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They call it therapy. I call it torment.

The Doctor says I’m sick, that the nightmares in my head must be untangled with his help. He’s the one who introduced me to Theo, my protector, my tormentor, my everything. Together, they pushed me past my limits, shattering every boundary I thought I had. But something feels wrong.

In this asylum, there’s no escape—from the pain, the desire, or the madness. And when the truth comes to light, I’ll either break completely…or burn it all down.


This book has dark themes with a heavy dose of mental health representation. It also will depict MM, MF, and MFM scenes. Please check the contents in the beginning in the book before reading.

214 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 1, 2025

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K.T. Maddan

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Katie has always possessed a talent for crafting captivating stories. She loves crafting characters with profound depth and is passionate about narrating their stories. When she's not busy creating your next literary delight, she enjoys indulging in PC gaming sessions with her partner or showering affection on her beloved fur babies.

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196 reviews10 followers
August 31, 2025
ARC review
4.5⭐

⚠️ Please read the trigger warnings ⚠️
This is not a romance—it’s an er0tic psychological h0rror story!

This book was not what I thought it would be, and the ending was surprisingly satisfying. 😲
We know by now that everything that happens in the Wellard Asylum is sick and twisted, and these characters did not disappoint. 😏😏😏
Eliza is a little cray-cray in her head (a lot?). She did terrible things that landed her in the asylum, and oh boy, if she knew what would happen to her, I don’t think she would’ve done what she did. Holy crap, poor girl went through a lot, emotionally and physically. 😬😮
The Doctor is a sick bastard—there are no other words to describe him—and he got what he deserved. 😇😇😇

The ending I did not see coming. I was on the edge of my damn seat, wondering how the hell it would end for them. 😰😰😰 This is not a HEA, but kinda is? I’m obviously not gonna spoil anything, but damn… I think it was the best possible ending. Eliza is such a freaking badass, and I could’ve never done what she did. Bravo, Ma’am! 🤯😲😲

In short: highly recommend. 👍

💉 MF MFM
💊 Dub-con
💉 Patient x Doctor
💊 Br33d!ng
💉 Voyeur!sm
💊 Collar!ng
💉 Spank!ng
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1,862 reviews732 followers
December 9, 2025
Okayyy, so this was kinda wild, I was even disturbed / disgusted which one might expect from erotic horror so I guess it gets bonus points for that? But man, I was not expecting the ending to be what it was.



I don't know how to say this next part without spoiling too much so bear with me, there is a clear villain in the story, I hated said villain from the get go, then I felt like we were supposed to, not like him, perse, but have slightly muddled opinions on him based on how Eliza was feeling, and then by the final reveal go back to hating him again because it's clear what really happened (for the most part).

But honestly, I hated him the entire way through and .

I wish we got more of an explanation for everything though, and that Eliza got more time with Theo outside of the Doctor's interference, even if , because I felt like it was just getting good and then and I honestly wasn't here for that, it ruined it for me, but I appreciate the story as a whole.

3.5
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284 reviews25 followers
October 29, 2025
Хороша чернуха. Не просто єбля, а ще й сюжет з цікавим твістом наприкінці. Фінал🔥
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281 reviews85 followers
October 24, 2025
Ну хто так книгу закінчує😩 в мене багато запитань залишилось
Хто прочитав чи прочитає пишіть мені, обговорим 😉
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382 reviews31 followers
September 1, 2025
Yall the way I was invested in this story as this is where it begins. The Wellard Asylum This is where we witness and learn about the wickedness that exists and the depravity that will come.

We are instantly engulfed in the deaths of multiple people, all at the hands of one crazy woman. She is unfazed and undeniably Pyscho.

The author did a good job of setting the atmosphere for Wellard by describing the aesthetic of this facility. Immoral medical procedures, isolation and detention, overmedicated mental patients..

The reader gets to observe the Dr. unorthodox unsettling medical operations. Using self-centered sexual encounters to satisfy his own irrational cravings.

