Before he was their villain, he was his father's victim.********************************************************* He spent his life loathing his father's cruelty, only to learn the family's darkest secret: to survive a monster, you have to become one.Raised in a world of greed, trafficking, and calculated cruelty, William's only dream is to escape the underworld his father, Douglas, built from the shadows. His mother was his only escape. Her sudden death is only the beginning of William's realization that there may be no way out.When William is named the successor to the Hammond empire, the inheritance is a death sentence. To survive, William must endure his father's manipulation and impossible expectations, a volatile brother, and navigate a lethal minefield of love and treachery.He is desperate to remain human in a house of savages, but the Hammond blood runs deep. To protect his future, he must confront the rising darkness within-even if it means becoming the very monster he swore he would never be.Discover the origin of the man readers hate to love. This is the transformation of William Hammond-the moments that forged a villain, the choices that broke a soul, and the first time he set eyes on his future victim, Olivia Beaumont. N.L. Blandford is the author of three published works from The Road Series; The Perilous Road to Her, The Perilous Road to Freedom and The Perilous Road to Him. She resides in Nova Scotia, where she is building a life of dream exploration with her husband, mild mannered dog, Watson, and two mischievous kittens Loki and Lulu.
