Does It Hurt?
H.D. Carlton
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
3.86
· Steam/Spice level: 5 of 5
Explicit and plentiful [?]
· 420 ratings · 431 pages · Published: 18 Jul 2022
I've forgotten the answer to that question long ago. Ever since I ran from that house, so desperate to escape, I left with only the clothes on my back and socks on my feet. After that day, I've only ever walked in stolen shoes.
Could I be a girl who is searching for the meaning of life in faceless men? They were all so forgettable. Until he came along. He took me under a waterfall and made me forget my name, and in return, I took his instead.
Enzo Vitale.
An enigmatic man that will only ever love the deep sea. Or rather the predators that inhabit it. Turns out, he's not so different than the monsters he feeds. He lured me onto his boat like a fish in the ocean, seeking vengeance for my crime. Had I realized his intentions, and that a massive storm would leave us shipwrecked, I would've ran.
Now, I'm a girl who's seeking refuge in a decrepit lighthouse with a man who loathes me almost as much as he craves me. He wants to hurt me, but the old caretaker of the abandoned island may have intentions far more sinister.
It's no longer a question of who I am, but rather, will I survive?
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Tagged as:
- forced proximity 29
- dark romance 25
- enemies to lovers 24
- suspense 22
- mystery 19
- possessive hero 19
- cruel hero/bully 18
- grumpy/cold hero 18
- tortured heroine 16
- take-charge heroine 15
- vengeance 15
- independent heroine 15
- contemporary 14
- angst 14
- alpha male 13
- grumpy & sunshine 12
- poor heroine 12
- criminal heroine 12
- sassy heroine 11
- bdsm 10
- survival 9
- competent heroine 7
- cheerful/happy heroine 7
- tortured hero 7
- praise kink 7
- m-f romance 7
- new adult 6
- bad boys 3
- consensual non-consent 3
- Add topics
- content warnings
- abuse 18
- dubious consent 17
- rape 13
- past sexual abuse 13
- third party abuse 10
- non-consent between mcs 10
- abuse between mcs 9
- incest 9
- past abuse 8
- torture of side characters 7
- graphic violence 6
- mental trauma 6
- suicide / ideation 5
- geography
- australia 6
- Format
- audiobook
- dual pov 13
- first person pov 6
- male pov 1
- standalone 1
