Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy #2)
Brynne Weaver
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· 589 ratings · Published: 04 Jun 2024
From the author of the genre-breaking international TikTok sensation Butcher & Blackbird comes the second book in the Ruinous Love Trilogy—a hate-to-love dark romantic comedy packed with danger, chaos, and heat.
Contract killer Lachlan Kane wants a quiet life working in his leather studio and forgetting all about his traumatic past. But when he botches a job for his boss’s biggest client, Lachlan knows he’ll never claw his way out of the underworld. At least, not until songbird Lark Montague offers him a deal: use his skills to hunt down a killer and she’ll find a way to secure his freedom. The catch? He has to marry her first.
And they can’t stand each other.
Indie singer-songwriter Lark is the sunshine and glitter that burns through every cloud and clings to every crevice that Lachlan Kane tries to hide inside. The surly older brother of her best friend’s soulmate, Lachlan thinks she’s just a privileged princess, but Lark has plenty of secrets hiding in the shadows of her bright light. With her formidable family in a tailspin and her best friend’s happiness on the line, she’s willing to make a vow to the man she’s determined to hate, no matter how tempting the broody assassin might be.
As Lachlan and Lark navigate the dark world that binds them together, it becomes impossible to discern their fake marriage from a real one. But it’s not just familiar dangers that haunt them.
There’s another phantom lurking on their doorstep.
And this one has come for blood
Tropes:
Hate-to-love
Marriage of convenience
Grumpy / sunshine
He falls first
Groveling, but make it psycho
Touch her/him and die
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Tagged as:
- marriage of convenience 67
- m-f romance 65
- enemies to lovers 60
- dark romance 58
- grumpy & sunshine 57
- contemporary 50
- dangerous heroine 50
- grumpy/cold hero 50
- criminal heroine 48
- funny 47
- sassy heroine 46
- pegging 46
- cheerful/happy heroine 43
- vengeance 42
- abduction 41
- forced proximity 40
- bad boys 39
- slow burn 39
- alpha male 35
- suspense 34
- rich heroine 34
- anal sex 32
- tortured heroine 32
- good grovel 31
- praise kink 30
- mystery 28
- exhibitionism 28
- take-charge heroine 28
- independent heroine 27
- hurt/comfort 26
- competent heroine 24
- tortured hero 23
- fake relationship 21
- possessive hero 17
- caretaking 17
- found family 16
- sweet/gentle heroine 14
- spanking 11
- class difference 11
- famous heroine 11
- new adult 10
- working class hero 10
- angst 8
- height difference 8
- disabilities & scars 6
- childfree 6
- bdsm 5
- masc-dom 5
- role switching 4
- horror 2
- fetish 2
- double penetration 1
- bondage 1
- cruel hero/bully 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- graphic violence 45
- past sexual abuse 41
- death / grief 40
- mental trauma 33
- past child abuse 33
- torture of side characters 31
- animal abuse 30
- terminal illness 26
- religious trauma 23
- torture of mcs 20
- past abuse 16
- past child neglect 14
- child sexual abuse 13
- third party abuse 10
- mental illness 7
- abuse 5
- rape 4
- victim blaming 1
- geography
- north america 26
- usa 24
- massachusetts 24
- rhode island 19
- Format
- audiobook
- dual pov 54
- first person pov 32
- male pov 8
- interconnected standalone 2
- standalone 2
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The 'The Ruinous Love Trilogy' series
4.18 · 2154 ratings
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