The Hollow Boys
“The sons of the torturously wealthy. Ponderosa Springs’ worst nightmare.”
ROOK VAN DOREN
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THATCHER PIERSON
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SILAS HAWTHORNE
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ALISTAIR CALDWELL
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ROOK VAN DOREN ⋆ THATCHER PIERSON ⋆ SILAS HAWTHORNE ⋆ ALISTAIR CALDWELL ⋆
The Lies we Steal
(The Hollow Boys, book one)
Hollow Heights University in the macabre, somber seaside town of Ponderosa Springs.
A college for prestigious, wealthy children to receive the highest education. A town drowning in treachery and secrets that became our damnation.
But it wasn’t the forest surrounding the grounds or even the mysterious hidden mausoleum that haunted me.
It was them.
The ones that lurked in the night, things so wicked, so twisted, so evil, they would become the rulers of my nightmares.
The Hollow Boys.
One wrong move and I landed myself directly in their line of fire.
This is not a story about love, it is not a story of happy endings.
Love just happened to blossom in our sorrows, in our pain, our fear, our blood.
Every terrible thing they ever did, we watched, we helped, we loved them anyway.
Some run from their monsters, we fell in love with ours.
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“Love is real. A tangible thing you can run your fingers over, warm and safe. Obsession is living a fantasy in your head, over and over again. Obsession is living in a nightmare, but never wanting to wake up.”
I find it almost unfair that the boys stitched together with dark magic and cruel intentions always have the prettiest eyes.
My little red riding hood running from the big bad wolf. Our story is inevitable. I catch her. I feast.
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-Bully Romance
-Revenge Plot
-Touch Her you Die
-Murder Mystery
-Enemies to Lovers
-New Girl x Rich Local Boy
-Dark Academia
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Graphic Sexual Scenes, Graphic Violence, Self Harm, Sexual Assault, Animal Cruelty, Non-Con, Dubious Consent, Bullying, Human Trafficking, Child Abuse, Mentions of Suicide & Suicidal Ideation, Kidnapping, Sex Trafficking, Torture, Blood and Gore.
The Truths we Burn
(The Hollow Boys, book two)
I was ready to watch this town that made me the villain, Rot in front of my eyes, but it seems ghosts don’t stay buried here either. Everyone’s favorite sweetheart has returned to Hollow Heights dragging nothing but unanswered questions and grim memories behind her. A distraction I can’t afford with the police sniffing around. A mistake that torched my last piece of humanity.
The dirty little secret that has returned searching for closure surrounding her sister’s mysterious death. But I know the innocent, lost girl is an act. Underneath it’s just another part of her show. They all are eating from the palm of her hand, puppets on her string. But not me. I see her for what she truly is, I always have.
A fake. A manipulator. A liar.
I won’t let her ruin all we have worked for. I refuse to let her derail our plan of vengeance. I’ve played your game once before, Sage, now it’s time to play mine.
And you’re not making it out without getting burned.
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There are only two people who can look the pits of hell in the eyes and not flinch. Those in Hell and those who already made their way out.
“I’d become a serial killer trying to fend off men falling in love with you.”
“This is my hell. My kingdom. My fucking rules. I reward good little whores only.”
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-Second Chance Romance
-Revenge Plot
-Murder Mystery
-Touch Her you Die
-Enemies to lovers back to enemies…
-Mean Girl x Bad Boy
-Rivals Ex-Girlfriend
-Dark Academia
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Graphic Sexual Scenes, Graphic Violence, Drugs, Self Harm, Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking, Child Abuse, Mentions of Suicide & Suicidal Ideation, Sex Trafficking, Torture, Blood and Gore.
The Blood we Crave Part One
Death found me as a young girl. Latching onto the core of my soul. No one knows what that horrid night did to me. What kind of monster it flourished inside me. I’d become a ghost, hiding from the world so that people would never find out about the morbid desire I harbor.
Until he noticed me.
Thatcher Alexander Pierson: Cunning. Sharp. Beautiful.
A man bred from the seed of a serial killer. Stitched together with old money and Dolce & Gabbana clothing. He is my strongest fixation. My sweetest, darkest addiction. And I’m his phantom. I have haunted him my entire life and now? He sees me for exactly what I am.
A killer.
I sicken him. But he has always mesmerized me. When a copycat murderer prowls among the trees of Ponderosa Springs, our loyalty is tested. It had been foolish of us to believe our revenge would go unpunished. That the town wouldn’t retaliate after what we did. With our lives hanging in the balance, Thatcher and I have no choice but too coexist.
In the twilight of musty cabins and haunted library towers, my somber secrets are exposed, and his cravings are revealed.
So the question is…What is love without obsession?
(The Hollow Boys, book three)
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“Do not ever wipe my blood off your body without my permission again.”
Lyra might be a pest, a stubborn thorn burrowed into my skin, but she is mine. Mine to deal with, mine to end. No one else.
“You want to build your walls, darling phantom? Shield yourself inside these haunted spaces? That’s fine, but you make sure I’m inside before you shut those doors. You can shut the entire world out. Not me. Never me.”
