A dark secret society romance with an obsessive hero with a high body count and a heroine whose nightmares might not be nightmares at all.
AXL
I've killed men for touching the woman I'm not allowed to have. And I won’t stop.
I saw her three years ago at a gala and decided she was mine. I wasn't supposed to want her. I kill who the society tells me to kill. I don’t get to touch her until the hunt.
Four years of loyalty to the Ravens, and the only thing keeping me sane is the thought of Saylor Reign Carter on her knees for me.
My little heathen likes to test me. She lets other men touch her knowing I'll make them disappear.
I’m all she’ll ever need in our world and the only one who can keep her safe. My girl hasn't figured out yet what it means to be mine. But she will.
And then she’ll kneel and serve her king like the good girl she’s meant to be.
SAYLOR
I chose to be hunted over going to auction. I'd rather serve than be sold.
He kills men right in front of me and claims I’m his. I should be horrified, but I’m not.
Axl Kade Hollister thinks he’s the most dangerous thing in my life.
He has no idea.
The nightmares started years ago. I don't know what they mean. I don't know why I feel like I'm pinned down only to wake up terrified and shaking in my own bed.
Men in my world believe everything is theirs for the taking, but I've never felt more powerful than serving one of the most dangerous of them all.
The nightmares are getting worse, and I'm about to find out just how dangerous my world really is.
I’ve never been safe.
He's killed every man who's touched her. He doesn't know about the one she can't remember.
DEVOUR is an explicit, high-spice dark romance. Morally gray characters, with secret society rules and rituals. This is Book 1 in The Ravens series. Axl and Saylor's story is complete with an HEA. Contains very dark themes that may be triggering for some readers. (Content warnings available on author website.)
Tropes:
AXL
I've killed men for touching the woman I'm not allowed to have. And I won’t stop.
I saw her three years ago at a gala and decided she was mine. I wasn't supposed to want her. I kill who the society tells me to kill. I don’t get to touch her until the hunt.
Four years of loyalty to the Ravens, and the only thing keeping me sane is the thought of Saylor Reign Carter on her knees for me.
My little heathen likes to test me. She lets other men touch her knowing I'll make them disappear.
I’m all she’ll ever need in our world and the only one who can keep her safe. My girl hasn't figured out yet what it means to be mine. But she will.
And then she’ll kneel and serve her king like the good girl she’s meant to be.
SAYLOR
I chose to be hunted over going to auction. I'd rather serve than be sold.
He kills men right in front of me and claims I’m his. I should be horrified, but I’m not.
Axl Kade Hollister thinks he’s the most dangerous thing in my life.
He has no idea.
The nightmares started years ago. I don't know what they mean. I don't know why I feel like I'm pinned down only to wake up terrified and shaking in my own bed.
Men in my world believe everything is theirs for the taking, but I've never felt more powerful than serving one of the most dangerous of them all.
The nightmares are getting worse, and I'm about to find out just how dangerous my world really is.
I’ve never been safe.
He's killed every man who's touched her. He doesn't know about the one she can't remember.
DEVOUR is an explicit, high-spice dark romance. Morally gray characters, with secret society rules and rituals. This is Book 1 in The Ravens series. Axl and Saylor's story is complete with an HEA. Contains very dark themes that may be triggering for some readers. (Content warnings available on author website.)
Tropes:
- Secret Society
Who Hurt You?
OTT Possessive/Obsessive MMC
Dom/Sub Dynamics
Touch Her and Die
Morally Gray MCs
Hunt / Claiming Ritual
Forced Proximity
Found Family / Brotherhood
Heroine Who Fights Back
"Little Heathen" / "My King,"
Pierced MMC
Heat Level: Explicit Tone: Dark, Possessive, Angsty Series Type: Book 1 Ending: HEA POV: Dual First Person, Present Tense Content Notes: Check Author Website Comp Authors: Shantel Tessier, H.D. Carlton, Penelope Douglas
Genre: Romantic Suspense