Drawn Series Synopsis:
Drawn:
***Content warning*** it's advised that readers be over 18 years of age before reading this novel due to sexual content and adult situations.
From the best-selling author of the Beautiful Series, comes Drawn, a powerful tale of a relationship that rides the edge of hate and love and everything in between.
Have you ever felt so drawn to someone, that you will put up with anything to be with them? That’s how I feel when I’m around him.
Most of the time, I want to hate him. I want to stay as far away from him as possible. He’s so cocky, and arrogant. And he gets in the way and tells me what to do. He’s all things that I normally detest in a man. But, when we’re alone… I can’t even think for myself – the pull is that intense.
I know I should run, I know I should stay away. But I can’t. I don’t know if I’m strong enough.
What do you do when you just can’t stay away? Even when you know you should…
Drawn 2-Redemption
Choose your hero wisely.
Have you ever wanted the power to decide who the heroine of a story will ultimately end up with?
Now is your chance with Drawn 2 where you have a choice of TWO sequels in which the characters follow TWO different paths to lead them to your chosen 'happily ever after'. This is not two stories told from different points of view. This is not an alternate ending - it's an entirely separate path that readers who choose to read both sequels will appreciate the 'sliding door' moments that set our characters off in a different direction.
Different choices. Different fates.
You hold the power You get to choose - Damien... or Aaron.
In Drawn, we met Etta and watched as her obsessive relationship with Damien sent both of them into world of darkness and self-destruction. We also met Aaron, the constant in Etta's life - the man who was willing to do anything it took to keep her safe.
Two Men. One woman. A decision that will change everything...
That decision is yours...
Three years have passed since Damien lost Etta. His obsessive and irrational behaviour drove her away and destroyed his life.
For three years he has languished in prison. Every day he had but one thought - Etta. She is the holder of his soul and he can't see a life without her in it.
When he is finally released and tracks her down, he is faced with something he didn't expect. His daughter, and Aaron.
Damien needs to redeem himself in the eyes of the woman he loves. He needs to prove to her that he is the kind of man she can build a life with - even if that means telling her all of his secrets and possibly ruining everything for good.
In Drawn - Redemption, we follow Etta, Damien and Aaron. They will walk the path you set them on when you make the choice to support DAMIEN. To support Aaron, you will need to read Drawn – Obsession.
Drawn 2- Obsession
Have you ever wanted the power to decide who the heroine of a story will ultimately end up with?
Now is your chance with Drawn 2, where you have the choice of TWO sequels in which the characters follow TWO different paths to lead them to your chosen 'happily ever after'.
This is not two stories told from different points of view. This is not an alternate ending - it's an entirely separate path that readers who choose to read both sequels will appreciate the 'sliding door' moments that set our characters off in different directions.
Different choices. Different fates.
You hold the power You get to choose - Aaron... or Damien.
In Drawn, we met Etta and watched as her obsessive relationship with Damien sent both of them into world of darkness and self-destruction. We also met Aaron, the constant in Etta's life - the man who was willing to do anything it took to keep her safe.
Two Men. One woman. A decision that will change everything...
That decision is yours...
Three years have passed since Aaron rescued Etta from Damien. In that time, things have changed, and they have made a life together.
When Damien returns, demanding what he feels is rightfully his, Aaron will have to stand his ground or risk losing everything he holds dear.
Their love, trust and commitment will all be put to the test in this tale of fighting for those you hold dear - even if the consequences could be catastrophic.
In Drawn - Obsession, we follow Etta, Aaron and Damien. They will walk the path you set them on when you make the choice to support AARON. To support Damien, you will need to read Drawn – Redemption.
Lilliana Anderson Bio:
Bestselling Author of the Drawn Series, the Beautiful Series, and the Confidante Trilogy, Lilliana has always loved to read and write, considering it the best form of escapism that the world has to offer.
Australian born and bred, she writes New Adult Romance revolving around her authentically Aussie characters as well as a biographical trilogy based on an ex-Sydney sex worker, named Angelien.
Lilliana feels that the world should see Australia for more than just it's outback and tries to show characters in more of a city setting.
When she isn't writing, she wears the hat of 'wife and mother' to her husband and four children.
Before Lilliana turned to writing, she worked in a variety of industries and studied humanities and communications before transferring to commerce/law at university.
Originally from Sydney's Western suburbs, she currently lives a fairly quiet life in suburban Melbourne.
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My review of Drawn - Book 1
4 'domineering and possessive' stars
Drawn starts off by introducing us to Etta. Henrietta Davis is a seventeen year old university student on the cusp of turning eighteen with the grandeur idea of moving into her own place on her eighteenth birthday and completing her final year at university without the security blanket of her over protective father. After the untimely death of her older brother; Etta, from the age of twelve has kept a scrupulous routine of school and home by 6pm. Having no social life and nothing else to do, when confined within the walls of her home, Etta, studied hard and was able to skip grades and end up in university early on.
