Jacob is the king of campus: the jacket with the letter “U”, his entourage at his back, Priscilla on his arm. Simon is the one it's easier not to notice. For three years only one thing has bound them — the thing neither dares say aloud.

From the outside it's bullying. But Simon stopped running long ago. The harder they break him, the tighter he clings to the only explanation he has: if his tormentor keeps coming back, then he must mean something to him. The pain becomes proof. A poison he drinks willingly.

And then the poison changes hands. Since the king won't take what he's offered, Simon will take the king himself — and for the first time in three years the rules are dictated by the one who always stayed silent.

The Edge of Stigma is a dark romance, a psychological thriller about bullying, about power passing from hand to hand, and about a desire impossible to tell apart from hatred. There is no love here that fixes everything — there is homophobia, silence, and a price both of them pay.