She might escape the asylum. She will not escape the men inside it.
I woke up in a remote Irish asylum with no memory of how I got here. Everyone is calling me Rua.
I am not Rua.
And the only man with answers is the one I'm certain kidnapped me.
Dr. Bron Deargán has a face designed to distract and a voice built to make me doubt my own mind. I forget, for whole terrifying moments, that I came here with a different name.
His dark gaze tells me exactly how he'd take me apart. I hate that I'd let him. Maybe losing my mind would be worth it.
Then there's the hauntingly beautiful boy that no one else sees.
When he appears, my pulse spikes like it recognizes him, and I ache to trace the tattoos disappearing beneath his collar.
He doesn't know me. He knows Rua. When his eyes find me, I can feel her longing living under my skin.
But I'm beginning to crave him as my own.
I'm caught between a doctor I can't trust and a boy who might not be real.
But the truth I'm hunting isn't just about how I got here.
Or why girls keep disappearing.
It's about what they need Rua for.
And why they took me.
Author's Note: Breaking Beauty is a dark gothic love triangle with psychological thriller vibes that contains two morally gray anti-heros that you will hate before they make you submit to them. Check inside the book for CWs. Breaking Beauty is Book 1 of the complete The Beautiful Trilogy, set in the Lovely Broken Doll world. It's suggested to read the Lovely Broken Doll trilogy first but not necessary.