30 Dark Romance Books Filled With Obsession, Danger, and Desire
If you crave love stories that flirt with danger, dance in the shadows, and make your heart race for reasons that aren’t always wholesome, welcome to the intoxicating world of dark romance books. These stories push boundaries with morally gray heroes, fierce heroines, twisted power dynamics, and tension so sharp it feels like a warning and a promise all at once. Expect obsession, redemption, forbidden desire, and plots that pull you into emotional depths you didn’t plan to explore. If you’re hunting for romance that’s bold, edgy, and beautifully unhinged, this guide leads you straight into the darkness—where the most unforgettable love stories thrive.
Enter Intense Stories Where Morally Gray Love Burns Bright
I'm The Worst by Saige Parker
I never wanted a protector. Especially not Wolff Maddox.
He isn’t a hero. He isn’t noble. And he definitely isn’t the kind of man you assign to keep someone safe. Wolff is a weapon the Sovereign unleashes on their enemies—violent, cruel, and built to destroy problems, not guard them.
And now he’s been ordered to protect me.
I’m angry. Damaged in ways that don’t heal cleanly. The more he tries to control me, the harder I push back. The more distance he puts between us, the more dangerous the space becomes.
But I’m not the only broken thing in this story.
We don’t heal each other. We make each other worse.
Ghost by Fleur Devlin
I killed her father. Now, I'm under house arrest in her home.
Dr. Ellie Hart thinks she specializes in monsters. She's spent years studying the depraved, convinced she can find the light in the dark. Now, she thinks she's found a new project—a man the system failed, placed in her care by a "clerical error" she's determined to fix.
She doesn't realize there are no accidents in my world.
I've been watching her from the shadows for years. I know the way she smells, the way she thinks, and the exact weight of the grief she carries for the man I put in the ground.
I'm a walking betrayal, a living lie, and every time she looks at me with pity, it only fuels the hunger to show her exactly how dangerous I really am.
She wants to find the light in my darkness. I want to see the exact moment she cracks.
She thinks she's the savior. I'm the devil she invited in.
My Dreadful Darling by H.D. Carlton
Reverie Adams has only one goal in life: to keep her head above water with her father’s sinister legacy weighing on her shoulders. But she’s no stranger to drowning—it’s her very first memory, after all, and if her demons have it their way, it will also be her last.
Even with the blood of a serial killer running through her veins, Reverie attempts a normal life at Hollow Canyon University. But there’s a ghost from her past who refuses to set her free, haunting her every waking hour, and he will not rest until he has made her suffer.
Dreadful Sharpe has only one goal in life, but it’s not winning gold medals as an Olympic swimmer. The only thing Dread strives for is vengeance against the family who murdered his mother.
Determined to make Reverie pay, Dread does everything in his power to ensure she never finds a moment’s peace. If he has it his way, she will drown in his wrath until her very last breath.
However, not everything in Reverie’s past is as it seems. Together, they may be forced to face the most harrowing of truths: Dread isn’t the only ghost who intends to make Reverie suffer.
Trust by Kathy Lockheart
As a prison nurse, I keep my heart locked away tighter than the men I treat. No gray areas. No second chances. Especially not after escaping my abusive ex.
Then Knox Blackwood, the most dangerous man in the prison, winds up in my infirmary. Whatever he did to get locked up remains the prison’s darkest secret.
He should terrify me. Instead, he sees what no one else does. The scars. The flinch when a door slams. The fear I can’t bury.
“Who hurt you?” he growls. When I don’t answer, Knox starts showing up in my infirmary. New wounds. Suspicious injuries. Getting hurt on purpose, just for five minutes with me.
I tell myself I can’t fall for an inmate. I won’t. Especially not one who’s now harboring a violent vendetta against my ex. But every stolen touch feels like salvation. And every whispered promise paves the road to our future.
Knox is one parole hearing from freedom. If we stay careful, maybe he’ll get out. Reunite with his daughter. And we’ll have a life beyond these walls.
