"I was death, slow and insidious. I killed everything around me. That is what I've been told since before I could remember. My mother had been right. I shouldn't have been born. Now, Karma was paying me back..."
Insidious by Aleatha Romig is a stand alone erotic thriller. I've learned to expect a plot twist when reading a book by Aleatha Romig, and Insidious was no exception. Insidious is a story that will take you on an adventure to the "dark side''. You will enjoy the journey and won't be disappointed. Victoria's step-father has a gambling problem and her mother has a spending problem. Victoria's step-father becomes indebted to the wrong people and her parents choose to make a business deal to resolve their problems. Unbeknownst to Victoria, she is offered as a trade.
"Randall came to me for help. I have money that I can lend. The thing is... I don't need it. Therefore, I decided that in exchange for the money I wanted something else...something less conventional in return"
At the age of eighteen Victoria Conway signs a contract with Stewart Harrington that ensures marriage and complete control of her body for his sexual desires.
Victoria Conway Harrington may not have known what she was really getting into when she signed that contract, but she learns to follow the rules and plays the wife of Stewart Harrington very well.
"After all, the acting wasn't new. I've been doing it my whole life. Only now, the truth that I kept buried, the one that ate at me day and night since I was old enough to remember, was a reality. Nevertheless, It was too painful to reveal, too upsetting for those around me. I needed to show them what they wanted, what they needed. They didn't want to see who I truly was...what I truly was"
Victoria Conway Harrington may not have known what she was really getting into when she signed that contract, but she learns to follow the rules and plays the wife of Stewart Harrington very well.
"After all, the acting wasn't new. I've been doing it my whole life. Only now, the truth that I kept buried, the one that ate at me day and night since I was old enough to remember, was a reality. Nevertheless, It was too painful to reveal, too upsetting for those around me. I needed to show them what they wanted, what they needed. They didn't want to see who I truly was...what I truly was"
