Killing the Butterfly: A Thriller So Abusive, It's Criminal

By Dale Ward

Patty thought escaping her parents would save her. She was wrong.

At fourteen, Patty is already carrying years of trauma-an abusive mother, an alcoholic father, and nightmares too vivid to ignore. When she moves in with her aunt, starts over at a new school, and falls for the dangerously magnetic Roy, she wants to believe she's finally found someone who understands her.

Instead, she's caught in another web.

Roy is charming, possessive, explosive, and impossible to predict. What begins as first love turns into manipulation, violence, and control, pulling Patty deeper into a relationship that mirrors the very darkness she thought she had escaped. As the abuse escalates, Patty is forced to confront the buried terror of her past and ask herself the question she has never been able to answer:

Can she survive the men who claim to love her?

Dark, disturbing, and sharply observed, Killing the Butterfly is a psychological thriller about trauma, grooming, control, and the brutal fight to reclaim power before it's too late.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1684339510
• ISBN13: 9781684339518
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Black Rose Writing
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"