Book One
Good Hurt
“Don’t kiss anyone else tonight, princess, because I’m not done with that pretty little mouth of yours.”
He’s her older brother’s best friend. He’ll ruin her. She’ll let him.
Addison Blaise is an addict, but not in the way you might think.
In two months, Addison will leave her sick mother behind, fly across the country, and pretend to be a normal college freshman.
Her parents and older brother went to Harvard; now it’s her turn. Go to Harvard, major in BioChem, become a world-renowned researcher, cure cancer… It was her dream. But that was three years ago, before the incident and before pain, anxiety, and fear ripped her mind apart. Now, faced with the reality of living on her own, thousands of miles away from the safety of her home, that dream is terrifying.
No, Addison certainly didn’t need any more pain, but that didn’t stop her from wanting it all the same. She didn’t ask to fall for him, but something about her older brother’s friend, Asher Aves, was impossible to resist. Was it lust? Was it love? When would enough be enough?
Try as she might to stop herself, when the hurt is this good, it’s never enough.
“I’m sorry to disappoint you, sweetheart, but I don’t share.”
What You Need To Know
Triggers/Content Warnings
Good Hurt contains some themes that may be distressing to readers, including:
References to an attempted sexual assault of the female main character that happened during high school (discussed briefly as part of her past)
Depression and thoughts of hopelessness
Momentary desire to cease living
Narcissism and narcissistic traits
A direct family member battling cancer and undergoing chemotherapy
Detailed and explicit two-person sex scenes that include elements of degradation, pain play and masochism kink.
Tropes
Older brother’s best friend
Forbidden love
Alpha Male
Crush Turned Obsession
Morally Grey, Possessive Antihero
Touch Her and Die
Childhood Trauma, Shared Healing
