Aubrey’s world is shattered by her father’s fists and her mother’s silence—until desperation leads her to a notorious tattooed stranger. With only ten dollars and nowhere left to run, she gambles everything on the hope that someone as dangerous as Derek Hanson might save her. But in a world where violence is currency, protection comes at a price—and love is the deadliest risk of all.
Aubrey was lured to a frozen farmhouse by the town’s golden boy, only to be thrown into a nightmare of captivity and horror. Forced to seduce and steal for Derek—the charming monster who kept dozens of bodies beneath his floorboards—Aubrey’s only hope is to claw her way out before she becomes the next corpse. But as she confesses the truth to a rookie cop, her final secret could bring down Maple Heights forever.