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-MMC Serial Killer x FMC Stalker
-Revenge Plot
-Murder Mystery
-Touch Her/Touch Him you Die
-Opposites Attract
-Blood/Knife kink
-Dark Academia
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Graphic Sexual Scenes, Graphic Violence, Serial Murder, Sexual Assault, Animal Cruelty, Human Trafficking, Child Abuse, Mentions of Suicide & Suicidal Ideation, Kidnapping, Sex Trafficking, Torture, Blood and Gore.
The Blood we Crave Part Two
(The Hollow Boys, book four)
Will obsession be enough?
I'd always believed my love was enough to save him. To protect him.
I was wrong.
The Copycat killer gets closer every day, and I can’t help but feel his every move is in my direction.
With dead ends around every curve and bodies piling up, it seems our time is running out.
They took him from me. Stole the last bit of light and left him empty.
Now, it’s not only the Hollow Boys who are seeking revenge.
I'm out for blood. A war path for vengeance.
They wanted a villain?
I’ll give them one.
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I don’t miss him, the way you miss a pair of shoes that you grew out of, a memory of a glowing summer, or even a pet you’d lost. I do not miss him. He is missing from me. A vital organ torn from my gut. A severed limb.
“Darling.” He traces the front of his white teeth with his tongue, a starved animal ready to feast. “I’d rid the world of men who breathe the same air as you.”
Because even though I can’t have her, she’s still my ghost. She still haunts me. And every single murderous inch belongs to me.
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-MMC Serial Killer x FMC Stalker
-Forced Proximity
-Revenge Plot
-Murder Mystery
-Touch Her/Touch Him You Die
-Opposites Attract
-Blood/Knife kink
-Dark Academia
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Graphic Sexual Scenes, Graphic Violence, Serial Murder, Sexual Assault, Animal Cruelty, Human Trafficking, Child Abuse, Mentions of Suicide & Suicidal Ideation, Kidnapping, Sex Trafficking, Torture, Blood and Gore.
Two years.
That’s all the peace we had before our past awoke from the dead.
Rose from the grave with malicious hands, famished, and ready to bury us six feet below. The tombstones of our enemies have been overturned, and we are reminded that we can never escape the chains of the corrupt.
Seeking retribution for my lost love consumed my past, but that violence and desire for punishment now jeopardized the future of those closest to me.
We are given one choice, a singular option.
Return to Ponderosa Springs. Or reap the consequences.
But it’s more than the infamous Hollow Boys in danger this time.
It’s her. The cursed one.
A mirage of a woman too stubborn for her own good.
Coraline Whittaker and I share a common enemy. Her fear of him and his possession over her is the only reason she agrees to work with me. We promise to protect one another. Share the weight of his return and the misery his presences brings; Till death do us part or the man plaguing her dreams is finally sent to the grave.
What she doesn’t know is there is more than a villain weaving us together. It’s not just the revenge I want. It’s not the satisfaction of ruining the town that tainted us.
I want her.
Once again, I’ve taken a vow to protect someone, took her vengeance and made it my own.
Still waters have always run deep. Ponderosa Springs isn’t the only one with secrets. I’ll let the world know mine before they take her away from me. That rotting town knows what I do to people who take things that belong to me.
A mistake repeated?
Not even God himself will deliver them from my evil.
The Oath we Give
(The Hollow Boys, book five)
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“Life left you empty so that you’d have room to fill it. We are only hollow if we allow ourselves to remain that way.”
“On this day, I vow to make your rage my own, to weather the storm of your revenge and keep you forever safe. I promise to stand by you. No matter what comes, you will never be alone. Till death do us part.”
“You’re my wife, Coraline Hawthorne. If I want to cover myself in the blood of a thousand more men to protect you, I will,” I tell her. “They cannot hurt you without having to answer to me.”
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-”My wife this. My wife that.”
-Marriage of Convenience
-Forced Proximity
-Revenge Plot
-He Falls First
-Touch Her You Die
-Opposites Attract
-Murder Mystery
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Graphic Sexual Scenes, Graphic Violence, Serial Murder, Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking, Child Abuse, Mentions of Suicide & Suicidal Ideations, Kidnapping, Sex Trafficking, Torture, Blood and Gore.
FAQs About The Hollow Boys
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No! There is no sharing with anyone in this series. Each Hollow Boy gets his own book, minus Thatcher who got two cause he’s a Prima Donna.
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Nope! There are a few ghost stories told, but not paranormal.
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Silas! I’m a sucker for the quiet guys.
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Coraline! She's the most like me.
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No. The Hollow Boys series is over BUT…I am writing a Hollow Boys Next Generation. The River Styx Heathens will feature Alistair, Rook, and Silas’s kids!
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A lot of reasons. Lyra and Thatcher are serial killers, for one. That doesn’t go away because they fell in love. There isn’t a shot in the world either of them would want to raise a kid knowing who they are and what they do in their basement…and backyards. I think it’s important to represent those who don’t want kids or can’t have children of their own. Children do not equal a happy ever after. Babies and marriage isn’t for everyone, and that’s more than okay. Lastly, and most importantly, their characters don’t make sense as parents. With their trauma, personalities, etc., I wouldn’t feel right doing that. Above everything, I will always stay true to the characters I create. It’s the most important thing to me with this career because, while it’s what I do for a job and I love it, it’s also my art.
HOWEVER! Fear not! Aunt Lyra and uncle Thatcher will make cameos in The River Styx Heathens.
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All extra Hollow Boys writings are available under the Books tab on my website as Bonus Content.
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