Perfect Villain (Dark Lies #1)
J.L. Beck, Sade Rena
Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars
3.58
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 55 ratings · 272 pages · Published: 22 Jan 2022

The second our eyes connected I felt the shift in the air.
The crackle of fire igniting between us.
He was dark, dangerous, and secretive.
He came into my life like a storm, ripping apart everything I believed in, everything I thought I knew.
With his mischievous smirk, stunning looks, and alluring behavior I should’ve ran as far away from him as I could.
But I was stupid. I trapped myself in his web. I thought I was safe with him.
Safe in his arms, safe from a past that refused to let go.
Turns out Christian Russo was the past I was running from, and my first mistake was ever thinking I could escape him.
This is a dark stalker-mafia romance. It contains adult themes, and material that might be triggering to some readers.
Tagged as:
- mafia 10
- dark romance 8
- contemporary 7
- alpha male 6
- m-f romance 6
- suspense 5
- arranged/forced marriage 4
- enemies to lovers 4
- other man/woman 4
- primal/chase play 4
- possessive hero 4
- rich hero 4
- cheating 3
- consensual non-consent 3
- college 3
- cruel hero/bully 3
- new adult 2
- bad boys 2
- hurt/comfort 2
- praise kink 1
- tortured heroine 1
- height difference 1
- caretaking 1
- betrayal 1
- abduction 1
- vengeance 1
- survival 1
- sweet/gentle heroine 1
- competent heroine 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- dubious consent 4
- graphic violence 3
- death / grief 3
- non-consent between mcs 3
- torture of side characters 2
- abuse 2
- torture of mcs 1
- body betrayal 1
- geography
- florida 2
- Format
- Audiobook
- dual pov 8
- first person pov 2
romance tags
The 'Dark Lies' series
111 ratings 3.64 ·
cruel hero · first-person-pov · dark · dual-pov · vengeance · abduction · arranged marriage · super rich hero · contemporary · audiobook · alpha male · m-f · suspense · mafia · caretaking · rape-mc · graphic-violence · explicit-open-door · body-betrayal · possessive hero
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