All Etta has ever wanted was to be able to stand on her own two feet. Just to be a normal teenager without the overbearing father. Fighting for her independence is her way of celebrating her eighteenth birthday and fight she did. Like literally!! Finally! relinquishing control and allowing Etta her independence, she gains her freedom. Like any teenager/young adult, Etta is stubborn and immature and feels she can conquer the world. I didn't like Etta and as the story progressed I still didn't like her, but!! I understood her to a certain point. I mean come on, we've all been there. Most of us can remember our parents saying "been there done that" or as my father would say to me "of all my children, why, why did my only girl child have to come out like me. God, the world has it in for me." lolz dad!
A chance meeting, while visiting an ex, Etta encounters Damien. A dark haired, ripped and gorgeous, twenty-two year old artist, street fighter, and Aikido student. As we can guess he's her father's top student. Even though her father has relinquished control, he's allowed Damien to help her continue her Aikido training in order for her to keep her new found independence.
As with anyone that gains freedom, especially an inexperienced and unworldly young girl, she's Drawn to Damien like a 'moth to a flame.' Damien is dark and hiding some horribly devastating secrets. Secrets that once known, can become his undoing. The guilt he carries with these secrets is what turns this story into more than just a possessed alpha male story.
Etta and Damien have this energy that surrounds them. This fierce and unrelenting desire to be together. An attraction that is so strong it even clouds practicality and creates an unbalanced atmosphere that only the two of them can survive within.
"Do you want me to kiss you?" he asks, brushing her bottom lip right next to my mouth again.
Once again, I whimper, nodding my head in response, struggling to find my voice.
"I need you to say it."
"Yes," I whisper.
"Tell me what you want."
"I want you to kiss me," I admit, my voice barely audible as I force my voice to speak.
"Want or need?" he whispers, bringing his mouth to mine, gently grazing my bottom lip.
"Need," I breathe, my body pressed firmly up against the wall, frozen and unable to move with him so close to me.
As their relationship progresses or rather they just seem to exist within and around each other. Like in orbit, revolving around the other.
"What is this?" he asks suddenly. "This thing between us."
"I don't know," I reply. "But if feels like everything."
"Everything," he repeats, just as his mouth meets mine.
Damien has this unknown reason for always wanting to be around Etta, always touching her. Etta, she can't seem to get enough of Damien. Being together is normal for them as you and I breathe air.
When Etta realizes that Damien is taking away her independence under the guise of protection, she loses it and refuses to live this way. To be relegated to her previous life and the confines of parental rules. It's bitter sweet as she gained her independence and then lost it in no time.
Once again, I whimper, nodding my head in response, struggling to find my voice.
"I need you to say it."
"Yes," I whisper.
"Tell me what you want."
"I want you to kiss me," I admit, my voice barely audible as I force my voice to speak.
"Want or need?" he whispers, bringing his mouth to mine, gently grazing my bottom lip.
"Need," I breathe, my body pressed firmly up against the wall, frozen and unable to move with him so close to me.
As their relationship progresses or rather they just seem to exist within and around each other. Like in orbit, revolving around the other.
"What is this?" he asks suddenly. "This thing between us."
"I don't know," I reply. "But if feels like everything."
"Everything," he repeats, just as his mouth meets mine.
"I love how much he wants me.
This dark beautiful man - wants me.
It makes me feel as though I can do anything."
Damien has this unknown reason for always wanting to be around Etta, always touching her. Etta, she can't seem to get enough of Damien. Being together is normal for them as you and I breathe air.
I hate that he holds so much power over me.
"Jesus Etta, just look at you. You're making me crazy."
"Etta, you've got me. This is never going to end. I'm never going to let you go. You are mine and I am yours. There is nothing that can change that now."
When Etta realizes that Damien is taking away her independence under the guise of protection, she loses it and refuses to live this way. To be relegated to her previous life and the confines of parental rules. It's bitter sweet as she gained her independence and then lost it in no time.
Drawn is a book that shows us how destructive, an obsessive relationship can be. One that revolves around jealous and immature individuals. Etta was not emotionally and mentally prepared to have a relationship. She was unworldly, and confined her entire life, she didn't know how to have healthy normal relationships and she just jumped all in with Damien. Eventually she has to force herself to fight for her own sanity. She couldn't breathe without Damien. When she discovered his manipulative mannerisms. That's when, Etta realized enough was enough.
I would like to say, as usual, I hate insta-love books and stories. However, is worked well within these pages and it actually added an intensity to the story I didn't expect. The book left us on a cliffy, but I'm actually excited to see how the second book plays off.
*ARC provided by InkSlinger PR on behalf of the author for an honest review* Thanks!!
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