A standalone, contemporary romance story

The day Elijah took me, he vowed to tame me. I tried to fight him. Tried to survive without losing my heart. But in the end, he did what he said he’d do… tame me. He claimed me so unapologetically, and I surrendered willingly. Together we found our place within the darkness. We succumbed to wicked desires and tainted intentions. And with every kiss, every touch, I allowed myself to fall deeper. Drowning within the seduction of a killer’s obsession. I was reckless. Blinded by the promises of a man who wanted nothing but me. I should have known better. Guarded my heart more fiercely. After all—nothing good can come from falling for the villain.

I'm the one they all fear. The one they whisper about. A faceless ghost. My hands are coated with the blood of my victims. I've never missed a target, and I always deliver. I'm the Grim Reaper of the Cosa Nostra. Then there's her. The cellist whose music soothes the malignance of my existence. For years I've lurked in the shadows watching her play. Waiting. Anticipating the day I'll come for her. Her innocence tempts me. My blackened heart craves to ruin it, to smother her light with my darkness. She's the nucleus of my obsession... and my next victim.

Sean O'Donnell, small-time villain and family man, walked out of his home nineteen years ago and hasn't been heard of since. Now his daughter, Iris, has returned to the East End in the hope of finding him again. But she's not the only one on his trail. The psychotic Street brothers are right on her heels - and they've got good reason to want her father dead. With the help of the mysterious Guy Wilder, Iris slowly begins to unearth the horrors of the past. It isn't long before she comes to realise that some secrets are best left buried...

A fiendish lifestyle guide for today’s discerning evil-doers from the author of the perilously popular How to Be a Villain. All those aspiring ne’er-do-wells who cackled all the way to the cash register with the Neil Zawacki’s How to Be a Villain are ready to embrace the finer points of the evil life with The Villain’s Guide to Better Living. It covers all the topics contemporary villains care about, such as: Home d cor—Gothic? Apocalyptic? Ikea? Friends—Do I have any? Can I make them? Work—Should I be a mad scientist or obsessed with revenge? Or both?