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Darkest Desires: Season One
Series · 6 books · 2025

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#1

Forgive Me Father

Darkest Desires

2025

Darkest Season 1 For one night in Paris, only the best of the best gather for the Mortes Ostium (Death’s Door) Ball. Once a year, k!llers from all over the world descend on Paris for a grand weekend to connect, reminisce, and compare their achievements of the year. Stacci Cavetti I've been obsessed with Father Davi Vinci since I was twelve, and he doesn't even know I exist. After stumbling into a debauched scene—I should’ve never witnessed—I’ve dedicated my life to getting him to notice me. From my first kill to my twelfth, I craved every ounce of his pride, only to be ignored like an old shoe left behind in a muddy puddle. However, even without his praise, I’ve earned the attention of another who embraced my creativity and my death count. Being a member of Mortes Ostium has allowed me to fulfill my desires while also staying close to my one true love, Davi Vinci. Now, with the annual ball approaching, I know I’ll finally make him see me. And, when I do, I'll make sure he never forgets me. Davi Vinci Contract killing wasn’t the direction I’d seen my life going in. Raised in a proper Catholic home with a godly family, I attended Jesuit school intent on joining the priesthood. Until I met him—Darwin Garcia. My best friend and lover. He opened my eyes to a world I’d never seen before while showing me the hedonistic pleasure I could find late at night behind a church altar. That was how I also met Bernardo Calvetti, leader of the Calvetti family and her—Stacci Calvetti, a wide-eyed imp who saw too much and put me on too high of a pedestal. The disillusionment of humanity and the church made me ripe for the picking and soothed an itch I realized had always been there. As one of Mr. Cavetti’s best killers, I use the church to my advantage. No one ever suspected a priest. Except for Mortes Ostium. The secret society watched me from afar, then drew me into a world of decadence and immorality and, though I loathe organized clubs, I found my home within their ranks. Each kill celebrated added another notch in my rosary. Now, with the Mortes Ostium gala approaching, I have my eye set on Stacci. She’s walked into my trap, and she has no clue what I’m about to do to her. Darwin Garcia Growing up on the streets made me the man I am today. I learned the hustle at a young age and the value of an education. I might not have had a family, but I found mine in Davi and secret society of Mortes Ostium. Sure, it would’ve been easier using my skills to save lives. Unfortunately, there’s a broken part in my brain that can’t quite commit to saving humanity. Call me an anti-hero or the fallen angel. Labels meant nothing to me. I gained my pleasure watching the realization then fear in the eyes of my marks as their life leached from their bodies. Now, as a full-time tattoo artist and hired killer for several organized crime families, I fulfilled my needs whenever the mood struck, earning my spot next to Davi within Mortes Ostium. However, there’s a piece was missing between us, and with the gala approaching, I’d do everything in my power to bring her home—even if it meant carrying her back in a body bag. Forgive Me Father is a full length MMF novel. This book is part of the Darkest Desires Season 1 Series. This book touches on darker themes, so please check the trigger warnings before reading.
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#2

Perfect Poppy

2025

Poppy Sears knows what being a survivor means. She experienced the dismantling chaos first hand and saw it haunting her patients. Finding her own way to combat it, Poppy has killed the men who claimed to protect the women they victimized. No matter how much blood she spilled, it isn't enough to quell her own anxiety. Poppy feels herself splintering and she knows there's no way out. Everything about Poppy intrigues Owen Montgomery. She's smart, gorgeous, and a killer, all the traits he would ever want in a woman. As he learns more about her, watches her at work, he's more and more convinced that she would be perfect for the clandestine society of serial killers, Mortes Ostium. The problem is, he's seeing her burning out, an issue too many serial killers succumb to. In an effort to keep her alive and with him, he decides to do the thing he had been preparing himself a partnership. \\\ This book is part of the series, Darkest Desires\\\
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#4

The Sinners Gambit

2025

When you take a risk to gain the upper hand, you might end up losing it all. Naomi is the best damn general surgeon New York City has ever seen. Killian is at the top of his field, heading his family business at a high-tech security company. They have no-fucks-given attitudes that keep them on their paths to ultimate success. That is until a chance encounter leads Killian to develop an obsessive infatuation with Naomi that he just can’t shake. He wants a Queen to match his dark energy, and she’s the only person who fits the bill. Not one to ever do anything half-assed he steals her away to his castle—or in this case a giant secluded mansion. Little do they know, they’re both more than what meets the eye. Secrets are revealed. Lies unravel. And emotions run rampant. Can they learn to trust each other enough to find the love they never expected, or will the truth cost them everything? Either way they’re both ready to let the games begin. The Sinners Gambit is part of the Darkest Desires Anthology Series. It can be read as a standalone novel in this shared universe. The Sinners Gambit is part of the Darkest Desires Anthology Series. It can be read as a standalone novel in this shared universe.
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#5

