Improper Bastards Series by Charlotte Mallory

“I’m a disciplined man, Jane. I can stay here for as long as you need before the lesson sinks in that you don’t run from me while in my charge.” ¤ ¤ ¤ My village is aflame, and a deadly legend becomes my captor. I’m to appear before the most elite faction of mercenaries and warlords, commanded to answer for a crime they refuse to explain. Even if my only guess for why they want me is wrong, they cannot have me... more“I’m a disciplined man, Jane. I can stay here for as long as you need before the lesson sinks in that you don’t run from me while in my charge.” ¤ ¤ ¤ My village is aflame, and a deadly legend becomes my captor. I’m to appear before the most elite faction of mercenaries and warlords, commanded to answer for a crime they refuse to explain. Even if my only guess for why they want me is wrong, they cannot have me. I’ve sworn to never return to Skull’s Row, home to thieves and killers; the graveyard of my childhood. He plans to unbury every memory until my soul is stripped Soren, my captor, is strangely fascinated by me. By what I hide. Of the scars I have. I’m unwillingly drawn to him. To his brutality. He harbors the same viciousness that coats my veins. He even seems persistent in taking me for himself… He’ll either be my reckoning, or my undoing. … This Dark Fantasy Romance is a Duet full of foul language, sensual scenes, and improper bastards. 💀𝘌𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴💀𝘔𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘔𝘔𝘊💀𝘔𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘧𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘺 𝘍𝘔𝘊💀𝘔𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴💀𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘺/𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦💀𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴, 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴💀𝘌𝘱𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥💀𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺 romance 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘤 less

"No one will hurt her without suffering. Not anymore. Not with me in her shadow." -- Soren...I’m being hunted.The pursuer is more terrifying than I ever imagined.Those in my life want to keep me safe; alive. But I’m capable in my own right, and I will do anything to protect them. Once Soren discovers my plan that’s concocted by a witch we all detest... he will despise it.It will require muting my soul to him, the thing he loves to invade... more"No one will hurt her without suffering. Not anymore. Not with me in her shadow." -- Soren...I’m being hunted.The pursuer is more terrifying than I ever imagined.Those in my life want to keep me safe; alive. But I’m capable in my own right, and I will do anything to protect them. Once Soren discovers my plan that’s concocted by a witch we all detest... he will despise it.It will require muting my soul to him, the thing he loves to invade.I admit, there’s a part of me that dreads his reaction when he can’t have unbidden entry into my heart. If this strategy gets me close to my assailants, though, my family will be avenged and my loved one’s safety will be secured.It’s time the world meets the side of me that is born and bred in Skull’s Row.I will be reborn....This the second book in Dark Fantasy Romance is a Duet full of foul language, sensual scenes, and improper bastards.DUAL POV – his/herFinished Series. Guaranteed HEA... even if it might hurt to get there.Content Warning 18+: This series contains explicit scenes (3.5 chili peppers), depictions of war, battle violence, abduction, graphic depiction of violence, drugging, abandonment, death, and overall a very crude world. less