As soon as you discover the plot twist, you start to re think a lot about what you witnessed questioning … how did I miss that. What a thought-provoking finish.

Anticipating all the nefarious acts that will take place at the Wellard Asylum.
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321 reviews198 followers
September 3, 2025
What a Mind F!

Be mindful of triggers because this is full of them, but it is deliciously dark and fast paced. I enjoyed every second of this and read it in one sitting. I am so excited to read the rest of this series!
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162 reviews41 followers
October 14, 2025
⭐️4.5 🌶️4


WHAT IN THE MIND FUCK SERIES DID I JUST READ?!?? LMAOAOAOAOAOA
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1,290 reviews37 followers
October 13, 2025
2.5 meh stars. I wasn’t gripped by the asylum, or the smut. Was hoping the twist might be a little interesting, but it was ok. The last scene was poetic, but everything else a slog.
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196 reviews25 followers
August 31, 2025
“𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.”

The first in the Wellard Asylum series of novellas, and I’m blown away!!
—𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴. 𝘗𝘓𝘚𝘚 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥, 𝘋𝘖 𝘕𝘖𝘛 𝘚𝘛𝘈𝘙𝘛 𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘚 𝘐𝘍 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘊𝘈𝘕’𝘛 𝘎𝘌𝘛 𝘗𝘈𝘚𝘛 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘛𝘞’𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘦𝘴.—

Okayy now— I inhaled this thing and could’ve done so much faster if I didn’t find myself rereading all of THOSE lines, highlighting, adding notes, squealing and letting them sink in.

This is a short read, but absolutely packed to the brim with crazed events and even makes you second guess what you read was correct. Because, the characters are in an asylum, and you are reading from THEIR POV. It must be correct, correct?! 😂
I eat up anything related to psychological fiction.

Devoured it, and the last kick to finalise its 5 stars for me, was that deliriously good conclusion! Whenever there’s a note from the author stating this is their darkest book to date, I’m in.
What an epic starter to this series, I can’t wait to delve into the other books!

➵ MFM
➵ Dubious Consent
➵ Patient X Doctor
➵ Asylum Setting
➵ Bee Dee SM
➵ Collaring
➵ Spanking
➵ DVP
➵ Breed!ng
➵ Facefcking
➵ Voyeurism

𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲?

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67 reviews25 followers
September 11, 2025
I’m gonna be completely honest… I didn’t like it. Short read so I felt like there wasn’t any reason not to finish it, as well as I wanted to see how the end was gonna go since I seen lots of people talk about how shocked they were by it. I did have a strong feeling that she was imagining the men, and i turned out to be right for one of them. This book confused me so much, how did Theo get POV’s if he wasn’t actually there? How did he “tell” the doctor that the FMC loved him when he wasn’t really there? How did she have smex with him when once again, he wasn’t even there?? I feel like so much was left out. Also apparently her husband/fiancés name was Theo, so is she imagining him but not remembering it’s him? Or is she just imagining another guy with the same name? I don’t know, but she k!lled her fiancé at the beginning so why would she not mention that both their names are Theo?
Unfortunately the book isn’t a why choose as I thought it would be, but I wouldn’t call it MF either…
The smut was good, definitely had some kinks I wish were in more books. However this book just wasn’t personally for me sadly.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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143 reviews9 followers
November 2, 2025
This one threw me into a dark, twisted world: the heroine Eliza lands at Wellard Asylum after something horrendous and meets Theo and a doctor whose methods are anything but conventional. It’s intense, creepy, erotic horror-style — you’ll feel the dread, the power games, the “what is real?” moments.
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115 reviews4 followers
November 21, 2025
Enjoyment:⭐⭐⭐.5
Writing: ⭐⭐⭐
Characters: ⭐⭐⭐.5
Plot: ⭐⭐⭐.5
Atmosphere: ⭐⭐⭐.5

The first part of the book was definitely stronger than the second part. More details of what happened and why Eliza did what she did were definitely needed.
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216 reviews45 followers
September 21, 2025
Dark and twisted. I absolutely love the turn of events and im ready for more!
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78 reviews1 follower
October 8, 2025
15 books in this series and it can only go up from here 🤩 but on a serious note… if you have triggers, avoid this series.
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354 reviews103 followers
September 21, 2025
2.5/3 STARS

For a short spicy and somewhat spooky ish read, this was what it is. I would say it was amazing. More like a car crash that you can’t look away from.

