Deceit Series by Autumn Winchester

This is Asher’s story. He was introduced in “Bought Deceit.”Some say, a minute can change your life. For Asher, he knows how easy that saying was to be true. Going from a crappy life of drug addicts as parents, to being a slave and trained to be perfect wasn’t exactly all that hard to do. What was hard, was being saved from such a life. To know, even at the young age of sixteen, that there was more to life. Happiness, love, and family. But even then, Asher was content. Or so he thought... moreThis is Asher’s story. He was introduced in “Bought Deceit.”Some say, a minute can change your life. For Asher, he knows how easy that saying was to be true. Going from a crappy life of drug addicts as parents, to being a slave and trained to be perfect wasn’t exactly all that hard to do. What was hard, was being saved from such a life. To know, even at the young age of sixteen, that there was more to life. Happiness, love, and family. But even then, Asher was content. Or so he thought. When his best friend shows up at his doorstep, everything changes. Then, changes again when a man comes along and wants to help in a way that Asher can’t possibly accept. tropes – age gap, slavery, mmm, forced proximity, regression, daddy/little, sub/dom less

Koda was first introduced in “Shattered Deceit.”Who am I? Isn't that a request that crosses everyone's mind at some point in their lives? But for me, the sense of self was slipping away. I was freed from bondage. I was no longer devoid of love or cast aside. Yet, what did that mean for my identity? I was merely Koda. A regular individual who transitioned from a boy to a man, perhaps lost in the vastness of the world, yet rooted firmly in reality... moreKoda was first introduced in “Shattered Deceit.”Who am I? Isn't that a request that crosses everyone's mind at some point in their lives? But for me, the sense of self was slipping away. I was freed from bondage. I was no longer devoid of love or cast aside. Yet, what did that mean for my identity? I was merely Koda. A regular individual who transitioned from a boy to a man, perhaps lost in the vastness of the world, yet rooted firmly in reality. A man who endured mistreatment and abuse in his formative years until destiny intervened and rescued him.TRIGGER WARNINGS - Human trafficking, child abuse (mentions, nothing on page description), thoughts of self-harm, issues with food, panic/anxiety attacksHuman trafficking, angst, trauma, unrequited love less