Content Warnings
Eyes on You
Content Warning
Eyes on You is a suspenseful, romantic organized-crime thriller set in New York City. The story includes scenes involving torture; perilous situations; violence from guns, knives, and explosives; graphic injuries; death; explicit language; and sexual activities that are shown on the page. Readers who may be sensitive to these elements, please take note..
Eyes of the Unholy
Author’s Note
Eyes of the Unholy explores power, consent, survival, and healing within adult spaces shaped by wealth, crime, and control. While the story includes consensual intimacy, it also examines the lasting impact of coercion and exploitation, and what it means for a survivor to reclaim agency, safety, and desire. These themes are central to the characters’ emotional journeys and are handled with intention and care.
Content & Trigger Warning
Eyes of the Unholy is a suspenseful, romantic organized-crime thriller set in New York City and abroad. The story contains depictions of violence (including gun violence, knives, and explosives), torture, graphic injuries, death, explicit language, and on-page sexual activity between consenting adults.
The novel also addresses past sexual exploitation and assault as part of a character’s history. These experiences are not depicted directly on the page; rather, the story focuses on their psychological aftermath, trauma responses, and the beginning of a healing process. Harm is not romanticized, and recovery is portrayed as gradual and complex.
Readers who may be sensitive to these themes are encouraged to proceed with care and carefully read the details below:
This novel is a dark mafia romance that includes themes of sexual exploitation, organized crime, violence, and trauma recovery. While the central romantic relationship is consensual and negotiated on-page, the story contains heavy subject matter that may be distressing to some readers.
Sexual Trauma (Referenced – Occurred Prior to Timeline)
Past rape
Past sexual assault
Past physical abuse
Forced loss of virginity
Coerced participation in sex work
Survival sex work
Long-term sexual exploitation
Psychological effects of sexual trauma
** These events are referenced and discussed. They are not shown in graphic, on-page sexual detail.
Sex Trafficking & Exploitation Themes
Fictionalized trafficking network involving young women
References to underage grooming and exploitation (not depicted on-page)
Abuse of power by religious and political authority figures
Institutional corruption
Coercion and manipulation
** The protagonists actively oppose trafficking and exploitation.
Non-Consensual Sedation / Drugging
The female protagonist is sedated against her will during an airplane scene.
She is rendered unconscious for several hours.
While sedated, she is physically safe and cared for.
The sedation is not sexual in nature.
Confinement & Control Themes
Temporary forced confinement
Restricted movement
Power imbalance dynamics
Captivity themes (non-sexual)
Mental Health Themes
Panic attacks
Dissociation
Trauma responses
Fleeting suicidal ideation
Emotional abandonment
Shame and internalized guilt
Psychological aftermath of exploitation
Consensual Explicit Sexual Content (Between Adults)
Explicit sexual language
Consensual BDSM dynamics
Safe word usage clearly established
Light consensual knife play
Exhibition/public club setting
Power exchange
Rough sex (negotiated and consensual)
Use of sex toys including nipple clamps, candle wax, vibrating plug, dildo
Public sexual setting (consensual adult environment)
** All sexual interactions between the main couple are explicitly consensual and verbally acknowledged.
Violence & Vigilante Justice
Murder
Gun violence
Organized crime activity
Physical assault
Torture of antagonists
Graphic descriptions of bodily harm inflicted on villains
Revenge-driven violence
Violence is directed toward perpetrators of trafficking and abuse.
Emotional & Social Themes
Public humiliation
Slut-shaming language (including reclaimed language)
Moral ambiguity
Religious symbolism and corruption
Catholic imagery
Crisis of faith
Power imbalance dynamics
Clarifications
There is no on-page sexual assault between the main romantic leads.
Consent is verbally affirmed.
The male protagonist does not override boundaries.
The story does not romanticize trafficking or abuse.
Exploitation is condemned and opposed by the central characters.