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HOLD MY HEART

AUTHOR: Koji A. Dae

RELEASE DATE: 27th May 2025

PRE-ORDER LINKS: https://geni.us/holdmyheart (Amazon), 

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COVER ART: Claire L. Smith

DESCRIPTION:

Suffering from severe depression, Emma seeks out a serial killer who will kill her in the most gruesome way she can describe. But when she backs out of their agreement, she discovers the murderer is host to a parasitic creature from another dimension that feeds on the extremes of pleasure and pain. When the creature turns its attention to Emma, she is torn between the ecstasy of desire and guilt over her new urges. At the same time the killer, no longer protected from his memories by the creature, has to face a century of gruesome murders, including the death that started everything.

Hold My Heart is an uncompromisingly dark horror novella about desire—and the things we’ll do to get what we really want.

CONTENT WARNINGS:

Murder, mutilation, and gore

Suicidal ideation

Self-harm (cutting)

Mental health issues (depression)

Sexual aphasia. 

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Kind regards,

Antonia Ward