All I have to do is keep Knox from killing the man who hurt me. That’s the plan.
Until my violent ex steps into the prison as Knox’s new guard…
Chaotic by Shantel Tessier
I was born into a secret society known as the Lords. There is no limit to their depravity. If they want to be respected, they have to earn it. Women like me are merely allowed to exist in their world … until they no longer need us.
I’ve spent most of my life wishing death would find me. That I’d be granted an escape from the reality I was forced to endure. But luck has never been on my side. It seemed I was destined to never be anything more than a failure.
Then one night I took control of my life. It was my first taste of freedom, and I wanted someone to notice me.
Turns out, that was a mistake, and my father had been right, I didn’t deserve to be seen.
A Lord—Kashton Landon Pierce—saved me, and I offered to pay him the only way I knew how—with my body. After he finished with me, I ran. Now he’s back in my life, wanting to pick up where we left off.
The problem with that is I’m no longer the scared woman I was when we met. I’ve spent years digging myself out of a dark hole, and I refuse to allow any man to drag me back. Especially a Spade brother. Even if he is promising me everything I’ve ever wanted.
I underestimated him. Kashton inserted himself into my everyday life and invaded my dreams. He needed a pet to keep chained in the basement. A toy to occupy his free time. His brothers were busy living their lives, so he decided to take over mine.
What I didn’t expect was for him to make me feel loved. To be taken care of and put first before anything else. After being told you’re worthless your whole life, it’s hard not to believe it. Kashton made me feel cherished and accepted me for who I was—unworthy.
For a moment, I found myself hoping for a future that I knew wasn’t possible. One where I could be what he needed. But our world has a way of teasing happiness before stripping it all away.
Darkest Destiny by Pepper Winters
For twenty years, Lucien Ashfall has been caged by the very men who profit from his blood. He’s dangerous, uncontrollable, and deadly. He’s also the only one carrying his bloodline and they need another.
Every six months, thirty girls are sent into his prison and tasked with one goal: Make him create an heir by any means necessary. But everyone who goes in, never comes out.
Until Rook Snowdon is thrown into Cinderkeep by mistake. She isn’t a seductress. And she certainly isn’t there to save anyone.
In fact, she only has three goals in life: One, hide her true identity for as long as possible. Two, nap and self-medicate with wine. Three (and most problematic) ignore the fact that stress is slowly killing her.
Lucien only has one goal: escape and burn everything to the ground.
Unfortunately, everyone has their secrets and these two have many. They just don’t know it yet.
Because she might be the key to getting him free. But if he gets out, it’s not the world that will burn. It’s him.
Foxx by Paisley Hope
Mia Tyler is looking for revenge on the only man left with answers about her sister's death: the president of the Disciples of Sin Motorcycle Club—Aiden Foxx.
There's only one problem: Mia's older brother, Mason, is a high-ranking member of rival club the Hounds of Hell.
If anyone finds out who she is or what she's doing, her whole plan, and maybe her life, will be in jeopardy.
She's determined to hate him, determined to get her truth and her revenge.
But something about him draws her in and makes her feel things she's never felt before.
When Aiden steps in to protect Mia from a psychopath, Mia gets a better look at Aiden's secrets, and the line between love and hate begins to blur.
Midnight Prince by Julie Saman
Charming, sexy, and impossible to say no to, we danced and drank before he took me to his suite and not only shattered my innocence but made me feel alive for the first time. By midnight, I was gone, leaving behind a fallen earring and intending to never see him again.
That is until months later, I'm placed in the palace as a royal servant and put directly in his path. He doesn't recognize me, but that doesn't mean he trusts me either. Nor should he.
I'm part of the curse his family can't seem to escape. A slave with an evil agenda. One that's darker and more sinister than death herself.
Only the longer I'm in the palace and the more time I spend with the prince and his family, the harder it is to plot their downfall. Lines get crossed. Tension and mistrust turn into passion and obsession.
