Bones

Bones was born with the miraculous power to heal, but all her gift has brought is death. As a child her older brother trained her to survive, and survive she did. The blood on her hands will never wash off; she is broken and scarred in more ways than one. But she survived.

After finally escaping the ruthless raiders who imprisoned her for twelve long years, Bones is haunted by her past and desperate for atonement. Freedom is short-lived: rumours of her abilities catch up with her, and she is dragged to the northwest mountain stronghold known as the Vault. There she finds herself involuntarily drawn to the tight-knit crew who captured her, and the feelings she begins to develop for Trey — the heart of that crew — frighten her more than all the horrors of her past.

Bones struggles to keep her distance, to navigate her trauma, and to live with the horrifying new uses her healing powers are put to in rooting out a budding revolution. As her defences break down, everything she believes about herself and the world is challenged, and she is forced to ask what she is surviving for. This is an adult book set in a brutal and violent world; the author lists sexual assault, torture, child abuse and on-page sexual content among its warnings.