[Complete][32K][Romance thriller] His Niece
Type of feedback I require: Genuinely? Just tell me if you like my writing and what you think about the characters. I'm trying to place the genre as well because I'm torn between whether it's literary fiction or could be called Gothic Romance since it does have Gothic undertones. I guess I just wish to connect to readers. If you are someone who likes problematic books like "Lolita", "Flowers in the Attic", "Forbidden", this is for you.
"I wasn't a rescue mission. I was an invitation."
Damian Mordant is the man who makes the family’s problems disappear. Lorena is the problem that refuses to vanish.
He has spent his life auditing the sins of others and burying the family’s filth. A hollowed-out monument to a life he never chose, existing in a state of clinical numbness until he is called to a police station to retrieve his estranged niece, Lorena. Locked away within the walls of a Gothic manor where it seems to never stop raining, caught in a cycle of psychological warfare- uncle and niece weave a tapestry of filth and affection.
He provides the care while his niece provides the madness he has been starving for. When the truth of their relationship becomes their singular rot, Damian must decide if he will remain the family’s "Saint," or if he will finally drown in the beautiful, salt-soaked ruin his niece has laid at his feet.
Trigger warnings apply: incest, child abuse, psychological abuse, self harm, depression.
Excerpt: Being back in this house gave me life. Away from home I had operated like a corpse, biding my time until he brought me back. Now that I was finally here, I could not help but breathe normally again, the heaviness in my chest having been lifted. I rolled around in my bed, contemplating my upcoming days.
I just needed to wait. Silence was the only thing he had left to protect himself with, and I was about to shatter it alongwith the man he pretended to be.
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