But when everything I thought I knew about my life and the royal family is suddenly flipped upside down and my midnight prince discovers who I am, I have a decision to make.
Run again to save them all. Or burn down both our worlds.
Unbridled by Ariel Hendrix
She’s a divorced single mom. She has trauma, baggage, and rowdy twin boys. I’m younger than her. A bull rider with a history of leaving before the sun rises.
The age gap, the drama with her ex, the kids—she has a mountain of reasons to choose from for why she doesn’t want me. I try to accept it, but something in her sad green eyes wrecks me.
When her apartment goes up in flames, I offer up my bunkhouse for her to live in, rent-free. Our physical attraction is undeniable. We’re unable to resist the temptation in close quarters.
For the first time ever, I want more. But she doesn’t.
Then her ex proves that abusers never change, and not even her kids are safe with him. I’ll bury him before I watch him hurt anyone else.
Dallas has had enough of violence from men, so when she sees the dark side of me, she has every right to turn tail and run.
The problem is, she’d be taking what’s left of my heart with her.
Pretty Vicious by Lexi Davis
Laurel just wanted to survive college, keep her father fed, and fly under the radar.
Delivering pizzas was supposed to be the safe kind of side hustle, until the night she witnesses a murder at Ashford House, the most elite and secretive fraternity on campus.
Now she’s a prisoner of The Order, a blood-bound society that controls everything from politics to police. They rule with ritual, obedience, and violence, and they’ve decided Laurel doesn’t get to leave.
At the center of it all is Carrson Ashford, heir to the powerful Ashford legacy. Cold. Commanding. Infuriatingly magnetic. Under the rules of The Order, he “bonds” her, marking Laurel as his. Body. Mind. Soul.
But Laurel isn’t here to be claimed. Not without a fight. To save her father and her future, Laurel must navigate a twisted realm of initiation rites, brutal secrets, and a bond that may destroy them both.
In this world, there’s one rule: obey or die. But love doesn’t follow rules. And neither does Laurel.
Devil by Sierra Simone
I have nothing left. One moment of weakness seven years ago, and I lost my job, my art, and my only friend.
Now I’m working nights at a gas station to scrape together a living and a way to care for my sister, and I’m completely alone.
And then I see him on the front page of the newspaper, my former college student and the man who ruined my life seven years ago. Ryan Bell.
So I carve a statue of the devil and I give the devil Bell’s face. I leave it for the world to see.
I shouldn’t have done it. I should have known he’d use the statue to hunt me, find me, offer a deal that demands my soul. He wants one year of me—all of me—and then he’ll make my problems go away.
How can I refuse? When it’s my only chance of salvation? How can I refuse even when I know Ryan Bell will leave me with a broken heart—again?
But it’s my own fault…I should have stayed hidden, I shouldn’t have revealed how the memory of him haunts me still. I was the one who spoke of the devil, after all.
I can’t be surprised that he appeared.
Stay With Me by Nikki Sloane
When the spotlight turns deadly, survival becomes the performance of her life.
A single gunshot rings out, shattering Laurel Hayward’s debut as a professional dancer—and witnessing an assassination is only the beginning of her nightmare. The ruthless killer will stop at nothing to find her—determined to possess her or silence her forever.
Enter Deputy U.S. Marshal Jason Dunn: handsome, confident, and far too good at getting under Laurel’s skin. Keeping her alive is his job, but keeping his distance? Impossible. Alone in the secluded safe house, the line between duty and desire blurs into something too powerful to resist.
Laurel needs Jason to survive. Jason needs her to finally capture the ghost who’s haunted his career for years. But as their attraction ignites, the obsessed killer returns with a deadly final act . . .
And it could cost them everything.
Lovesick by Trisha Wolfe
In astrophysics, anything dark is simply unknown. When you become obsessed with the relentless pursuit of such all-consuming forces, you become something of what you cannot explain.
Hidden. Unknown. Warped. The darkness behind stars.
