My life’s a cage. I was free for however many hours I'd lain in my blanket on a bench in a park, even though I have no memories of that. No one remembers their first day of life.
Then… then I was rescued. Taken to a hospital. Given a name that was never mine. And the foster care swallowed me whole and spat me out eighteen years later.
I’ve broken free of that cage, because I’m scrappy like that. Went to college, married a good man. Or so I thought.
Seems, in my journey to the rest of my life, I’ve also collected an unseen, but ever-present hitchhiker. No, he doesn’t share my car for rides.
What does he do, you ask? He makes my skin prickle, my stomach fill with dread, and my heart race until I fear it will explode out of my chest.
The freedom I was so proud of is only an illusion.
That illusion shatters as soon as my brand-new husband slams divorce papers in my face and kicks me out of his house.
Alone and afraid, I’m spiralling, trapped in a new cage. This cage comes with fancy bedsheets, suffocating anxiety, and silver chains wrapped around my wrists.
How will I free myself now?
Do I even want to?
To Have and To Hold is a standalone dark romance novel, intended for readers 18+, with explicit scenes, mature language, and touching on sensitive topics
Alina Comsa is Transylvanian, and her little vampire soul now lives in the UK with her partner, dodging like a pro her turn to do the dishes-and that pesky little star called the Sun. She dabbles in quality assurance by day, writing and reading by night, and lives with little to no sleep. In high school Alina was voted most likely to... become a lawyer. What a letdown, right? She aced those creative writing tests, though, worry not. Because she's an overachiever, she was also voted most likely to become a journalist. So far, high school votes have been zero out of two. Eternally exhausted, she believes that "life was meant for reading" and coffees. Loads, and loads of coffee. She loves everything romance, but has a slight obsession with shifters. They'll win her heart every single time.