Mother May I by Joshilyn Jackson

Growing up poor in rural Georgia, Bree Cabbat was warned that the world was a dark and scary place. Bree rejected that fearful outlook, and life has proved her right. Having married into a family with wealth, power, and connections, Bree now has all a woman could ever dream of. Until the day she awakens and sees someone peering into her bedroom window–an old gray-haired woman dressed all in black who vanishes as quickly as she appears. It must be a play of the early morning light or the remnant of a waking dream, Bree tells herself, shaking off the bad feeling that overcome… Read more.
Trigger & Content Warnings
- Slut-shaming
- Rape
- Incest
- Revenge pornography
- Substance addiction
- Overdose
- Poisoning
- Infanticide & infanticide (theme)
- Drugging of infants
- Drowning of an infant
- Explosion
- Gun violence
- Kidnapping
- Blackmail