Total Control

Name: Total Control
Author: Alicia Darke

88 pages

In Deadwater Bay, they own everything. Including me.
Kasen wants out.
Bodhi wants more.
River wants what he lost.
Jayden… is gone.
And me, Dove Dawson? I want answers.
When I was fifteen, my mother, the mayor, was murdered, and my life shattered with her. Ten years later, I’m back in Deadwater Bay, chasing the truth.
I just didn’t expect them.
The Deadwater Bay Crew. The boys who once owned my heart… before they destroyed it.
But they’re not boys anymore.
They’re powerful, ruthless, ink-covered, walking wet dreams.
The kind of men who don’t ask. They take.
Who don’t share… except when it comes to me.
This town belongs to them. The cops, the courts, and the shadows in between.
And now?
So do I.
They say I’m hiding secrets. But every look, every touch, every whispered threat tells me the truth. They’re the ones lying through their teeth.
When I start digging into my mother’s cold case, I’m pulled into a game I don’t understand. One that could cost me everything.
Because the closer they get… the harder it is to tell if I’m their prisoner, their lost love, or their weakness.
And if I’m not careful?
I won’t just lose my heart to them again.
I’ll lose my life.

Note: Total Control is Book One in the Deadwater Crew trilogy — a dark, steamy why choose romance where Dove’s search for answers gets her way more than she bargained for including four love interests and eventually a happily ever after.
This series features complex characters, first-person present tense from all main characters POV, why Choose, second chance, enemies to lovers, small town secrets, touch her and die, who hurt you?, murder mystery, stalker and morally gray heroes. It also contains mature and sensitive themes. A full content guide is available on my author website or in the front of the book.

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