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Back In the Shadows by J.A. Owenby
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Back In the Shadows by J.A. Owenby

Rating: 5 /5

Spice: 3/5

Plot: 5/5

Primary Genre: Dark Romance

Trigger Warnings: Please check the authorโ€™s website

Blurb:

๐“๐ฐ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ. ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐›๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐™๐ž๐ซ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ฒ.
One, two, they took what's mine.
My little lamb was stolen from me.
Three, four, blood on the floor.
The monster she awakened has broken free.
Five, six, death's favorite tricks.
My darkness hunts relentlessly.
Seven, eight, feel my rage.
Hell itself bows down to me.
Nine, ten, kill again and again.
Each death brings her back to me. Eleven, twelve, straight to hell.
Where screams ring eternally. Welcome back to your darkest nightmare.

I am Death, and they've stripped away my mask of mercy.
My little lamb, I will paint the streets red until you're safe in my arms again. โ€œBack in the Shadowsโ€ plunges readers deeper into Death's twisted realm, where love and violence dance in perfect harmony. This isn't just a storyโ€”it's a descent into beautiful madness, where the line between protector and monster blurs with every heartbeat. Once you've stepped back into the shadows, there's no escaping their embrace.
๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ก๐š๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ.
** This dark romance features multiple POVs, intricate storylines, and graphic content including possessive themes, obsession, morally grey characters, and dubcon that weaves together into one soul-shattering conclusion. If you crave a simple love story, this isn't it. But if you dare to embrace the darkness, welcome home. **

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Ever Dark by M. Violet
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Ever Dark by M. Violet

Release date 03/19/2025

Rating: 4/5

Spice: 5/5

Plot: 4/5

Primary Genre: Paranormal Dark Romance

Blurb: Evil used to exist only in my nightmares.
Until I moved to Ever Graves. A town full of secrets, curses, and death. The darkness comes for me now in the form of three wicked deviants:
Bones, Draven, and Aries. They want to corrupt my soul and leave their filthy marks on my flesh.
They are all that is unholy. But their depravity isnโ€™t my only torment. Iโ€™ve been plagued by a nightmare since I was a child. A monster who comes for my body and soul every time I close my eyes. Awake or asleepโ€ฆ there is no escape. Ever Dark is a dark gothic romance where the FMC ends up with multiple MMCs. This book is set in the world of Melancholia and directly tied to Wickford Hollow Duet, The Devils of Ravenโ€™s Gate Duet, and Absentia Mori. Content not suitable for everyone. Please check the authorโ€™s website for a full list of CWs.

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The Cul-de-sac by Christopher Null
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The Cul-de-sac by Christopher Null

Rating: 4/5

Spice: 0/5

Plot: 4/5

Primary Genre: Thriller

Blurb: How well do you really know your neighbors? Veteran serial killer Klaus Fischer is determined that his most recent murder will be his last, but like many retirements, this one isnโ€™t sticking. No one has come close to suspecting heโ€™s buried the victims on his quiet suburban California cul-de-sac propertyโ€”but heโ€™s feeling the urge to kill again, and this time heโ€™s set his sights on a target dangerously close to home. Widowed Peg Jurgensen has lived on the cul-de-sac for the past fifteen years, and sheโ€™s ready to shed her doldrums and re-enter the world around her. And where better to start than with mothering the curious young teen Eliza van Damal, whose family just moved to the cul-de-sac in order to expose their daughter to a better life. Eliza, however, prefers to coerce the enigmatic hermit next door, Alex, into helping her pass math. Alex wishes the lot of them would disappear. The closer these misfits become, the more danger even the most ordinary conversations invite. As the body count rises, can these residents trust anyone hiding behind their doors on this street? Fans of The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena, The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell and The Good Neighbor by A.J. Banner will love this domestic thriller filled with dark secrets and dangers lurking in a seemingly quiet suburban neighborhood...

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