Novels by Rebecca Dodson
Note: None of my novels are self-published. I am looking for traditional agency representation.
The Pit and the Stars
In a climate-ravaged future where fertility is failing and the government enforces arranged marriages to save humanity, North America's remaining citizens cling to survival near the poles.
Twenty-year-old Lane prepares to graduate, expecting to fulfill his responsibility to his family and the upcoming mandated marriage law. A single touch reveals an unbreakable and supposedly mythical soulbond with fellow recruit Jacqui, in a moment that defies science, threatens political agendas, and could unravel everything his powerful family has built. Without warning, Lane is forced to choose between duty and desire.
As Lane and Jacqui navigate forbidden love, political manipulation, and genetic experimentation, their soulbond becomes more than symbolic—it’s life or death.
At 99k words, THE PIT AND THE STARS explores the intersection of bodily autonomy, state control, and human connection in a world where survival hinges on who gets to reproduce—and who gets erased. It will appeal to fans of character-driven speculative fiction with romantic and high-stakes emotional threads.
The Captive
Amy Dalton, precocious, responsible, and seventeen, wakes up in the back of a van driven by a stranger. Except she's not a stranger to him – not at all. Amy's forced to navigate a danger she never expected, left hoping that her mother, sisters, and the police find her before the stranger takes her off the grid — or worse.
Once Amy and her kidnapper, Grant, make camp in an isolated section of the Rockies, their dynamic unexpectedly shifts. As Grant shares his rough upbringing and demonstrates an impressive set of survival skills, Amy finds she feels less terrified and even…safe. With winter coming, the brutal landscape showing no mercy, and any hope of rescue disappearing in the rearview mirror, Amy discovers her safety may depend on the very person who put her life in danger.
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At 85k words, THE CAPTIVE is a disquieting exploration of the dangers of Stockholm Syndrome and our will to survive.
The Ally
Former police officer Heather Thompsett, whose forced resignation led her to become a school resource officer at an elementary school, notices a fifth grader she suspects of being abused. As Heather takes the boy, Ethan, under her wing, she’s in constant fear of gaping holes in the social services system – the kind that increase danger to the child rather than remove them from harm. No one in Heather’s periphery agrees that Ethan’s situation is significant enough to merit intervention and Heather begins to fixate.
Dealing with unresolved trauma from the end of her police career, Heather’s judgment is increasingly put to the test, to the detriment of her marriage, her employment, and her grip on reality. She’s forced to reckon with her own culpability as the situation devolves around her, culminating in an earth-shattering realization that nothing is what she thought.
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At 109k words, THE ALLY is a dark and unsettling dive into the psyche of a troubled woman and the child she strains to protect.
Note: None of my novels are self-published. I am looking for traditional agency representation.