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The Lockdown Trade-Off
Times are hard in this terrifying new world dominated by the coronavirus; small businesses around the globe are going belly-up. In the Cornish seaside town of Treeve, Cat’s husband, Brian Oxley, is on the brink of losing everything. Eight pubs, five restaurants, and six pasty shops worth of everything…
When a potential, financial bailout comes in the form of lottery winner Ewan Davies, it is the answer to all of Brian’s prayers. The creepy, ex-furniture restorer makes Brian an offer he can’t refuse. His offer is twenty million.
And the price of Brian’s salvation? His wife.
Never in her wildest imaginings, could Cat imagine what lies in store for her at the millionaire’s mansion. She will never look at a piece of furniture in the same way again…
This is an extreme horror novella. It contains some scenes that readers may find upsetting.
When a potential, financial bailout comes in the form of lottery winner Ewan Davies, it is the answer to all of Brian’s prayers. The creepy, ex-furniture restorer makes Brian an offer he can’t refuse. His offer is twenty million.
And the price of Brian’s salvation? His wife.
Never in her wildest imaginings, could Cat imagine what lies in store for her at the millionaire’s mansion. She will never look at a piece of furniture in the same way again…
This is an extreme horror novella. It contains some scenes that readers may find upsetting.
- GenresHorror
84 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 15, 2020
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Sam West
62 books234 followersSam West is a British, extreme horror author with more than forty books to her name. If you like your fiction dark, gritty, gory, perverse and truly terrifying, then you're in the right place.
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Displaying 1 - 17 of 17 reviews
December 20, 2021
A Strange tale about the pitfalls of self assembly furniture. main reason for 3 stars was the fact it is labelled as extreme horror and i didn't think it was. good read though.
August 7, 2020
This had a decent story that moved at a good pace, but the characters are one dimensional, the prose makes some very poor word choices at times, and the "climax" was kind of goofy for as serious as it tried to play it. You could do worse for 99 cents, but I'm not exactly eager to pick up any more of Sam West's works.
October 6, 2020
Indecent Proposal in Broadgate
I mean, Ewan MUST live in Broadgate, right?! This is too twisted to happen anywhere else.
I love that this is written along with what is going on in the world. It's not 'capitalizing' on anything, it's saying ''Hey, things are messed up, but look - they could be SOOOO much worse!''
I noticed that a couple readers do not like the ending, but I wholeheartedly disagree. There are so many things that could happen, probably only the most obvious WILL happen, but no matter what - in our minds we've seen our perfect ending.
This is just a couple watered down sentences from my full review. It's completely NSFW, so check out my blog, (address in profile), be sure to answer the Halloween question at the end!
I mean, Ewan MUST live in Broadgate, right?! This is too twisted to happen anywhere else.
I love that this is written along with what is going on in the world. It's not 'capitalizing' on anything, it's saying ''Hey, things are messed up, but look - they could be SOOOO much worse!''
I noticed that a couple readers do not like the ending, but I wholeheartedly disagree. There are so many things that could happen, probably only the most obvious WILL happen, but no matter what - in our minds we've seen our perfect ending.
This is just a couple watered down sentences from my full review. It's completely NSFW, so check out my blog, (address in profile), be sure to answer the Halloween question at the end!
September 11, 2020
Nasty in a good way
Not for the squeamish. Well I can always guarantee a great exciting read from Sam West, she is a brilliant writer with a fantastic imagination. This read is no different. Nice and gore with that sick twist. Just as you think the story is heading in one direction, out comes a twist. Always so captivating. Definitely recommend
Not for the squeamish. Well I can always guarantee a great exciting read from Sam West, she is a brilliant writer with a fantastic imagination. This read is no different. Nice and gore with that sick twist. Just as you think the story is heading in one direction, out comes a twist. Always so captivating. Definitely recommend
May 18, 2021
What the heck did I just read? This is one twisted tale. It was a very slow start, but the ending was excellent. With extreme horror, half the fun is the journey of gore. I feel like this one skipped the journey and suddenly arrived at the outcome. It's still a decent read, just not as much violence as I've come to expect from Sam West
June 7, 2023
This was a weird one and while it didn't go as I quite expected it to, the grammatical errors littered throughout the book definitely took me out of it at times, especially because they should have been caught by a proofreader, if there even was one to begin with. The ending felt rushed too, although the story definitely made a good point about how the media interacted with death during the COVID pandemic.
July 15, 2020
Yep, it went where I was afraid it would. This one was just too cruel for my tastes. It occupies that special place beside Octopus by Matt Shaw and Hilary by Angel Gelique. It comes to a point where you just want a convenient deus ex machina, some omniscient hero to burst in and stop the neverending torture that the characters in these novels suffer. The older I get, the less fun I have with these kinds of stories. Still, because it was well written, just as in the case of Octopus, I must render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, hence four stars.
March 27, 2021
Once anyone’s eyes have been opened to deceit, it’s impossible to close them again. Denial of that magnitude take herculean effort and a certain dogged single-mindedness.”
