A mind-bending, psychological thriller from Freida McFadden, the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Housemaid!
Lesson #1: trust no one
Eve has a good life. She gets up each day, gets a kiss from her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except…
Last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal involving a student-teacher affair, with one student, Addie, at its center. But Eve knows there is far more to these ugly rumors than meets the eye.
Addie can't be trusted. She lies. She hurts people. She destroys lives. At least, that's what everyone says.
But nobody knows the real Addie. Nobody knows the secrets that could destroy her. And Addie will do anything to keep it quiet.
From the New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a story of twisting secrets and long-awaited revenge.
Lesson #1: trust no one
Eve has a good life. She gets up each day, gets a kiss from her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except…
Last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal involving a student-teacher affair, with one student, Addie, at its center. But Eve knows there is far more to these ugly rumors than meets the eye.
Addie can't be trusted. She lies. She hurts people. She destroys lives. At least, that's what everyone says.
But nobody knows the real Addie. Nobody knows the secrets that could destroy her. And Addie will do anything to keep it quiet.
From the New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a story of twisting secrets and long-awaited revenge.
Listen to me very carefully. I've read A LOT of books and I'm at the point where I don't really think that there's anything that can shock me. I've basically seen it all in a sense and I've started this game with myself where I try to figure out the plot twist before I'm half way through a book. Unfortunately I'm mostly correct in guessing the suspects and I pat myself on the back and continue to read. This story was the typical open and shut case for me because it was blatantly obvious who the real deceivers were. I knew it, I had it and I was ok with it. So here I go minding my own business and trying to wrap everything up when I get sucker punched in the face with not one, but TWO twists!!!
I cannot make this shish up! This nearly took me out and I'm so shook right now.
How????!
What??!
Some of these characters had no morals so you would think that there's nothing they wouldn't do to save their own skin or charm their way out of certain situations and you've accepted that but… man I didn't see this coming and quite frankly if I'm being honest, I'm scared to read anything else from this author. I want to know what goes into her bloodstream when she decides to sit down and write a book!! The shock value doesn't do it justice and I'm really curious to know how she sets out to give her readers anxiety and heart problems.
While this story might not be for everyone because it crosses the line of student/teacher, I still highly recommend it. It's a forbidden dangerous thriller that will leave you shocked until you've read the final words “ The End”.
Title: Soft Tissue Damage
A Boyfriend's Dad Dark Romance
Series: Deadly Hearts #2
Author: Lilith Vincent
Genre: Dark Romance
Tropes: Forbidden Romance/Boyfriend's Dad
Release Date: September 24, 2025
BLURB
His obsession for me is deadly, and I’m falling prey to his pleasure.
There’s never been any security in my life. After being dumped on indifferent relatives as a child, it hurt when I realized that no one was ever going to protect me.
But Cullan, my boyfriend’s father, makes me feel safer than any man I’ve ever known. He’s twice my age and totally forbidden, but his protective embraces, deep voice, and inked muscles have awoken things in me that I shouldn’t want.
When darkness swallows me, it’s Cullan who pulls me into his strong arms and leads me back into the light. He gives me protection, and a job as a nanny to his very young child. But I suspect that Cullan is drenched in his own darkness. There’s a killer on the loose in the city, and I think I know the identity of the man behind the red mask.
My instincts tell me to run from Cullan as fast as I can, but my boyfriend’s father has stolen my heart with hands that are soaked in blood.
And though it should be impossible, I think I’m having his baby.
Author’s note: Soft Tissue Damage is a standalone boyfriend’s father MF romance with dark themes, a twenty-year age gap, the hero as the other man, breeding, a jealous and possessive alphahole, and a sweet but strong virgin heroine. This book features appearances of characters from Fear Me, Love Me. The story is dark, dirty and delicious, so please read at your discretion.
This book was hot on my radar from the moment that I read the blurb. I needed it badly because it had the promise of a dark and gritty storyline that toed the line with not only the forbidden relationship between the main characters, but we also had to check our moral compass in a sense. While I was left a bit disappointed in certain things, I still liked that we were introduced to these messed up characters.
The only thing that Elena has always wanted was to be loved. Raised by two women that has a disdain for her because they had to give her the bare minimum, she knows that she's missing the warmth of being loved. Trying her best to work and keep her head down while making time for her boyfriend is not easy. But having his support and someone to call her own, means everything to her. That all changes when a 6’5 handsome older man enters her life and she discovers that he's her boyfriend's father with a deadly secret.
I was prepared for the crazy, dark and sexy for this story and even though some things were right on point, I still felt like I was missing a lot. The dark themes felt very tamed and it didn't live up to the intensity that was teasing us throughout the book. I did love the main characters as a couple and you really saw how much Cullen loved Elena and vice versa.
If you're looking for a forbidden romance with a light dark theme, you should give this one a try.
AUTHOR BIO
Lilith Vincent is a steamy romance author who believes in living on the wild side! Whether it’s reverse harem or M/F romance, mafia men and bad boys with tattoos are her weakness, and the heroines who bring them to their knees.
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