Handcuffed to a bed after a fatal S&M game, Jessie confronts childhood trauma, isolation, and psychological terrors in this claustrophobic horror novel.
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Handcuffed to a bed after a fatal S&M game, Jessie confronts childhood trauma, isolation, and psychological terrors in this claustrophobic horror novel.
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Gerald and Jessie Burlingame have gone to their summer home on a warm weekday in October for a romantic interlude. After being handcuffed to her bedposts, Jessie tires of her husband's games, but when Gerald refuses to stop she lashes out at him with deadly consequences. Still handcuffed, she is trapped and alone. Painful memories from her childhood bedevil her. Her only company is a hungry stray dog and the sundry voices that populate her mind. As night comes, she is unsure whether it is her im...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Explicit S&M content; graphic on-page childhood sexual assault
Violence & gore
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Graphic hand degloving; dog devouring a corpse; body horror
Profanity
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Frequent strong profanity throughout
Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources
Religious content
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No evidence found in available sources
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
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Ambiguous supernatural watcher figure in the dark
Political content
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Themes of gender, power, and female survival
Self-harm / suicide
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Graphic self-mutilation to escape cuffs; suicidal thoughts
Abuse & suffering
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Graphic child sexual abuse; sexual coercion; prolonged confinement
Other
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