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She was fascinated by the very thing everyone else saw in me and feared. How was any man supposed to resist that?

I kinda annoyed myself with trying to start this review a couple times because I ended up saying something silly like ‘the feminism left my body while reading this’, because it’s a little borderline taboo, a little dark, and the usual motorcycle club Misogyny Lite, but then I also don’t think it’s *that* bad. I actually straight up fucking love this book and there’s no need to feel any shame about it. I’ve read 100 pages straight of brothers banging, ffs. I’ve read and listened to it so many times, as I’m just super weak for a psychopath being super protective and obsessive over their love interest. And the way he picks her up and carries her on his hip to keep her safe or soothe her when she’s upset? I adore it.

Then Priest was there, hauling me up from my chair into his arms, perching me on one hip as he crouched to view the horror beneath my desk.

The stereotypes are heavy in this, but I don’t mind it. She’s tiny, blonde and cute. She wears pink and goes to church every week. She can also take it like a champ (against a wall or in a cemetery, she’s not picky). She’s obsessed with darkness and loves some pain. He’s the dark, broody killer and will do anything to protect her.

I think I like bad boys.” “You do not.” “Yes, I do.” I thought of Priest, and the way he’d slit Brett’s throat without remorse. The way he’d done it with quiet, loyal pride like a cat killing a bird for its master. How could I resist a man who was so willing to kill for me? “Well, stop it,” Lou snapped.

It’s so good, lol. One I relisten to again and again, and will keep doing it. Definitely helps that it’s suspenseful with an interesting serial killer case with a religious element. Good stuff.

I didn’t interfere. I’d seen alpha men operate enough to know they needed space to piss on the things they felt were theirs. It made them easier to deal with once it was done.

⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️

⚠️ Tropes & tags ⚠️
Dark themed romance
Grumpy/sunshine
Religious themes
Psychopath MMC
Possessive and protective
Motorcycle club
Virgin FMC
Suspense
Murder mystery
Irish MMC
Age gap
Opposites attract
Pining
Teenage crush
Wax play

⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
Religious trauma
MMC sexually and physically abused by priest and others as a child (past, some details)
Explicit sexual content
Self harm (cutting, on page)
Blood and knife play
Pain play
Rough sex
Face-fucking
Death of minor side character
Severely injured side character (stabbed and raped, off page)
Injured MC
Murder scenes detailed
On-page murder
Attempted rape of FMC (on page, unknown assailant)
MC severely injured in explosion (hospitalization)
MC abducted
Details of dismembered bodies
Vomiting
MC member in criminal motorcycle club
Breath play/choking/hand collaring
Blood consumption
Misogynistic comments (e.g. biker bitches, sluts)
Unsafe sex
Surprise pregnancy
Blasphemous thoughts, comments and acts
On-page graphic torture of a bad guy (by MC)
Bad guy mutilated/dismembered
Spanking
Wax play
MC briefly locked in a burning building
Biting and bruising during sex
Erotic spanking
Birth of child (c-section, some details)

FMC has crushed on MMC since being a young teenager. He first notices her in *that* way when she is 17, but never makes any moves. He pretty much ignores her until she makes a move a couple years later

⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: No
Other person drama: FMC is on a date with someone else at the very beginning of the book before anything happens between the MCs. Nothing happens with the dates
Breakup: No
POV: 1st person, dual
Genre: Contemporary romance (dark themes)
Pairing: M/M
Strict roles or versatile: N/A
Main characters’ age: 19 and 29
Series: Interconnected standalone
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Pages: 542
Happy ending: Yes


I was a good Christian girl with an obsession for those who sinned.

I watched, still mired in the aftershock of that earth-shattering kiss, as he wiped that cruel, lovely mouth with the back of his hand. As if he needed to be rid of my taste from his lips. Boy, that hurt.


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