Blog Tour: The Goodbye Man (Red Market, #1) by A. Giannoccaro & Mary E. Palmerin

Title: The Goodbye Man (Red Market, #1)

Authors: A. Giannoccaro & Mary E. Palmerin

Genre: Dark Erotic Horror/Taboo

Release Date: July 31, 2015

Blurb

Dysfunctional empires were made to fall.

I am Caesar. Broken and conflicted. I am a man who gives false goodness to those who crave it. I provide solace to the ones who beg to be saved, giving them the goodbyes they want. But, my quiet little world is about to be shattered by the whispers from heaven and hell.

I am Mateo. Unlovable and unworthy. I am the boy everyone runs from. I keep love close to me in little jars of perfection, reminding me of a thousand goodbyes I never had to say, because I left them before they could leave me.

I am Svetlana. Dirty and Used. Birthed into brutality while still trying to comprehend my version of normal. I am an injured lamb, eaten by filthy wolves day after day. Just as salvation seems like it’s within reach, a goodbye from this awful world is all that I wish for.
**Graphic content warning including detailed depiction of brutal, bloody acts. Physical and emotional abuse is also apparent throughout this book with graphic sex scenes, both consensual and non-sensual. Reader discretion is highly advised. Not suitable for readers under the age of eighteen or those who are easily offended by the above mentioned acts.**

Purchase The Goodbye Man today!

Amazon US | Amazon UK | KOBO | iBooks | Nook

Reviews by Lita Thomas & Tanya Rae:

Lita Thomas’s Review: 4.0

The Goodbye Man (Red Market Series Book 1) by A. Giannoccaro, Mary E. Palmerin is a story like no other I have ever read. The story revolves around 3 people Ceasar, Svetlana and Juan. Far warning for the weak at heart, this book is not for everyone. The subject matter is some of the most disturbed stuff I have read in quite some time. Svetlana was born into a life of prostitution. Her mother was a prostitute and her father was her pimp. Now that her mother is dead by the hands of her father she in now left to make money to feed his drug habit. Her father is not a regular pimp. He is the cruelest of the cruel, not only does he emotionally and physically abuse his daughter but he allows her johns to treat her terribly as well. The abuse she suffers if severe but for some reason so prefers the abuse oppose to foster care, Ceasar is a man who deals with the obtaining and selling organs on the Black Market. Ceasar also has mental health issues which are left to run wild. He likes prostitutes who help feed his business. He doesn’t take them but instead gets them to voluntarily sign over their lives to him rather go back to the life they live on the street. Juan has issues of his own. He is a good looking guy and physically fit. He is Ceasar’s nephew and helps with the business. He prepares the body by putting them in a medically induced coma till the harvest of the organs and has sex with them to satisfy his sick fetish. The story is not only about them but how their lives intersect. I really enjoyed the book and some of the scenes were tough to get through. If you like dark, sick and twisted this is the book. I give this book 4 O’s

Tanya Rae’s Review:

The Goodbye Man is by far the darkest book I have ever read. I actually had to take a break from it and thought I wouldn’t pick it up again it is that dark. But, I was convinced by Lita (one of my bloggers) to go back and read the book and I am actually glad I did.

First off this book is definitely not for the FAINT OF HEART! Here is the WARNING! READ IT! The authors mean every word of it. If anything about it bothers you don’t read the book.

**Graphic content warning including detailed depiction of brutal, bloody acts. Physical and emotional abuse is also apparent throughout this book with graphic sex scenes, both consensual and non-sensual. Reader discretion is highly advised. Not suitable for readers under the age of eighteen or those who are easily offended by the above mentioned acts.**

Now after giving the WARNING The Goodbye Man was well written. Very Graphic in details! A. Giannoccaro & Mary E. Palmerin delve into the sick minds of characters with a mental illness because no one in their right mind could do the things that are written about in this book. Again, I had a hard time with some the story lines and I love dark books. I am still very glad that I went back and finished reading Caesar, Svetlana & Mateo’s story. A. Giannoccaro & Mary E. Palmerin will take you on a wild ride through the dark and shady side of organ procurement & selling of those organs.
Oh and this book ends on a huge cliffee!

I received this complimentary gift for an honest review and I give The Goodbye Man 4 stars.

Excerpt

“We need to go, Lettie doll.”

Why? Why does he call me that? Why does he make me feel like I want to keep living for tomorrow? I hate it! But I have no choice as I stare into his black eyes. They draw me in and suck the wind from my lungs, once begging for death, now craving life. The tearing I remembered from before with Pavel is instantly replaced with lust, throbbing between my legs as I feel the urge to fall to my knees and kiss his bloody boots to show him how much I praise him. He holds my heart in his hands. He knows this, but something tells me that his heart is in the balance, too.

Girls like me hold no power. I took life. I took one of his dolls because they held something I never will. Peace. Order. Death. I broke. The little, quiet girl who let herself be raped day after day let herself break into a million pieces as the hard dick pleasured her while her lover loved him more. I thought for sure I would be reprimanded for my actions, but a softness I haven’t seen before is present in his eyes. And maybe something else. Worry? Is that worry? Is his face red? I find myself wanting to comfort him, but he doesn’t like to be touched. My warm, trembling hands make him feel uncomfortable. The push and pull between life and death, love and loss, is making me mad.

-Svetlana, The Goodbye Man

About the Authors

A. Giannoccaro

Facebook | Goodreads