They had been inseparable once-a group of friends bound by nostalgia, secrets, and the illusion of safety. On what was meant to be a reunion vacation, she finds herself back where she's always been: the afterthought, living in the shadow of her best friend's blinding charm.

When masked strangers shatter that illusion and drag them into captivity, fear isn't the most unsettling thing she feels. It's the realization that, for the first time, she is being noticed-and how intoxicating that attention becomes.

As violence rearranges their hierarchy and her grip on reality begins to fracture, what grows between captor and captive isn't safety, but something far more dangerous-a devotion sharp enough to cut.

Tender Violence is a dark romance steeped in psychological horror, exploring betrayal, longing, and the monstrous things we'll accept just to feel like we finally belong-even if it means becoming something else entirely.