Vicious (Pleasure & Prey #3)
A.J. Merlin
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
3.97
· Steam/Spice level: 5 of 5
Explicit and plentiful [?]
· 41 ratings · 222 pages · Published: 21 Apr 2023
Three, four, better run some more
I never would have accepted his help if I’d known what he’d do.
When the stranger who got me out of a mess in Springwood turns the town into a slaughterhouse in my name, I do the only thing I can do.
I run.
Not far enough, though, because I can feel him in Akron, looking for me. But he wants to take me home, and I can’t go back. Not after what he did.
Especially when I know that more than anything, he wants me home with him.
But when his words betray how he really feels, and instead of violence from the monster of Springwood, I get something completely different. Will I be tricked into going home after all?
Or will he drag me away, kicking and screaming,
with his claws so deep I’ll never be free?
Vicious is a contemporary dark romance standalone set in the Pleasure & Prey universe. This is an MF romance. Please see author’s note at the front of the book using the ‘look inside the book’ feature for a full list of content warnings.
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Tagged as:
- dark romance 11
- age gap 10
- somnophilia 10
- m-f romance 10
- contemporary 9
- suspense 9
- independent heroine 8
- tortured heroine 8
- enemies to lovers 6
- small town 6
- bad boys 6
- breeding 5
- bdsm 5
- horror 5
- angst 5
- childfree 5
- consensual non-consent 5
- competent heroine 5
- take-charge heroine 5
- poor heroine 5
- possessive hero 5
- slow burn 4
- abduction 4
- dangerous heroine 4
- alpha male 4
- praise kink 4
- grumpy/ice queen 3
- caretaking 3
- forced proximity 3
- betrayal 2
- height difference 2
- forbidden love 2
- sassy heroine 2
- new adult 1
- other man/woman 1
- mystery 1
- sweet/gentle hero 1
- white collar heroine 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- mental illness 7
- dubious consent 7
- abuse 6
- mental trauma 6
- past sexual abuse 5
- graphic violence 5
- third party abuse 4
- past abuse 4
- past child abuse 4
- past child neglect 4
- torture of side characters 3
- third party sexual assault 3
- body betrayal 3
- geography
- north america 2
- usa 2
- kentucky 2
- Format
- first person pov 5
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The 'Pleasure & Prey' series
3.96 · 217 ratings
dark · graphic-violence · first-person-pov · sweet-hero · north-america · usa · childfree-couple · horror · bad boys · suspense · contemporary · m-f · mental-trauma · caretaking · tortured heroine · body-betrayal · possessive hero · small town · past-child-abuse · ohio
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