Book 1 of the Silent Hollow Series: The Mercenary and the Mortician
Content Warnings
The Mercenary and the Mortician is a DARK MM Romance.
If you are new to the dark romance genre, please proceed with caution. If themes of SA (Sexual Assault) are triggering for you, please do not proceed.
Additionally, there is a scene where the characters intentionally trigger a PTSD response in an effort to help one of them overcome trauma.THIS IS NOT RECOMMENDED IN REAL LIFE.
If you or someone you love suffers from PTSD, working with triggers should only be done under the supervision of a mental healthcare professional.
This is a work of fiction and should NOT be used as a guidebook in ANY way.
Below is the full trigger warning list for The Mercenary and the Mortician:
Child abuse
Child Neglect
Implied SA involving a child (This is not explicitly done, but it is referenced in vague flashbacks and it is heavily implied)
Explicit non-consensual scenes
Explicit scenes with dubious consent
Voyeurism
Human Trafficking
Blood Play (This is done in a bathtub and may be an adjacent trigger for those with suicide/cutting triggers)
Knife play/Scarification
Primal Play
Bondage
Water torture
Branding
Electrocution as a form of torture
Psychological tortureRape/Sexual assault involving a villain
Degradation (Not a prevalent theme, there is only one instance of degradation)
Severe Car Accident
Fist Fights/Hand-to-hand Violence
BullyingHomophobic Villains (Villains use homophobic slurs in several instances)
Things to know before reading The Mercenary and the Mortician
Towards the end of this book there is a cameo of two characters from Deathtrap.If you have not yet read Deathtrap and are wondering who the two unnamed characters that appear toward the end of the book are, and would like to know more, this is where they originate from!
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