal is supposedly dead — so why is he killing every man who looks at her?

Content Warnings
dubious consentstalkingcaptivityviolence/goresexual assault (past or present)traffickingkidnapping

Description

My prison pen pal got the electric chair. So how can he sext me from the grave? Prey I see dead people, and not just the men I murdered. I'm in danger of being committed because I can’t tell what’s real from my hallucinations. Everyone thinks I’m crazy when the serial killer I jilted starts haunting my house. He assassinates any man who shows me interest, leaving their body parts under my pillow. During the day, his gaslighting destroys my peace of mind. But at night, he invades my nightmares and makes me crave the depravity. Predator She ghosted me at the altar. Now, I’m aching for revenge. I want to break her, piece by delicious piece. Revel in her terror. Bathe in her screams. Make her moan my name. Someone from her past wants her captured or dead, so it’s up to me to protect her from the shadows. She belongs to me and no one else—body, mind, and soul. If I don’t take out her enemies, I’ll lose more than just my beautiful obsession. I Will Break You is a dark psychological thriller romance with unreliable narrators, and disturbing themes. It ends on a cliffhanger. Please check the two pages of trigger warnings.

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