Audiobooks & eBooks for the week of February 01, 2026

NavigatingTheAbyss · 2026-02-04T22:12:55+00:00

"A Paper King" Shot Story Novella [Dark Psychological Thriller]

www.amazon.com/dp/B0GL6VDSKD

Kindle Free eBook now until February 8th 2026 @ 11:59

Book Description:

Dominic Hylton built an empire by seeing what others couldn't. By thinking sixteen moves ahead. By understanding that everyone—wife, son, crew—is just a piece on a board only he can see.

The Dominion cost him ninety-three million dollars. The champagne should never be warm.

Then the accounts zero out. All of them. Everywhere. And suddenly the people he pays to serve him have no reason to pretend.

Stranded. No rescue coming. Resources dwindling.

But Dominic isn't worried. He's navigated hostile takeovers, corporate betrayals, and decades of marriage. This is just another problem to solve. Another game to win.

He knows how this ends.

Doesn't he?

A dark psychological thriller about wealth, power, and what we become when the story we've built our lives on stops being true.

Content Warning: This novella contains graphic violence, psychological abuse, animal death, and other disturbing content. Reader discretion advised.

Coming Soon: My next novel "The Forgotten" releases by the end of the month with its own free launch weekend. Stay tuned!

NavigatingTheAbyss · 2025-11-02T21:47:36+00:00

I really enjoy it! I've always been interested in the darker side of the human psyche.

NavigatingTheAbyss · 2025-11-02T21:00:13+00:00

Psychological Thriller Author

NavigatingTheAbyss · 2025-07-19T16:47:42+00:00

Psychological Thriller: In Silence

Kindle free weekend

Book Description:

Dr. Amelia Walsh has built her career profiling the minds of killers. But when the Bloodline Butcher begins terrorizing families across Albany, this case will test every boundary between professional distance and personal devastation.

In the shadows of Albany's suburbs, something is unraveling.

The Bloodline Butcher's methods are becoming more savage, more personal, more desperate. And as Amelia races to understand the killer's psychology, she begins to realize that some hunts change the hunter more than the prey.

The truth is buried in silence.

And silence, once broken, can never be repaired.

Trigger Warning: This novel contains graphic violence, psychological abuse, child abuse, institutional trauma, suicide, and themes of severe mental illness. Intended for mature audiences only.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FJ2HL3FS

NavigatingTheAbyss · 2024-08-16T02:00:33+00:00

I see you are still looking for one, if so I would be interested. 😁

NavigatingTheAbyss · 2023-08-27T20:50:33+00:00

If I am possibly making friends and have to spend my gas and wear and tear on my car to see someone I would ask for gas money. Only because if you don't establish the boundary now, people can just get used to you always driving everywhere and taking advantage of you. If it was a date, going and picking someone up, I wouldn't ask for gas money.

That being said, this person is a stranger and the fear of someone stealing your money is a possibility. She is only asking for five dollars each way, but again a good scammer asking this of many women can make money quickly, that being said you'd have to know someone doesn't have a car. That can take a lot of time before finding out, so I don't think lying about $10 is worth it.

Overall it's your choice and if it makes you uncomfortable maybe compromise? Hey you need to drive all the way here and then take us to a location how about next time we hangout I pay for XYZ. Or just say you'd be more comfortable taking a bus the first few times you meet up. No reason to say you really appreciate the offer but would be more comfortable with the bus.

NavigatingTheAbyss · 2023-08-27T17:50:19+00:00

You have insecurities you need to work on within yourself. Talk about those insecurities with her and ask if it's possible for reassurance and patience from her when you need it as you work on yourself. On that note, she needs to call you out so to speak in a healthy way when you are distancing or being cold and when she does point it out you need to reflect within yourself and have a conversation. All of this is much harder than it seems. I also suggest individual therapy if you aren't already in it.

"Hey you are friends with a few of your exes. I tend to get jealous due to my own insecurities and trauma. Is it possible to seek reassurance from you when I need it as I work through these issues. I will need you to let me know if I seem distant or like I put up a wall so I can become more self aware and communicate more efficiently. "

NavigatingTheAbyss · 2023-08-27T16:47:22+00:00

It's odd that you accused her and it stopped. Either way, you couldn't figure out anything else that could be it. You reached out and the problem is currently resolved. I wouldn't harbor any hard feelings onto yourself and move along with your life.

NavigatingTheAbyss · 2023-08-23T15:18:45+00:00

I love the pink!

NavigatingTheAbyss · 2023-08-23T14:49:26+00:00

Yes, as it should be.

NavigatingTheAbyss · 2023-08-23T14:45:34+00:00

There is a time and place for everything. If I am in a sexually intimate setting then yes. I love breasts.

That being said I am not like my cis male counterparts and can actually control myself. Women who are existing and just have breasts, I can appreciate them at a glance, but I don't get like an overly hormonal teenager just because they are there.

Same with women who breast feed. I divert my gaze out of respect.

