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Portrait of a Killer
M/M dark romance
2026
First Published
3.89
Average Rating
252
Number of Pages

“You’ve got no idea what I’m capable of, pretty thing.” - Victor -Sevastyan is the most beautiful man I have ever seen. He is also a fraud. No one who looks like the man in his self-portraits would ever choose to live as a recluse. It simply makes no sense. And I will expose his lies. Because Sevastyan ruined my life with a single exhibition. Over the years, my loathing has turned into poison coursing through my veins and helped fill my sketchbooks with violent fantasies fixated on one man, who doesn’t even know I exist. Well, he’ll find out when I break into his home and prove to the world his beauty isn’t real, humiliating him once and for all. What I don’t expect is that Sevastyan is ready for me. Amused, unafraid, the monster behind the masterpieces traps me before I get to fire a single bullet. He sees me for the obsessive little freak I am and tells me I’ll never leave. That I will be his toy, his muse, his entertainment, his distraction from years of isolation. I thought I was the danger. I was so, so wrong. ◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆ “Portrait of a Killer” is a Dark M/M Romance where a failed artist breaks into the home of the famous painter who ruined his career. He might be an ugly duckling, but soon he becomes his enemy’s prisoner, obsession, and unexpected muse. Dive in to find out how captivity becomes intimacy, and morally gray desire rooted in power imbalance turns into a twisted romance where fear and devotion blur beyond recognition. Violence, abduction, Stockholm syndrome

Avg Rating
3.89
Number of Ratings
246
5 STARS
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4 STARS
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3 STARS
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2 STARS
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Author

K. A. Merikan
K. A. Merikan
Author · 116 books

(Goodreads profile run by Kat) K. A. Merikan are a team of writers who try not to suck at adulting, with some success. Always eager to explore the murky waters of the weird and wonderful, K.A. Merikan don’t follow fixed formulas and want each of their books to be a surprise for those who choose to hop on for the ride. K.A. Merikan have a few sweeter M/M romances as well, but they specialize in the dark, dirty, and dangerous side of M/M, full of bikers, bad boys, mafiosi, and scorching hot romance. e-mail: kamerikan@gmail.com More information about ongoing projects, works in progress and publishing at: K.A. Merikan’s author page: http://kamerikan.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kamerikan Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KAMerikan Twitter: https://twitter.com/KA\_Merikan Agnes Merikan’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/AgnesMerikan Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/KAMerikan/ Trivia:

  • We are Polish,
  • We're neither sisters nor a couple,
  • Kat's an artist, and Agnes is a psychologist but neither works in her field,
  • Kat's fingers are two times longer than Agnes'.
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