Until she entered Stonehurst University, I had no idea how close I was to the edge—always one reckless heartbeat away from stepping off the cliff. To quiet the intrusive chaos in my head, I need the danger, the rush.
Now I need her. Nothing has ever felt more dangerous. Especially when my fire sign is keeping her own deadly secrets on this misty, academic harbor.
Yet with one forbidden touch, my willpower to fight this force goes up in flames. It’s written in the stars. From the moment Collins Holbrook entered my orbit, there was one thing I understood unequivocally:
She was mine. And I won’t let anything—not even the dark tide rising within me—eclipse her light.
The Wrong Catch by C.R. Jane
Ophelia knows better than to obsess over a man she's never met, but the moment she sees him, everything shifts into focus. Matty Adler is the University of Tennessee's golden boy: star tight end, campus legend, and the center of Ophelia's every waking thought. She knows her troubled past reads like a cautionary tale, but when she looks at Matty, it doesn't feel like infatuation; it feels like clarity. And before she can talk herself out of it, she's applying to the same school, convinced that starting over means being close to him, even if it'll cost her everything.
Matty's grown used to the spotlight by now. His very existence on campus seems to attract swarms of onlookers―including a stalker whose steady presence has almost started to feel like a comfort to him. But when he catches sight of Ophelia for the first time, being with anyone else becomes impossible, and he vows to do whatever it takes to make her his.
As the two are ensnared in an all-consuming romance, Ophelia can't believe her fantasies are actually coming true. Matty's the one person who can make her forget about the chaos that's dictated her life thus far. But secrets have a way of resurfacing, and the truth threatens to run interference on their happily-ever-after. On the other hand, maybe their dark urges and mutual obsession are exactly what both of them need. After all, a love like theirs doesn't play fair . . .
In the Dark by Shain Rose
He was only supposed to be a secret fling. A forbidden kiss stolen in the dark. . . Not the cold-blooded monster who betrayed me.
Callahan Knight is the Diamond Syndicate's perfect weapon with honed muscles, lethal control, and merciless loyalty. Even when taking out a rival cartel's capo-my uncle-he doesn't flinch. He shatters my family without hesitation, and I swear I'll never forgive him for that.
But the Syndicate doesn't care about my hatred. To secure their power, they demand more: A vow of marriage or watch everything we love get destroyed.
Now I'm the unwilling bride living in the luxurious prison of Paradise Grove with the man I refuse to call my soon-to-be husband. Instead, he's the villain. Enemy number one. My tormentor . . .
But also maybe my undoing. Because when he looks at me with the same fire we once shared, I can't decide if I want to kill him . . . or kiss him.
Yet, I refuse to be distracted by his touch or piercing gaze. Instead, I'll play the part, wear the ring, and say my vows all while I dig for his greatest weakness.
Because he may be the Syndicate's deadliest weapon - but I'm just as lethal as the monster I have to marry.
Good For Her by Tylor Paige
Hollywood loves a comeback. Too bad Evie Reyes didn’t come back to play nice.
Five years ago, she watched her mother—an iconic Final Girl—die on the set of Simon Says. Now, she’s back on the same studio lot, cast as the lead in the reboot no one asked for. But Evie’s not here for fame. She’s here for revenge—and she’s got six names on her list.
Sebastian Shaw is Hollywood’s golden boy, a walking six-pack with just enough charm to disguise the fact that he’s a professional liar. He also happens to be Evie’s ex. When he finds out why she’s really back, he doesn’t try to stop her. He offers a deal: he’ll get her access to each of the men she wants to confront—in exchange for six chances to sleep with her.
No feelings. No strings. Definitely no dates.
As bodies pile up and the on-set accidents get harder to explain away, Evie walks a razor-thin line between staying alive and getting justice. And Sebastian? He might be the only person who sees her clearly—and the one person she can’t afford to trust.
This Final Girl isn’t just surviving—she’s stealing the whole damn show
Locked In: Season One by Katelyn Taylor
Welcome to Locked In!
The hottest new reality TV show where you have to fall in love like your life depends on it.
