All she wanted was revenge—until she got it.
When Savannah abandons her old life for a new beginning, her attempts to forget lead her right back to where she started. One day, a mysterious book appears in the mail, giving her a temporary escape from reality. But soon she realizes that this book’s story echoes the past she’s been running from. How does the author know her secrets? And who wrote it?
Soon, Savannah’s real-life exes start dying in suspicious circumstances just like in the book, and Savannah discovers that the book’s protagonist is seeking revenge and murdering her enemies.
The lines between fiction and reality begin to blur and Savannah wants it to stop, and fast. She wanted her exes to pay, but not with their lives. Can she find the homicidal author before it’s too late?
With the help of a private investigator, Savannah must face her demons to save her future before the past returns for its final chapter.
All she wanted was revenge—until she got it.
When Savannah abandons her old life for a new beginning, her attempts to forget lead her right back to where she started. One day, a mysterious book appears in the mail, giving her a temporary escape from reality. But soon she realizes that this book’s story echoes the past she’s been running from. How does the author know her secrets? And who wrote it?
Soon, Savannah’s real-life exes start dying in suspicious circumstances just like in the book, and Savannah discovers that the book’s protagonist is seeking revenge and murdering her enemies.
The lines between fiction and reality begin to blur and Savannah wants it to stop, and fast. She wanted her exes to pay, but not with their lives. Can she find the homicidal author before it’s too late?
With the help of a private investigator, Savannah must face her demons to save her future before the past returns for its final chapter.
It’s inevitable; I am going to die today.
My eyes are open, but I see nothing but darkness. The moisture from the ground seeps through my pants, and the smell of wet dirt and rotten eggs inundates my nostrils.
“Fuck,” I murmur to myself. “How the hell did I get in this mess?”
I crawl on my hands and knees, carefully feeling for anything submerged in the wet earth that I can use as a weapon. I pause and pat myself down, searching for any items my captor could have missed, but my pockets are empty.
Footsteps echo around me. I freeze.
He’s coming.
The footsteps cease, and the sudden silence is broken by the familiar sound of keys jingling beyond the door. Clumsily, the metal is forced into the opening and I hear a click. There is a short pause and then I hear the metal once more, followed by another click. The door swings open and an intense beam of light blinds me. I lift a hand to block the brightness, hoping to adjust my vision.
Standing beyond the light is a dark silhouette. My hand trembles. I cannot conceal my fear. My heart beats intensely as sweat drips from my brow.
I have to think fast. With my other hand behind me on the ground, I grab a fistful of dirt.
Slowly, he walks closer to me.
This is my only chance. Before he can say anything, I chuck the dirt at his head as hard as I can. His hands reach for his face as the soil disorients him. While he is temporarily blinded, I stand up and knee him in his groin. He hunches over, and I push him with what is left of my strength.
I sprint away from him, but he is not far behind. He grunts and groans as he attempts to close the distance between us. My lungs burn, but I cannot slow down. I have to keep running—my life depends on it.
This. This. This.
This book is it. A dark thriller focusing on a woman who decides that she wants to start afresh after wanting desperately to seek revenge.
She starts a new life until a mysterious book turns up that at first seems very normal but suddenly turns into a nightmare as she realizes the book mirrors her previous life.
Savannah is suddenly left questioning how this book is real and who could possibly know her deepest, darkest secrets.
Suddenly, the book becomes reality and Savannah's current life mirrors events in the book all too similarly.
This book was such a fascinating premise and from the start I was obsessed with finding out the answers to questions given to us from the first page. This book was dark, emotional and so so enjoyable.
The author, S.C. Shannon, does an amazing job in bringing her characters to life and the way the in-story book was written was excellent. Just watching Savannah come to realise just how closely this book mirrored her own dark past was thrilling and then people start dying and the pace and action ramps up further as I was left dying to find out the truth.
This book was one of the best books I've read and honestly I had such a fun time with it. I don't want to give too much away but I will say that I was absolutely floored by the ending.
I wasn't planning to read the book in one sitting but once those first questions came to mind it was impossible to stop reading as I just found myself saying "just one more chapter, I have to know!"
Genuinely I think this was one of the best books that I have read this year and what a way to end off my reading year. An absolute must read.