BUT THE ENDING HAD MY JAW ON THE FLOOR

I was just like 🤯
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225 reviews13 followers
August 22, 2025
ARC REVIEW “WRITHE” 🖤🩸💉

Rating: 5✨

I don’t know why the books with asylum setting are alluring to me. I don’t know why I seek to know the reasons behind the insanity, the inhuman experiments made on the weak ones.

Writhe is a book in which insanity is present in every character possible, with sickness desires and plot twists which can’t be expected. This story isn’t for the people with weak hearts, the subjects are heavy and dark, but for people who are allured to the dark sides to descover the depths from minds this book is for you.

Eliza is our fmc who poison her fiance’s family. She is mentally unstable and insane, full of rage and dismiss everything in the Wellard Asylum. Until she meets Theo. Theo a timid boy who is transformed into a beast by our Doctor. Doctor is the puppet master who plays with everyone’s mind. He transforms Theo into a dominant beast who makes Eliza to fall in love with him. Then the Doctor’s plan is to behave Eliza, in which his plan goes in another way.

The details are gruesome about the institution, the exploitation of the people with weak minds, mentally insane. The Wellard Asylum is a prison who just take care of people to die slowly, their minds to die.

It’s my first book written by K.T. Maddan and I absolutely love the writing, I guess I started with the darkest one, but the story immerse you in it’s universe. Hands down for the ending and the plot twists, I really couldn’t expect it. 👀

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224 reviews21 followers
September 4, 2025
5⭐️ 🌶️4.9

I’m mind blown!

As always please make sure to check your ‼️Triggers‼️ before you read this one.

At first I was like what? I felt lost than i got to a few chapters I went oh okay i see where this is going. Yeah that’s not that case lol Knew absolutely nothing till the end lol

Which is a good thing I love when a book/story keeps me on my toes and in the dark 9 out of 10 times I know instantly where the story is going it’s just how my mind works sometimes but with this one that wasn’t the case.

It’s dark and very twisted it’s definitely one for the dark romance readers so make sure to check your (TRIGGERS) before reading this one.

It’s super fast paced a lots going on it’s very suspenseful it keeps you interested and there is a good amount of spice in this to the point i was like wow this is on going lol which I didn’t expect but again make sure to check your triggers.

What to expect with this? Be reading to be mind blown, spice for sure, plot twist on top of plot twist in a short amount of time. Asylum environment, and lastly the carpet to be pulled like a magic trick from under your feet lol

Seriously this one surprised me in the best possible way has a dark romance reader.

The author does a great job of laying out the groundwork for the story in a sense that keeps you on your toes, thinking you know stuff but you really don’t and she covers heavy topics in a sense of showing and telling that’s the vibe I got from this.

Overall i enjoyed it I would recommend this to anyone that’s on a deep leave with dark romance reading. Even if your into dark romance like I stated before make sure to check T/Ws.
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August 25, 2025
⚠️ᵀʰⁱˢ ⁱˢ ᴺᴼᵀ ᵃ ᵈᵃʳᵏ ʳᵒᵐᵃⁿᶜᵉ ⚠️
ᵀʰᵉʳᵉ ᵃʳᵉ ⁿᵒ ᶜᵒᵐᶠʸ ᵉⁿᵈⁱⁿᵍˢ ʰᵉʳᵉ.ᵀʰⁱˢ ⁱˢ ʰᵒʳʳᵒʳ.ᵀʰⁱˢ ⁱˢ ᵉʳᵒᵗⁱᶜ ʰᵒʳʳᵒʳ. ᴬⁿᵈ ʸᵒᵘ’ᵛᵉ ʲᵘˢᵗ ᵇᵉᵉⁿ ᵃᵈᵐⁱᵗᵗᵉᵈ.

𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝘼𝙨𝙮𝙡𝙪𝙢
𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 & 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳. 𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘦.𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 13-𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺, 𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴… 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯, 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵. 🩸
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256 reviews9 followers
August 25, 2025
I was extremely impressed with this first installment of the Wellard Asylum!

Out of the gate, we get depravity and insanity! Ohhhh Eliza! She’s a fun time at a dinner party!

The author did an amazing job depicting the evil and torture expected in an asylum book!

The behaviors of the Doctor and Eliza’s bond to Theo deliver a twisted plot with a brutal, unexpected ending!! That ending was perfectly disturbing!
The epilogue demonstrates cleverness to the character development of Eliza!

I absolutely loved this!!
Highly Recommend!!
Read Responsibly!
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256 reviews18 followers
August 29, 2025
“I’m going to have fun breaking you,
my beautiful doll.”

Oh. My. Gods. The anticipation for this series was sooo real and now it has begun! 👏🏽 👏🏽

I literally devoured this as soon as I could and Maddan did not disappoint! Eliza, the doctor, and Theo are the mains and they are all twisted, deranged, and just plain effed up. And I loved it all! No spoilers here—you just have to go read it.
Only if you’re into mental health rep, MFM, psychos, lots of good spice, and some violence. 😉
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62 reviews
December 1, 2025
I loveeeed this book sooo muchhh!!
It was dark,unhinged and so much more😭
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229 reviews54 followers
November 20, 2025
Was just gaslit for 200 pages but I wouldn't have it any other way 'cause oh my god??? This was just insane. Dark, fucked up, erotic, horrible, crazy, and everything in between. Definitely check TWs before reading but....yeah. Give it a go if you're interested in something short and not-so sweet.
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95 reviews
September 10, 2025
This was wild too. If this and Exposed are any indication of how the rest of the series is going to go I am so ready!

This one definitely had a different plot and for a while I thought I had it figured out but the ending caught me off guard.
The plot and descriptions and character development was insane for such a short book. Loved every minute of it.
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76 reviews11 followers
August 23, 2025
UMMMMM EXCUSE ME…

What the F was that ending?
Consider my mind freaking BLOWN 😂

I must admit, during parts of the book I was confused on what was happening, this is my first read by K.T Maddan so I’m sitting there going huh I’m not sure about this book…

Fast forward to the end, I sat there, jaw on the damn ground for a solid 10 minutes!!!! Then everything that I was confused about suddenly made sense, however now I’m not even sure what was real and what wasn’t 😂😂😂😂

That was SUCH a great read!!!
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46 reviews
September 7, 2025
ARC Review:
“Beautiful, vicious girl. But we’re not done yet, are we?”

This book was such a unique and entertaining read -the perfect pick for spooky season. K.T. Madden managed to pack an incredible amount of plot and atmosphere into just 172 pages. Honestly, it could have been expanded into a full-length novel, but it worked beautifully as is.

The dark, haunting tone kept me hooked, and the ending was both unexpected and perfect- a twist that somehow still feels like a happily ever after though that’s twisted to say…hmm maybe just a satisfying ending? After all…”you don’t need a ghost when you have a master.” I’ll definitely be recommending this one and can’t wait to read more from the author.
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737 reviews38 followers
August 19, 2025
After annihilating her family at a dinner, our FMC finds herself as a patient at Wellard Asylum. Whilst trying to starve herself she meets Theo and their story unfolds. Let’s just say the doctors’ methods of suppressing behaviour are not what you’d expect 😈

A fast read, some dark aspects with spice and a twist. Not giving you anymore as it’s a quick erotic horror read 🤪
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329 reviews23 followers
August 9, 2025
I don't think I can express how in love I am with this book. The Doctor, Eliza, and Theo fit so perfectly together in the most insane way possible. KT will have you losing your marbles at the end, making you think you are the insane one (if you are I'm not judging😉).
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