Our contestants will have to fall in love, Lock In and fight through a series of challenges to be the last couple standing.
The reward?
A wedding of their dreams and a grand cash prize.
The catch?
They don't just have to fall in love with each other, they have to make us fall in love with them too.
Our audience will be the ones to decide who stays Locked In and whose journey is cut short.
Tracked by Rebecca Sharp
To infiltrate a wilderness retreat and find her missing sister, she must pose as the girlfriend of a rugged survivalist. The problem? He’s her sister’s ex, and the man she’s always desired. The danger? Their pretend passion is turning real.
When ER doctor Lara Crane’s sister vanishes in the Wyoming wilderness, she turns to the one man with the skills to find her—the one man she shouldn’t want. Professional tracker Calder Stone is her sister’s ex-boyfriend and the forbidden attraction Lara has buried for twelve years.
For Calder, a survivalist who lives by control and careful rules, Lara has always been the exception. Their search leads to a remote couples-only retreat hiding deadly secrets. The only way in? Pose as lovers. But in the intimate confines of their undercover charade, pretending reveals a desire that’s dangerously real.
As they uncover the sinister truth behind the retreat—and her sister’s disappearance—someone will kill to keep it buried. Trapped in a wilderness where danger lurks behind every tree and their forbidden desire ignites with every stolen touch, Lara and Calder must risk it all to survive. Including their hearts.
Of Ink and Alchemy by Sloane St. James
Even before her father’s death, Kelly Everhart always knew Logan Teller was someone she could rely on. Now he’s taken over the Black Rabbit tattoo shop and brought her along with him.
And while Kelly still finds her former crush and current mentor hot as hell, they’re firmly in the friendzone. Or so she thinks . . .
Logan’s been biding his time, but he’s no longer leaving anything to chance―not since Kelly started getting serious with her boring boyfriend.
And as Logan manipulates the situation and sabotages the couple every chance he gets, Kelly starts to notice all the ways her Jason doesn’t quite measure up to the man who’s always been such a huge part of her life.
When her relationship with Logan suddenly goes from playful and platonic to strictly sinful, Kelly can’t stop herself from falling head over heels.
But just as things are heating up between them, she starts receiving anonymous messages with information only a few―including Logan―could possibly know about her. Can she trust him after all?
Hate Me Take Me by Laura Bishop
When Amanda Bennett signs up for the beta feature of the Obsess AI boyfriend app, she thinks it’s just another marketing gimmick. Go on a date with a real man who matches her digital fantasy? Spoiler: she’s skeptical.
Then the app delivers. Her match is hot, brooding, motorcycle included.
Perfect—except he refuses to remove his helmet, won’t share his name, and somehow knows things about her no stranger should.
Because he’s not a stranger. He’s Kade Steele, her ex-husband. The one who disappeared. The one she’s spent years trying—and failing—to forget.
Now he’s back and determined to win her heart. With a little romance, a little mystery, and a deeply questionable amount of stalking.
She thought she was moving on. Instead, she’s falling for the one man who broke her heart…and this time, he’s not letting go.
Prey for Me by Allie Oleander
No deity has ever compelled Caine Underwood to drop to his knees in worship like Margot Walker does. Ever since the Halloween when she played Red Riding Hood to his Big Bad Wolf, he’s been chasing her attention—and betting that he can build a haunt so terrifying she won’t make it through.
Now, Margot’s single and Caine’s pulling out all the stops to win their annual wager, and he wants her for his prize.
Margot understands fear. Six years ago, she unveiled her televangelist ex-husband’s sins, and the situation turned bloody. Now, being hunted and devoured by Caine isn’t terrifying, it’s arousing…but the haunted house director isn’t the only one trying to scare her.
Taunting threats commanding her to confess, repent, and atone for her sins start arriving, and when Caine discovers a zealot from Margot’s past is stalking her every move, his anger is lethal.
There’s only one man allowed to haunt Margot… Him.
