Improper Bastards Series by Charlotte Mallory

Looking for a Dark Romantasy where the MMC is more like a savage dire-wolf over a golden retriever? He's lined with scars and ink from battles, sacrifice, and vengeance. His love? Possessive and deadly: "If anyone makes you speak of love that isn't me, they won't live to see the rising sun." ¤ ¤ ¤ 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... moreLooking for a Dark Romantasy where the MMC is more like a savage dire-wolf over a golden retriever? He's lined with scars and ink from battles, sacrifice, and vengeance. His love? Possessive and deadly: "If anyone makes you speak of love that isn't me, they won't live to see the rising sun." ¤ ¤ ¤ 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 bare: 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. “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." -- Soren. … This Dark Fantasy Romance is a Duet full of foul language, sensual scenes, and improper bastards. DUAL POV – his/her Duet with a Guaranteed HEA Content Warning 18+: This series contains explicit scenes (3.5 chili peppers), depictions of war, battle violence, abduction, graphic depiction of violence, drugging, and overall a very crude world. 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