A very disturbing story about a family of four that has their vacation home invaded by a sick and twisted man who forces them to make choices related to incest.
The meat is in the middle, beginning and end just provide context to the story.
Brianna-Leah a simple serving wench in the Sheep Dip Pub (circa 1750's London) is framed for a crime she didn't commit. She is convicted and sentenced. Publicly whipped and incarcerated in the Women's Gaol. There she encounters the notorious Matron Copps who runs a tight ship and keeps her wooden paddle at the ready. Her story takes an interesting if bizarre turn. Read on if you dare.
When a sixteen-year-old boy walks the road beneath a fortress wall, he expects fear—but not a wounded woman hidden among the brambles. Drawn in by her strange green eyes and her quiet authority, he hides her from the world and tends to her. Dark medieval fantasy about power, devotion, and how easily innocence can be guided astray.