The Bludgeoner and His Little Monster

Darkest Desires: Season One

2025

My boyfriend, The Bludgeoner, and his best friend, Lochlan, are accomplished serial killers. Each with their own story on how they started down that path. So what happens if I go against my quick-to-temper boyfriend and fall down the rabbit hole? What if I give in and become the thing everyone fears the most? What if I, Jeong Soo Jin become a real life monster? Those are the questions that swirled around in my head the last few months. The weight of morality versus freedom is a serious battle. One I would not want to come out on the wrong end of. I thought my mind was playing tricks on me again. That was until I saw their faces again. The evil ones who planted the seed of diabolism in my heart have reared their ugly heads at me just when I thought the horrors were over. They say revenge is a dish best served cold, but I think my version of revenge requires me to bathe in the blood of my enemies while their bones are repurposed in my house as decoration. Now that sounds like it will set my moral compass in the right direction, for good.
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#6

Fated Hearts

2025

By day, Athena Alexander is the epitome of sweetness—an elementary school teacher who spoils her students with snacks and naps after recess. But by night, she’s a predator, a woman who hunts cheating men with a vengeance. FBI agent Draco Dragonnetti’s life is turned upside down when he’s called to investigate the suicide of his college best friend. The note left behind speaks of guilt, regret, and infidelity, but Draco is certain there’s more to the story. The truth he uncovers is far darker than he ever expected, and it leads him straight into the arms of the woman who ignites his deepest desires. Captured by Athena, Draco finds himself torn between the man he was and the darker instincts she awakens within him. His world is suddenly bathed in shades of gray as Athena pulls him into a life he never imagined—a life where morality is just an illusion. Athena’s plans take a dangerous turn when, instead of ending Draco’s life, she turns him into the perfect weapon—a killer who could be her equal. But in the secret society she’s bound to, there’s no place for someone like him. And when the shadows of her world begin to unravel, Athena’s only hope is to forge a new future with Draco—one that could either make them powerful…or get them both killed.
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#7

My Little Disasters

2025

The Mafia wants him, but she wants him more. Motivated by her twisted sense of justice, Pandora Melrose has stumbled upon a problem that a dead body can’t fix. The Deroit Mafia have caught Pandora's father in deadly debt, and the only way she can free him is by surrendering her body to the Mafia’s right-hand man Marcel Amos. She was willing to pay any price if it meant protecting her father, until the Mafia touched something they shouldn’t. The Mafia has their eyes on Kohen Harthwarn, her college crush, and the man who helped her dispose her first dead body. But Kohen's boyfriend has skills of his own, and getting through Eros and Pandora might just be the thing that destroys their empire. The Mafia doesn’t know their little princess is a serial killer and that they just made themselves targets. They’ve opened Pandora’s Box, now let’s see who lives to tell the tale. A novella in the Darkest Desires Season One.

Authors

Annie Gray
Annie Gray
Author · 3 books

Annie Gray was born and raised in the heart of the Big Apple, New York City. As a licensed master of social work, Annie spends her days supervising a dedicated team of social workers, providing essential support to at-risk individuals in her community. Her vibrant surroundings and deep understanding of human nature and emotions have played a significant role in shaping her unique storytelling style. When she's not penning her next gripping tale, you'll often find Annie with her head buried in a book, gathered around her loved ones for intense board/card game sessions, or exploring her creativity with different mediums of art. This is just the beginning of Annie Gray's literary journey. Stay tuned for so many more morally gray characters coming to your shelves soon.

Casia Pickering
Casia Pickering
Author · 2 books
Even though she claims she can write anything, the biography remains to be Casia’s arch-nemesis. Despite this, Casia has used her Writing degree to craft stories in over ten anthologies, maintained a book blog for more than a decade, and has begun to write novels. A multi-genre author, Casia Pickering, is incapable of keeping to one thing. Every story has a piece of her personality that she treasures and shares with her readers. She currently lives in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia with her biggest supporter and helper, her son, affectionately known as Bug. Previous works are under the name, Casia Courtier.
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