Devil's Bargain (Counter Bet #2)
Harleigh Beck
April.One week.It's all I have left before we end up on the street.I carefully fold the eviction letter with trembling hands and place it back inside the envelope. My mom is passed out on the couch, a bottle vodka slipping from her fingers.I have one week to come up with the money, or it's game over for us.That's when I make a bargain with the devil."Do we have an arrangement?" he asks, smirking across the desk.I know I shouldn't, but the clock is ticking down.I grab the money. "We have an arrangement."Rick. I can't help but notice her with her pink hair and purple Dr Martens. She's a wild card.Intrigued by her dark desires and the bruises on her skin, I enter a new world as dangerous as it is alluring.*Not intended for readers under 18.This is a dark high school romance. It contains explicit sexual content and sexual violence throughout that some readers might find upsetting/offensive. Please don’t read this if any of that bothers you.
Publication Year: 2022
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Well…this was an emotional rollercoaster taking me through all sorts of anger management loops and dark holes. I gave this 5 stars completely down to the writing and the way it had me gripped, I in no way condone what happened to this beautiful human, and I take my hat off to HB for producing such a harrowing but stunning story.
We’re following the same gang from Counter Bet in this story but just from Aprils perspective and life…and boy does she have it rough!! April is definitely someone who has potential to go far in life but given the shit hand she was dealt will never realise that. What starts as a way to get cash to prevent her and her alcoholic/junkie mother getting evicted turns into something much more sinister and as the story goes on your heart breaks over and over for this poor girl who feels she has no way out and no one who can help. I will warn you, it is extremely dark and the list of TW at the end may seem overkill but I tried to cover all bases. You will also need severe anger management therapy after reading some parts as well (which HB can attest to as I kept messaging her!
Please, if you loved Counter Bet know this is a much darker storyline than that and go in open minded. This is the third book by HB I’ve read and I’ve fallen in love with her writing, I cannot wait for the next few books she has planned!
TW
Dubcon/non con
Blood play
Knife play
Gun threats
Trafficking
Alcohol drug abuse
Extreme dominance
Physical and mental abuse
Authoritative abuse over a student
Bribery
Blackmail
Manipulation
Bdsm
Thoughts of suicide
Parental neglect
Imprisonment
Knife torture for information
Girl sharing
Murder
Motor accident
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