"Nobody ever did or ever will escape the consequences of his choices." - Alfred A. Montapert One choice.
One encounter.
One life destroyed.
Claire Nichols wakes inside a luxurious mansion with no memory of how she got there-and no way to escape.
The last thing she remembers is Anthony Rawlings.
Powerful. Wealthy. Untouchable.
To the outside world, Anthony is a polished wealthy man admired by the elite. Behind closed doors, he's cold, obsessive, and dangerously accustomed to getting exactly what he wants.
And now he wants Claire.
In Anthony's world, obedience is expected. Perfection is demanded. And appearances matter more than truth.
Claire quickly learns the rules:
Do as you're told.
Never fail in public.
Protect the illusion at all costs.
But Claire refuses to break.
As she searches for a way to survive the man who stole her freedom, she begins uncovering the dark obsession beneath Anthony's flawless control. Because the deeper their twisted connection grows, the harder it becomes to separate fear from desire.
And in a world built on wealth, manipulation, and power, falling for the wrong man may destroy them both.
Welcome to Anthony Rawlings' world.
Failure isn't an option.
Have you been Aleatha'd?
A twisted dark, wealth-and-power romance featuring a morally gray antihero and a heroine trapped inside his world of luxury, manipulation, and obsession. Book one of the Consequences series, one of the original dark romance series.
About the Author :
Aleatha Romig is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, who has been voted #1 "New Author to Read" on Goodreads, July 2012 - Present! Aleatha has lived most of her life in Indiana, growing-up in Mishawaka, graduating from Indiana University, and currently living south of Indianapolis. Together with her high-school sweetheart and husband of twenty seven years, they've raised three children. Before she became a full-time author, she worked days as a dental hygienist and spent her nights writing. Now, when she's not imagining mind-blowing twists and turns, she likes to spend her time with her family and friends. Her pastimes include exercising, reading, and creating heroes/ anti-heroes who haunt your dreams! Aleatha enjoys traveling, especially when there is a beach involved. In 2011 she had the opportunity to visit Sydney, Australia to visit her daughter studying at the University of Wollongong. Her dream is to travel to places in her novels and around the world. CONSEQUENCES, her first novel, was released August 2011 by Xlibris Publishing. Then in October of 2012, Ms. Romig re-released CONSEQUENCES as an indie author. TRUTH, the sequel, was released October 30, 2012, and CONVICTED, the third in the series, was released October 8, 2013. Unexpectedly, the fourth book of the Consequences series came to life with REVEALED: The Missing Years. It is the fourth full-length novel in the series. It explores the gap in time in Convicted that was previously only mentioned as well as a complete character glossary and timeline. REVEALED was released in June of 2014. Aleatha also wrote reading companions for the Consequences SeriAAes. BEHIND HIS EYES CONSEQUENCES (Book 1.5) and BEHIND HIS EYES TRUTH (Book 2.5) are currently available for those time and scenes when the readers asked, "What was he thinking?" These companions also contain never before behind the scenes scenes. Aleatha is a "Published Author's Network" member of the Romance Writers of America and represented by Danielle Egan-Miller of Brown and Miller Literary Associates.