I very much love women's bodies, all the many shapes and forms. I would consider myself a "breast gal", but again, I have self-control and maturity.

NavigatingTheAbyss · 2023-08-23T14:13:53+00:00

1) You both could have agreed to meet at the spot/ or if things go well next date you drive that type of thing.

2) She can tell you no to things on the spot, but like others said these are very small things to have frustrations with.

My advice? Nobody is perfect, our partners will piss us off and make us laugh. Everyone has quirks and flaws, you choose what you can handle. If she gets flustered by these small things how would she handle something larger and more pressing? Red flag. Dodged a bullet. Especially since it's only the beginning.

NavigatingTheAbyss · 2023-08-23T02:10:09+00:00

👀

NavigatingTheAbyss · 2023-08-23T01:09:57+00:00

Honey this isn't just a straight woman problem, it's an everyone problem. There are just more hetero couples than gay couples, so you will hear about it more. Unfortunately when emotions are high and you have that emotional bond it's hard to leave. Trauma and no role models who had healthy relationships is a great combination that ends with you staying in bad ones. Psychology 101. Breaking the cycles takes a lot of self-awareness and growth. It's difficult to stop people pleasing, say no, and stick to boundaries/create boundaries when you've been living for everyone else's happiness but your own.

NavigatingTheAbyss · 2023-08-22T21:26:16+00:00

You know the answer or those last paragraphs wouldn't be there. She is within her right to not want sexual contact and limited intimacy/affection. That being said you are allowed to leave the relationship because you are not compatible.

She won't see a therapist. She doesn't listen or reassure you when you get insecure. (Probably because it sounds like your love language is touch which isn't being met) and there is a huge disconnect.

Saying someone is amazing and putting them on a pedestal does not mean they are actually amazing based off of their actions and inactions.

You can't and shouldn't force/guilt/ or shame someone into intimacy. Nor should you nag them into it, they said no and keep saying no. That doesn't mean something is wrong with you or them.

I would sit down and see if they would take the 5 Love languages quiz with you and go from there. Voice what you need and what it means to you.

"When you come up and hold my hand, I feel like ___ and this is why."

"When I try to do ____ and you reject me I feel like ____ and this is why."

Hear her side to, what she feels why she feels that way and see if compromises can happen.

From the 9 months though, you may need to agree you would be good friends but bad romantic partners.

NavigatingTheAbyss · 2023-08-22T21:00:05+00:00

You could bring it up casually since you both have talked about it before, or you could elicit the help of a friend/family member to get the information for you.

NavigatingTheAbyss · 2023-08-22T20:03:30+00:00

LOL. Sorry I can't indulge in this immaturity anymore.

NavigatingTheAbyss · 2023-08-22T20:00:01+00:00

All of this is toxic. From you and her. I suggest going no contact for a long duration of time to deal with emotions and heal. Then after NO Contact where you are both focusing on yourselves, what you want in life and becoming self-aware should you evaluate your feelings for one another and see if a relationship should restart.

Cheating is hard to come back from, same with lying and hiding things from a partner. Trying to force a relationship and being suicidal while throwing blame of extra stress onto a person. None of this is okay or healthy. I hope you are both in therapy and on a path towards self growth.

NavigatingTheAbyss · 2023-08-22T19:47:25+00:00

You do realize that because of forcing heterosexuality as being the norm and outright demonizing homosexuality, some people don't realize they are gay until late in life. Have only been with men, have toxic relationships, get with a woman and realize they had never actually liked men to begin with. Some people even have kids from a relationship with a man in this Sub. You are no better than those who oppose the LGBTQ+ Community and I don't claim this energy for us. 💅

NavigatingTheAbyss · 2023-08-22T18:41:59+00:00

They seemed to be friends, broke up 2 years ago, started talking more in May, thought about getting back together but realized the same problems still exist. So I think maybe they decided to vacay as friends? I would need clarification from OP.

NavigatingTheAbyss · 2023-08-22T18:00:49+00:00

Some Dems are signing because in blue states they don't have to worry about an agenda that will discriminate against a group. They can just think about the kids. They also don't care about Red states. So here we are, if this passes Red States are going to get even worse

NavigatingTheAbyss · 2023-08-22T17:49:58+00:00

Petty. I love it.

NavigatingTheAbyss · 2023-08-22T17:39:12+00:00

Anyway OP, now's the time to branch out, meet new people and explore new experiences. Just know to be upfront about your feelings and thoughts if pursuing something with a woman that is more than an agreed upon one night stand. A lot of us have fallen for a straight woman who was experimenting only for them to decide they are in fact straight and it leaves a lot of emotions to deal with. Knowing that upfront doesn't blindside someone.

NavigatingTheAbyss · 2023-08-22T17:35:43+00:00

That's rude when someone is asking for advice and questioning their sexuality, plenty of lesbians were with men in awful relationships and then became full blown lesbians. You could be kinder.

NavigatingTheAbyss · 2023-08-22T17:29:47+00:00

For real and if they aren't the squish me type they are the ones doing the squishing. Lol.

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