Dark Romance

From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Rina Kent comes a scorching standalone dark MM romance set in the world of Legacy of Gods. I’m hunting a monster. The first time I met Yulian Dimitriev, it was hate at first sight. He is brash, chaotic, a violence-junkie. In short, everything I disregard. As heirs to two notorious mafia organizations, we’re forced to spend time with one another. The more I learn about Yulian, the deeper my loathing seeps. Until I truly see the person within, and something forbidden sparks between us. When tragedy strikes, our co-existence is cut short. Forcing Yulian and I back to our parallel worlds that should never cross. But they do. And, once again, I’m dragged into the orbit of a man I shouldn’t want. Two men can’t be together in our world. But Yulian blurs every limit I thought existed. Soon, everything is in jeopardy. Our hearts included. Kiss the Villain is a dark MM romance. Please check the author's note for content warnings before diving in. While this book can be enjoyed as a standalone, diving into the Legacy of Gods series will give you a deeper connection to the characters.

BEAUTY I wanted to study him. To observe the man who slaughtered his own family and walked out of the fire smiling. But the closer I got, the more he got under my skin—into my veins—turning fascination into fixation. He reads me like scripture, tears apart every line of logic I cling to. He shouldn’t make me feel alive. He shouldn’t make me want. But monsters wear many faces. And I’m starting to wonder if I came here to study evil… or to surrender to it. MONSTER They call it a cage. But it’s not for me. It’s for them. To keep them from watching too long, listening too close, craving what was never meant to be loved. She came in pretending to be curious. But curiosity is just hunger in disguise. She talks like she wants truth, but it’s pain that makes her listen. I don’t love. I consume. And the only thing more dangerous than a monster who’s been caged—Is the girl who makes him want to stay in it... with her.

Gothikana meets Dexter in this sinfully delicious dark romance about a horror-obsessed film student who's secretly tracking the murders of a serial killer—unaware he's also her brooding professor. 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.