Ruin (Dark Island Scots #1)
Jolie Vines
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
3.91
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 43 ratings · 389 pages · Published: 27 Jan 2022

It was the blood I noticed first. Running down the neck of the man on the ferry.
Then his bruised knuckles, dark eyes, and arrogant smirk.
The handcuffs came last.
No one else paid him attention, but I couldn’t look away. Or deny my instant lust.
I had no idea he was being imprisoned on the remote, dark Scottish island I knew well.
Or that he’d been kidnapped, not arrested.
I went from that naïve girl on the boat, dreaming of stolen kisses, to the one who held the key to his prison cell.
When heat turns to hate, all that’s left is ruin.
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Ruin (Dark Island Scots, #1) is a new adult romance with dark themes, including angst, lust-to-hate-to-love, and lost innocence. This series will be deeply interconnected, so expect the occasional wicked cliffhanger (and McRae cameo). It'll be well worth the heart palpitations.
Lose yourself in Ruin.
Tagged as:
- contemporary 3
- dark romance 3
- bad boys 3
- new adult 3
- mystery 3
- suspense 3
- m-f romance 3
- enemies to lovers 2
- virgin heroine 2
- angst 1
- praise kink 1
- small town 1
- tortured hero 1
- grumpy/cold hero 1
- first person pov 1
- dual pov 1
- Add topics
- geography
- scotland 1
- content warnings
- abuse 1
- past abuse 1
- death / grief 1
- graphic violence 1
romance tags
The 'Dark Island Scots' series
107 ratings 4.06 ·
tortured hero · contemporary · suspense · scotland · virgin heroine · dark · m-f · dual-pov · new adult · explicit-open-door · first-person-pov · abuse · found-family · past-abuse · mystery · length-medium · from hate to love · past-child-abuse · curvy heroine · virgin hero
Dark Island Scots reading order and complete book list ❯