16 oz.; 299 pages; HC Unmarked/Unread DJ slight shelf wear. Beth, a teenage runaway in New York, is taken in hand by a pimp who abuses her and forces her to perform in S&M dramas for his customers. The situation continues for 10 years, during which her best friend is beheaded during a particularly gruesome encounter, and Beth ends up in a hospital with injuries and amnesia. She marries a man named Jeremy, who sincerely loves her and who encourages her to write a book about her vaguely remembered childhood--and then her past threatens to suck her in again.