Set against the heat-bleached streets and shadowed backwaters of Florida, Clown Paint and Gator Bait is a dark psychological thriller that blurs the line between devotion and danger. What begins as a brief, intoxicating encounter between two strangers becomes something far more unsettling when distance fails to sever the bond and the man she leaves behind refuses to let her go.

As Courtney builds a life shaped by ambition, fear, and hard-won independence, a pattern emerges. Cities change, headlines follow, and violence seems to orbit her path. Slowly and horrifyingly, she realizes that love may not have been the most dangerous thing she encountered and that being known carries a devastating cost. Told through intimate perspectives and anchored in a distinctly Floridian gothic atmosphere, the novel explores obsession, power, and the moment a hunted woman decides to turn the tables.

Clown Paint and Gator Bait is adult horror with erotic intensity and disturbing themes. Desire curdles into control and survival demands transformation in this dark love story rife with moral ambiguity and slow-burn terror.

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