Choke: This Isn’t Love. It’s a Chokehold.

Adrian Liberty has lived a turbulent life.
He’s left speechless when he meets Lex Donnelly in a grungy bar in a small town. She’s not his type, but he can’t deny the attraction. When she blows him off, she becomes an obsession. Five years later, thousands of miles away, he runs into her again. This time, he won’t let her walk away so easily.
Lex has spent her adult life running away from her traumatic past. She thought she had left it and Adrian Liberty behind when she moved across the country to the major metropolitan city of Torhaven. She has big goals that don’t involve a man’s distraction.
She just needs someone to tell Adrian that.
Choke is the debut novel from Meg LaForge. It is 82,000 words and the first in a series. This book includes a list of trigger warnings that include, but are not limited to, child abuse, dubious consent, obsession, stalking, non-consensual drugging, physical violence, and toxic relationships. It is intended for adult readers.

A lady at a book even on May 30th, 2026, looked at this book, wrinkled her nose, and declared, “Well, that’s disgusting.”
In case you needed another justification to read it.