A tastefully risque novel that is provoking and not for the faint of heart... Tattered Ink is a gripping, engaging, non-stop intoxicating novel about devastating disgraces. The relentless fiction novel revolves around a life-shattering event that takes Jessie, a young fifteen year old girl through alarming and unwittingly suffering. Jessie is unaware of the history behind the turmoil that her deceased mother endured and is now forced to abide in the lifestyle that she thinks she must carry on. Her malevolent father Alex appeased his mind by pressuring his cruel and unwanted ways onto Jessie; he is virulent as a venomous snake lurking after its prey. Making peace with her choices she finds a little bit of hope in a tattoo shop where she is appreciated; yet Jessie has to unravel the connections and fight to change her reputed lifestyle. The tragedy of her life was her death, even though she fought to live.