Fractals
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From award-winning author Alicia Anthony comes a harrowing tale of redemption and revenge, fueled by the traumas that shape us.
Some wounds never heal. They echo in every choice you make.
Seventeen-year-old Carly Dalton has learned not to rely on anyone. With her sister missing and her world falling apart, the only thing she trusts is her own instinct to survive.
Asher Thompson is a teacher haunted by his own past. When he pulls Carly from the floor of a roadside bar, something about her stirs a memory he can’t shake—and a guilt he’s tried to forget.
What begins as an act of kindness becomes something far more dangerous, as their lives begin to mirror each other in ways neither of them expected. But the deeper Asher digs into Carly’s past, the closer he comes to a truth he’s spent years trying to outrun.
Because trauma leaves scars ... and no good deed goes unpunished.
Taut, atmospheric, and emotionally charged, Fractals is a haunting psychological thriller that explores the invisible threads that bind us—and what happens when they start to unravel.
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Content warning: This book contains depictions of human trafficking, abuse, drug use, and violence which may be difficult for sensitive readers.
Praise for this book
"Alicia Anthony excels at injecting psychological tension and suspense into a wider-ranging scenario of good, evil, and desperate choices. As she explores a realistic, dangerous social situation, she also considers how people arrive at conundrums and dangerous points in their lives. From detectives who think they know all about the usual patterns of abuse and who fit Asher, as the bad guy, neatly into their view of what must have happened, to Asher's own guilt as his ex, Jo, and others are threatened, the story is especially adept at exploring complex relationships, and becomes supercharged in its progression through terror and increasing danger."