A criminal empire heir. An art restorer with nothing left to lose. Three years of obsession. One devil's bargain.
Wren Ashford restores damaged masterpieces for a living. She knows how to reveal beauty buried beneath grime and neglect. What she can't fix is her brother's gambling addiction—or the $200,000 debt that just put a mob target on his back.
Silas Thorne has been watching her for three years. Waiting. Patient as a predator.
When he finally steps out of the shadows, he offers her the impossible: her brother's life in exchange for six months of her complete honesty. No masks. No performance. Just the truth she's spent a lifetime hiding.
Wren expects to survive a monster.
She doesn't expect him to see her—really see her—in ways no one ever has. She doesn't expect the darkness in him to call to the darkness in her. And she doesn't expect to fall for the man who bought her freedom with a contract she never should have signed.
✓ Stalker romance ✓ Morally gray antihero ✓ Captive / forced proximity ✓ He fell first ✓ Touch her and die ✓ Dual trauma bonding ✓ Redemption arc
Carved in Bone is a standalone dark romance with a guaranteed HEA. Dual POV. Spicy. Dark and angsty with an emotional redemption arc. Please check content warnings before reading.
Perfect for fans of Natasha Knight, Rina Kent, and Ana Huang.
Genre: Historical Romance
Wren Ashford restores damaged masterpieces for a living. She knows how to reveal beauty buried beneath grime and neglect. What she can't fix is her brother's gambling addiction—or the $200,000 debt that just put a mob target on his back.
Silas Thorne has been watching her for three years. Waiting. Patient as a predator.
When he finally steps out of the shadows, he offers her the impossible: her brother's life in exchange for six months of her complete honesty. No masks. No performance. Just the truth she's spent a lifetime hiding.
Wren expects to survive a monster.
She doesn't expect him to see her—really see her—in ways no one ever has. She doesn't expect the darkness in him to call to the darkness in her. And she doesn't expect to fall for the man who bought her freedom with a contract she never should have signed.
✓ Stalker romance ✓ Morally gray antihero ✓ Captive / forced proximity ✓ He fell first ✓ Touch her and die ✓ Dual trauma bonding ✓ Redemption arc
Carved in Bone is a standalone dark romance with a guaranteed HEA. Dual POV. Spicy. Dark and angsty with an emotional redemption arc. Please check content warnings before reading.
Perfect for fans of Natasha Knight, Rina Kent, and Ana Huang.
Genre: Historical Romance
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