The Way He Broke Me

by Larissa Gault, Ariana Tosado (Editor)

Lavinia Markov tried to break free.




Yet no matter how hard she tried, she failed to save the people she loved the most. Now separated from her family, she has to learn to find a new one in her team. She has to live with nightmares, desperate for any distraction that might help her forget the peace stolen from her, while new experiments were the nightmares of Parker and Persephone.




But as Lavinia starts to trust her team, it becomes apparent that they are not who they seem. One of them might be the only thing able to ruin her again, and they lived a lie to protect her from it. No one would know if it was the right decision until it was too late.




Something else is brewing. There's someone else out there willing to take down Ivankov, someone trying to find the Markovs to complete their goal. Could Lavinia stay alive long enough amidst her grief and a tornado of loyalties and blurred lines to protect her siblings, or would she break before she ever got the chance?

428 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 6, 2023

About the author

Larissa Gault published her first two novels, Breaking Free and The Way He Broke Me, at eighteen and nineteen, respectively. She grew up in New England and is currently attending community college before heading to university for creative writing. Her hobbies include collecting antiques, playing the piano, singing on her church’s worship team, cuddling her cat, drinking far too much coffee, listening to true crime podcasts, and of course, co-hosting her own about books. You can find Larissa on Instagram at @larissagault.author to keep up with her latest shenanigans.