Pink Ink by Avina St. Graves
There’s a serial killer prowling the city, and no one has noticed… Except for me.
I see the connections between his kills— The artistic references, the careful curation of the scene, the macabre motifs that turn violence into vivid works of art.
When I recreate one of his murders for my film project at Cresswell University, I unknowingly present it to the very man who committed the crime.
Professor Maddox Shaw. A world-renowned artist struggling to recapture his muse. A serial killer caught deep in the web of a dangerous secret society. A man who makes me come alive.
Sleeping with your professor is bad enough. Sleeping with a serial killer is just asking for trouble.
When trouble finds me, it’s not Maddox, but the powerful people pulling his strings. There’s no line they won’t cross to keep their secrets safe. And there’s no line Maddox won’t cross to keep me.
After all, he’s good at killing people.
Jealous Rage by Sav R. Miller
Forbidden Fruit Never Tasted So Sweet
Professor Sutton Dupont's tenure at Avernia College is as complicated as his family's bloody history, but when the most irresistible temptation he's ever faced slinks into his classroom, Sutton finds himself desperate enough to risk it all.
After years trying to make a name for herself in Hollywood, Elle Anderson winds up a college freshman at twenty-five, running from her past and lying to everyone she knows.
Especially the green-eyed professor whose forbidden kiss has her starving for more.
Sutton knows he should stay away. But Elle stirs a hunger he can't suppress, and the secrets haunting them both are too powerful to deny.
After all, at Avernia, rules were meant to be broken…and some desires are too dangerous to resist.
Make Them Bleed by Logan Chance
He’s secretly stalking her inbox. She’s secretly hiring masked killers. Love’s never been this twisted—or this deadly.
Mega influencer Arby Kate’s murder shocked the world when five masked men ended her livestream… and her life. Now, months later, her sister Juno Kate is obsessed with revenge, turning to the dark web for vigilante justice.
Arrow Finn, Juno’s best friend and hopelessly devoted secret admirer, panics when he discovers her dangerous plan—thanks to the spy software he’s secretly installed on her computer.
Determined to protect her, Arrow poses as an online masked vigilante expert to help Juno track down the killers. But as they chase shadows through the neon-lit streets of Saint Pierce, the lines between friendship, obsession, and love blur dangerously.
Can Arrow keep his identity hidden while Juno’s quest for justice spirals hilariously, chaotically out of control? Or will their twisted game of masks finally expose the truth they’re both too scared to admit?
Burning Daylight by Emily McIntire
Some loves are powerful enough to rewrite history.
Juliette Calloway lives in a world of luxury, legacies, and lies. The daughter of Rosebrook Falls' most powerful family, her life is a crafted performance, and she's tired of being polished to perfection.
Roman Montgomery doesn't exist. Not officially, anyway He's a shadow, a hidden weapon, the secret heir to an empire soaked in danger and a generations-old feud.
When their paths cross, sparks fly. No names. No pasts. Just reckless smiles and a chemistry neither of them can shake.
Roman is charming. Mysterious. Infuriatingly flirty. And Juliette? She's simply…his.
When Roman is called back to claim his place in the Montgomery empire, the truth crashes down: Their families are sworn enemies, and Roman's very existence is a threat. Their love isn't just forbidden, it's impossible.
Now, every kiss feels like a betrayal. Every stolen moment, a risk. And in a town built on secrets and blood, their passion might just be the most dangerous thing of all.
Finding Dark Mercy by Amity Grey
In the shadows, love and justice collide.
Alexander Clark is the definition of "touch her and die."
By day, he's a powerful billionaire--by night he's the fearsome vigilante Dark Mercy, ridding Tempest City of it's filth with lethal justice. Thought to have died in a plane crash, Alexander returns to reclaim his empire, haunted by the memory of his lost brother.
His life takes an unexpected turn when he reunites with childhood friend Charlotte O'Fallon.
After a toxic marriage, Charlotte has rebuilt herself, focusing on her daughter Elsie.
