This Love Will Hurt

The gripping follow-up to I Feel Your Pain, the dystopia-romance set in a world where pain is transferable and love comes at a cost. Perfect for fans of Noughts & Crosses and This Mortal Coil.

When a devasting second solar flare hits Alta Bay, all power cuts out and the city is plunged into darkness. Then the impossible happens – Pain Carriers realise they’re no longer in pain, and some, including Nova Williams, can now generate electricity with their bodies.

With the city on the brink of collapse, the government turns to Unity Clinics, the rebranded face of Dominion Pharmaceuticals, to restore power. What begins as a voluntary solution quickly becomes a draft, forcing Pain Carriers to generate electricity to keep the lights on.

Castor Fox, heir to the Dominion legacy and Nova’s boyfriend, believes the system can be reformed from within. But when Nova uncovers a devastating truth about the extraction process, she realises survival is being built on exploitation – and Castor may be standing on the wrong side of history.

With trust breaking, resistance rising, and their love under strain, Nova must once again choose between compliance and rebellion.

Because this time, Dominion isn’t harvesting pain.
It’s harvesting people.