Everyone everywhere is dirty. Places like this just make it easier for them to hide.

Ally’s life is turned upside down when her mother is arrested, and she’s sent to Washington to live with her aunt and uncle. After spending part of her life homeless, the picturesque house near the water looks like a dream, but it isn’t long before Ally realizes it’s a nightmare.

Devon has watched his stepsister’s best friend since the first time he saw her, fascinated by her dark eyes and introspective nature. He's determined to break down Ally's walls and make her his.

But Ally’s troubled home life and friendship with his stepsister, Darci, complicates things. The two keep their relationship a secret and come up with a plan. And it seems like it’s going to work…

Until they find the body.

Now, Devon is out of jail and wants revenge against the person who put him there, the person who started all of this, the only one who could possibly know what happened that night…

Ally.

Content/Trigger Warnings: Profanity, graphic sex scenes including dubious consent and some scenes involving minor characters (age 17), graphic depictions of self-harm including cutting, bullying, graphic violence including familial violence and murder.

Main characters struggle with mental health and hopelessness as well as verbal, physical, and sexual abuse, including rape (off page).

Carved in Scars is a dark lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers romance. The main characters in this book are physically and verbally abusive to each other, but not while in a relationship.