My life's a cage. I was free for however many hours I laid in my blanket on a bench in a park, even though I have no memories of that. No one remembers their first day of life.

Then... then I was rescued. Taken to a hospital. Given a name that was never mine. And the foster care swallowed me whole and spat me out eighteen years later.

I've broken free of that cage, because I'm scrappy like that. Went to college, married a good man. Or so I thought.

Seems, in my journey to the rest of my life, I've also collected an unseen, but ever-present hitchhiker. No, he doesn't share my car for rides.

What does he do, you ask? He makes my skin prickle, my stomach fill with dread, and my heart race until I fear it will explode out of my chest.

The freedom I was so proud of is only an illusion.

That illusion shatters as soon as my brand-new husband slams divorce papers in my face and kicks me out of his house.

Alone and afraid, I'm spiralling, trapped in a new cage. This cage comes with fancy bedsheets, suffocating anxiety, and silver chains wrapped around my wrists.

How will I free myself now?

Do I even want to?

To Have and To Hold is a standalone dark romance novel, intended for readers 18+, with explicit scenes, mature language, and touching on sensitive topics