Twenty One

On her twenty-first birthday, a young woman is taken. A wealthy family collects her as payment for an unpaid debt, and her body is sold to them. The book never names her in the material available, but it follows her captivity from the first day.

The man set over her is Angel DeLuca. His task is to break her within 21 days, before she can see through his lies. She does not intend to give in without a fight. Earlier, she carried a burden for 21 weeks that no girl should have to bear, and now she has lost her freedom to a man born to destroy her.

The story is built around a countdown of 21: years, weeks, days, minutes and seconds. Each unit marks a stage in the clash between captive and captor, and the clock pushes toward the moment when secrets spill. Some truths, the book suggests, cost more than they are worth.

This is a dark romance, written as a standalone with no cliffhanger, so the story is complete in one volume. The content is explicit and includes graphic violence and other disturbing material, which some readers will find offensive. Expect a tense, bleak and fast-pressured read in which deception sits at the centre of the relationship.