Part I

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.

Part II

I thought I knew the truth. I thought he was my savior. I’d spent my entire life running from him, only to become trapped in his web.

He says I’ll become his wife, that I’ll provide him an heir. I’ll do both of those things, under one condition.

His father must die.

Avery’s Thoughts About the Book

This scorcher is not for the faint of heart…

Dubious. Dubious everything. Consent. Intentions. Motives. All of it. Dubious is a perfect word for the antihero in the Dark Lies duet. Book one is titled Perfect Villain and omg, he is. When we get introduced to Christian Russo, he’s full-on stalking our heroine Siân (pronounced like Shawn/Shaun/Sean). As the reader, you’re watching her fall for a guy who is manipulating everything around her to make exactly that happen. The cherry on top is that the picture is so much bigger and this game between them goes back so much further than she could ever possibly imagine.

Twists and turns the whole way through, a sociopath for an antihero, a heroine who has absolutely no idea what she’s gotten herself into when she gets involved with him, and a truly fucked up love story. I loved it. Beginning to end, this was an excellent duet.

So excellent, in fact…

CONTENT WARNING: So there is this shower scene… It’s so hot and so wrong…. but so hot… And while that scene is a scorcher (and it reeeeeeeeally is), ’tis merely the tip of the dark pervy iceberg in this duet. On top of that, our antihero is the violent sort. This is a good opportunity to remind everyone to check out the Trigger Warning page here on my website. This message applies to my books and pretty much everything you’re going to see on my blog, whether it’s dark romance or paranormal romance (which tends to be violent). I don’t include this message with every review but some antiheroes rise above the others and do some truly depraved shit. Christian is one such man. Ye be warned.

Heat Level
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Avery’s Rating
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

Tropes Used
Mafia Romance
Stalker Romance
Arranged/Forced Marriage
BDSM Elements