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The Mechanical Sisters of Misery: Crimson Obedience
Paperback
Series: The Mechanical Sisters of Misery, Book 1
RomanceGeneral FictionGeneral GLBTQIA Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 2 2026
Pages: 66
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.17 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The ice does not forgive.
For five years, Lauren has lived by the rhythm of her coach's stopwatch. Every movement is measured. Every failure is corrected. Under Dominic's cold, clinical eye, she has learned that perfection is not a goal-it is a cage. When her heel plate loosens during a triple salchow, the click of the faulty screw is the only sound she can hear above the hum of the rink. It is a malfunction she cannot hide.
Dominic's correction is swift and absolute.
Bound by the crimson wool scarf and bent over the locker room bench, Lauren is reduced to a physical metric-a machine in need of recalibration. But she is not alone. Marissa, the rival who has spent years watching her every move, steps through the door. She does not intervene to save Lauren. She intervenes to study her.
What begins as a desperate competition for dominance becomes something far more dangerous. As Dominic tightens the leash, forcing them into the brutal intimacy of the double-harness, Lauren and Marissa find themselves locked in a syncopated rhythm of pain and proximity. Their bodies are aligned. Their axes are shared. And the friction between them threatens to ignite the very system designed to keep them apart.
Crimson Obedience is the visceral first installment of The Mechanical Sisters of Misery-a dark literary thriller about control, survival, and the terrifying cost of wanting to be seen.
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