As past threats resurface, Alexander steps in as their protector.
Their bond deepens, but can Charlotte move past her trauma and embrace the vigilante hero who has saved her life multiple times?
Grim by D.J. Krimmer
We thought death was the end, turns out it’s just the prologue.
RUE - I died, briefly. Then I came back. Now I’m determined to make the most of every minute I have left.
Only problem is I’ve been saddled with supervision. Kane Deveraux is handsome, smug, and cold as a tombstone. So why does he make me feel something more powerful than death?
KANE - As a reaper, I have helped crossover thousands of souls. And not one of them have touched mine…until Rue Chamberlain. She’s stubborn, reckless, and maddeningly radiant.
And for this centuries-old spirit, she’s a living woman that is absolutely off-limits.
If I follow the rules, I will lose her. If I break them, I might lose everything.
Cursed King by Julie Saman
When my sick father wanders into the off-limits palace where the widowed king of Messalina lives with his three children, I know we're in trouble.
Locked away since the tragic death of his wife, the whispers of an ancient royal curse are more alive than ever.
And when my father is taken prisoner and I accidentally break a priceless statue, I learn first hand that the rumors of the callous beast king with his gorgeous face and frosty disposition are true.
Especially when he gives me an ultimatum: become the nanny for his children or my father goes to prison.
It isn't until I move into the palace that I see there's life in the walls, passion lurking beneath smoldering glances and forbidden moments, and endless love for three beautiful children--the king's one soft spot.
The longer I stay, the more in love I fall with the children and the man who does all he can to keep his distance. Until one night he shatters my innocence and shows me exactly what it means to be owned by the king.
But this is no fairy tale, and no matter how we feel, we can never be together.
On top of that, there's a darkness we can't escape. A danger lurking, waiting to kill again.
And when it comes for us, there will be no stopping it until it succeeds.
Tourist Season by Brynne Weaver
You can hide in the farthest reaches of the deepest hell, and I will still drag you out. Even the devil can't save you from me.
Cape Carnage is a seaside town of colourful houses, quirky shops, and an unusually high body count. But with tourists comes trouble, and Harper Starling won't let anyone ruin her picture-perfect home. A skilled gardener with killer instincts, Harper protects her sanctuary at any cost. Troublesome tourists don't check out of Carnage. They compost beneath Harper's award-winning flowerbeds.
But Nolan Rhodes isn't your average tourist. Devilishly handsome, disarmingly charming, and skilled with a blade, Nolan is relentless in the pursuit of revenge. Every year, Nolan slays another target. And he's saved the best for last: the undeniably beautiful Harper Starling. The problem? Harper isn't the monster he expected. And she won't go down without a fight.
When an amateur true crime investigator comes to Cape Carnage on the trail of a long-lost serial killer, Harper and Nolan strike an uneasy truce. If Nolan helps Harper protect her town, she'll keep quiet about his hunting habits . . . for now. But their alliance soon spirals into obsession, one that threatens to shatter every secret in Carnage - including their fragile love.
Merciless Promise by Anise Storm
Ekaterina
I know I should avoid Kingston Brannington at all costs. But when I end up in his path, I’m unable to resist his lure. A proposition later proves he’s more dangerous than I thought. And once he gets me at his mercy, all I can do is beg. For what? As the lines blur, even I don’t know. I want him… I need him… I despise him… And even more surprisingly, I’m beholden to him as well. I’m in love with a man determined to break me. He wants to destroy me. In the end, he just might.
Kingston
After receiving an ultimatum, I stand to lose everything I have. Until her… Until Ekaterina… Our paths cross, and I want her. On her knees… Under me… At my mercy… To destroy her. And I will because it was something I’d once sworn to do. While we’d never met before in person, she’d still left her mark. Now, I’m going to leave mine as I use, degrade, then break her. I’ll end her life as promised. All I have to do is stick to the plan. Only this twisted obsession might destroy us if we’re not careful. Once upon a time, it didn’t matter. As fake becomes real, now it does!
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