A Dark, Small Town, Best-Friends to Lovers,
Interracial, Biker Romance
KERIA THOMSON
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Micah Rivera is my past, my present, and my future.
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But this story is the forsaken romance of our history. He was my best friend, and somehow, I fell deeply and passionately in love with him—I lost all sense of reason. I followed him down the forsaken path like he was my prince of darkness and I was the light amidst the anarchy.
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Like everything that happens in a world covered in corruption, I succumbed to its allure. Even though I saw the truth, the ugly and twisted truth.
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I left him alone and locked him in that jail cell. I ran. I embraced the monster and never looked back—until that moment.
He told me I could never escape him because I was his precious, little hummingbird—marked by his forsaken touch.
MC (Motorcycle Club)
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Small Town
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Best Friend to Lovers
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Angsty
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Slow Burn
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Interracial Romance
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POC Characters
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Cheating Romance
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Falling for the Best Friend's Enemy
WARNING
This novel contains graphic sexual descriptions and the use of strong, provocative language.
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GRAPHIC WARNINGS
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Death Valley showcases explicit content of the character's emotions, thought processes, environment setting, and actions.
There are three kidnapping scenes described in heavy detail. One kidnapping focuses on the FMC and her friends, while the other is one of the MMC's targets. In these kidnapping scenes, there is an immense amount of torture. One scene displays the use of dry ice as a torture method. The other uses rape. This is a violent depiction of rape used to break down the victim's sense of hope and willpower to fight. There are two rape scenes in the novel. The second rape scene showcases a depiction of intimate partner violence (domestic violence). In this scene, the mention of being drugged is questioned by the FMC, which will take away the ability to consent. This scene is disturbing yet heartbreaking; the FMC explains her emotions and thought process of saying 'no'. The scene showcases the FMC being cohorts into sex. There is murder throughout the novel, both in graphic detail and brought up through conversation. The third kidnapping showcases the FMC being sodomized with a gun. This scene is from the abuser's perspective. There is a sexual assault scene described in detail from the FMC perspective. There is a mention of grooming in the novel, not in great detail. There is brief pedophile thoughts. This story also mentions a miscarriage. Lastly, there is a conversation about sperm stealing.
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MENTAL HEALTH WARNING
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Mental health signs and symptoms are described throughout the novel in detail. There is a heavy focus on childhood trauma from the FMC. The FMC explains the depiction of her abusive family system through nightmares, written as flashbacks or described as night terrors. The FMC has anxiety and panic attacks. FMC's anxiety is showcased through her stage fright and being the new girl. Childhood and school bullying is mentioned but not in graphic detail. Panic Attacks are heavily described throughout the duration of the story. Due to the FMC's traumatic childhood and in the future rape, she developed Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. After the FMC was raped and shut down, denial of the heinous incident. Intimate Partner Violence or Domestic Violence is showcased in this novel through the FMC's family dynamics and the FMC's relationship not with the MMC. There is a slow progression of IPV in this novel to show the cycle. Substance use disorder is presented throughout the story involving the FMC's mom. Due to the mother's abuse of alcohol and other drugs, she is verbally and emotionally abusive. In addition, the FMC's mother develops cancer, and caregiving for a sick parent is presented in the novel but not in great detail. Lastly, there is a brief depiction of antisocial personality disorder.