Broken Duet
Lindy Waters
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars
5.00
· Steam/Spice level: 5 of 5
Explicit and plentiful [?]
· 1 ratings · 159 pages · Published: 25 Mar 2023
I do what I need to do to survive. I’m not ashamed and I won’t apologize. Selling my body is only temporary anyway — a way to pay my bills until I finally graduate and gain the independence and freedom I’ve been chasing my whole life.
It’s easy, so long as I stay detached. More than anything I need to maintain an emotional distance from my clients. The last thing I need is to form feelings. It’s just sex, pleasure for hire. There’s no room here for anything else.
That’s easier said than done though with Emerson. He’s dark and mysterious and tickles the part of my brain that makes it hard to stay away. The closer I get, the harder it is to keep him out of my thoughts and out of my heart. It doesn’t help that he does things to my body I didn’t even think were possible.
I had a handle on it though, a firm control over my emotions and a tall thick wall to keep us apart, but all that changed the day he tried to kill himself, the day I found him comatose and on the verge of death. The day I had to save his life.
Now he’s making an offer I can’t refuse. He wants me to live with him, to share his bed, to be available twenty-four-seven to fulfill his desires. He’s afraid to be alone and wants the distraction, a warm body to use so he doesn’t fall into the abyss again.
I saved him once and now he wants me to save him again. And I want to, I really do, but I fear I may destroy myself, and fail all of my goals, in the process.
Trigger Warning: Broken Duet is a steamy romance that explores the dark themes of suicide, depression, child abuse, and self-harm. It also includes sex work and scenes of rough sex, including hair-pulling and mild choking.
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