It was in the beginning weeks of the Corona Virus Pandemic, and as business seemingly went under overnight, passions within an already struggling, loveless marriage would simply continue to deteriorate. Hiding the affair, her first one she ever allowed herself to entertain, Caitlyn Oxley, or Cat to those closest to her in the picture perfect small town of Treeve, never would of imagined the horrendous debt her husband had managed to acquire. Believing the to to be decently well off, she married him, an older man with little in common to the young, energetic young woman, she saw in him and escape from poverty and the endless cycles of pregnancy many woman around her befell in the small England town. As she turned her lustful eyes to Brian’s ( her husband) Most trusted employee, Clive McGowen, she never expected him to betray her. Summoned to her husband’s bar, she saw her life reflected in the pint glass set before her, before her husband comes clean about the ten million pound bounty placed above her head, all in exchange fro her. As a wealthy man who went by Ewan Davies, he was seemingly a face never seen yet a frequent visitor to the bar. Taking a keen interest in the stunning beauty, he offered her husband an option of both wealth and revenge, her. Taken and heavily sedated, she finds herself alone on a chair, and as she witnessed her lover Clive being brutally sliced apart, she never expected herself to fall victim as well.
I cut out his tongue because I couldn’t stand his infernal babbling…
In and out of consciousness and heavily drugged with narcotics, she awoke to the infections burning in her body as she was turned into literal furniture. With Clive’s tongue sliced out and his legs reduced to stumps, he was crafted into a living table, and herself a living, talking sofa. As the older man began falling victim to the Corona Virus, she felt little worry any longer of how she wou.d manage to survive after his passing, Yet when he took that final breath, she smiled, knowing full well her suffering would be merely limited now.
But the hysteria was obliterating.
It was in the beginning weeks of the Corona Virus Pandemic, and as business seemingly went under overnight, passions within an already struggling, loveless marriage would simply continue to deteriorate. Hiding the affair, her first one she ever allowed herself to entertain, Caitlyn Oxley, or Cat to those closest to her in the picture perfect small town of Treeve, never would of imagined the horrendous debt her husband had managed to acquire. Believing the to to be decently well off, she married him, an older man with little in common to the young, energetic young woman, she saw in him and escape from poverty and the endless cycles of pregnancy many woman around her befell in the small England town. As she turned her lustful eyes to Brian’s ( her husband) Most trusted employee, Clive McGowen, she never expected him to betray her. Summoned to her husband’s bar, she saw her life reflected in the pint glass set before her, before her husband comes clean about the ten million pound bounty placed above her head, all in exchange fro her. As a wealthy man who went by Ewan Davies, he was seemingly a face never seen yet a frequent visitor to the bar. Taking a keen interest in the stunning beauty, he offered her husband an option of both wealth and revenge, her. Taken and heavily sedated, she finds herself alone on a chair, and as she witnessed her lover Clive being brutally sliced apart, she never expected herself to fall victim as well.
I cut out his tongue because I couldn’t stand his infernal babbling…
In and out of consciousness and heavily drugged with narcotics, she awoke to the infections burning in her body as she was turned into literal furniture. With Clive’s tongue sliced out and his legs reduced to stumps, he was crafted into a living table, and herself a living, talking sofa. As the older man began falling victim to the Corona Virus, she felt little worry any longer of how she wou.d manage to survive after his passing, Yet when he took that final breath, she smiled, knowing full well her suffering would be merely limited now.
But the hysteria was obliterating.
September 18, 2020
O.......K then
Certainly NOT what I was expecting!!
The title totally threw me off, I expected it to be all about Covid and yes it was a very boring read but who'd have thought to add a physopath into the mix? Not me so wasn't expecting the outcome.
Admittedly even though at some stage I thought it was boring my curiosity was got half way thru and wanted to read until the end to see what happens, ending was as expected .
I guess this was ok-ish as a quick read and others might find it riveting and towards the end it was .
Certainly NOT what I was expecting!!
The title totally threw me off, I expected it to be all about Covid and yes it was a very boring read but who'd have thought to add a physopath into the mix? Not me so wasn't expecting the outcome.
Admittedly even though at some stage I thought it was boring my curiosity was got half way thru and wanted to read until the end to see what happens, ending was as expected .
I guess this was ok-ish as a quick read and others might find it riveting and towards the end it was .
July 25, 2020
Don't Sit There
I enjoyed the book, it was a short fun definitely horror story, well written with nasty characters, just the way I like my horrors to be and it took my mind away from covid-19 for a short while.
I enjoyed the book, it was a short fun definitely horror story, well written with nasty characters, just the way I like my horrors to be and it took my mind away from covid-19 for a short while.
December 12, 2020
Horrible story
The most pathetic story I have ever read. Absolutely NO talent writer going to extremes to get recognition. I wouldn't give it or him even 1 star if I didn't have to. Awful !
The most pathetic story I have ever read. Absolutely NO talent writer going to extremes to get recognition. I wouldn't give it or him even 1 star if I didn't have to. Awful !
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August 21, 2023It doesn't deserve 1 star. This. Is the sickest book I have ever read. I had to finish the book because I couldn't believe it could get any worse but it did. I can't believe people write this x%$!#@ and that pay for it. I got for free so I at least didn't waste any money.
July 6, 2020
Great
This was a very exciting book to read. I recommend this book to anyone that asked what is a good book
This was a very exciting book to read. I recommend this book to anyone that asked what is a good book
July 12, 2020
Sorry to say this felt rushed, as in written in a rush, quite a few errors which spoilt this and ended it prematurely for me. I have enjoyed many of Sams books, but not this - so sorry Sam.
September 30, 2020
Very rushed ending let it down in my opinion
January 4, 2021
Needs proof reading
Not a bad little read. Needs a good proof reading though. Read a few books by Sam and this just fell a little short for me.
Not a bad little read. Needs a good proof reading though. Read a few books by Sam and this just fell a little short for me.
February 10, 2021
Horror?? No.. ridiculous, far fetched yes.
45minutes of my life I won’t get back.
Do not recommend.
45minutes of my life I won’t get back.
Do not recommend.
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