Heartless (Pleasure & Prey #5)
A.J. Merlin
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
4.22
· Steam/Spice level: 5 of 5
Explicit and plentiful [?]
· 19 ratings · 266 pages · Published: 08 Jan 2025

And I witnessed the whole thing.
For years, I’ve fought to bury the memories of my troubled childhood, which includes the haunting image of my babysitter’s murder. Life in Hayden Fields has been eerily calm—no big crimes or chaos—until now.
Until the first girl dies.
And I see Cassian outside of my work like he never left.
It seems he remembers me just as well as I remember him. And when people I know start showing up dead, there’s only one likely suspect.
No matter that he promises me with sweet words and an obsession that makes my heart race, I refuse to believe that he isn't doing this.
I refuse to let him in this time.
*HEARTLESS is a contemporary dark romance standalone set in the Pleasure & Prey universe. This is an MF romance. This book contains scenes of violence and explicit content that may bother some readers.
Tagged as:
- dark romance 4
- suspense 4
- contemporary 4
- horror 3
- m-f romance 3
- sassy heroine 2
- possessive hero 2
- small town 1
- childfree 1
- second chances 1
- enemies to lovers 1
- forbidden love 1
- insta-love 1
- abduction 1
- tortured heroine 1
- working class heroine 1
- bad boys 1
- sweet/gentle hero 1
- tortured hero 1
- first person pov 1
- Add topics
- geography
- ohio 2
- usa 2
- north america 1
- content warnings
- past child abuse 2
- body betrayal 1
- graphic violence 1
- mental trauma 1
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The 'Pleasure & Prey' series
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contemporary · suspense · childfree-couple · dark · m-f · first-person-pov · north-america · graphic-violence · sweet-hero · usa · bad boys · sassy heroine · ohio · mental illness · explicit-plentiful · mental-trauma · possessive hero · body-betrayal · caretaking · tortured heroine
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