If they can get through the first case, they’ll get through any—that’s what Chad tells himself. But juggling his career and his relationship isn’t easy.
The monstrous part of Romeo gnaws away under the surface. His dark moments leave Chad uncomfortable, and when they accumulate into an attack, it leaves Chad shaken.
A guilt-ridden Romeo disappears and Chad’s quest for a normal life falls apart around him. He needs Romeo, his monster, his savior and if that means turning his back on a normal life ... so be it.
Be Warned: m/m sex
Excerpt:
Romeo was shirtless, and Chad admired the view of his back, all his muscles tightening, then relaxing with the blow, but as he edged around the room, he swallowed, and a feeling of unease stopped him in his tracks. Chad picked up on the darkness crackling in the air, the aura that wrapped around Romeo every few days like a storm cloud. It threatened thunder, lightning, but Romeo kept it at bay, waited for it to ease, then flashed Chad a reassuring smile.
Romeo hadn’t seen him. His attention was fixed to the table leg. He scrunched his face up in a snarl, flashing his teeth with each hit of the hammer. The anger in his expression distorted his handsome face. He wasn’t building the table, he was destroying it. The table leg had split, but he kept hitting it, bits of wood splinted off, flying through the air.
When the leg finally shattered, Chad backed off at the relief on Romeo’s face. He dropped the hammer to the floor and swept his hands through his hair, gasping at the roof. His relief quickly turned to anguish and he gripped the back of his neck, releasing a sound of frustration.
Chad backed out of the outhouse, knocked on the open door, and walked in again.
“Hey.”
Romeo stiffened, and dropped his arms by his sides. He turned to face Chad with a smile. His eyelid drooped a little on one side, a pink scar marred his cheek, but it was a warm smile that brightened his handsome face. The storm cloud dispersed, if only for a little while.
“You’re home.”
Chad gestured to himself. “Looks that way.”
“How you feeling?”
Worried, uneasy, helpless … there were a few emotions flying around in Chad’s head, but he didn’t say any of them. Romeo didn’t like mentioning his outbursts, and Chad played along.
Romeo frowned. “The session was okay?”
“Yeah, fine.” Chad said. “I’m a little tired that’s all.”
“I’ve made roast chicken for dinner.”
Chad hummed. “I could smell it from the front door.”
“All the works. Roast potatoes, carrots, mash potato… Parsnips.”
Chad wrinkled his nose. “Parsnips.”
Romeo laughed. “I know, I know. You’ve got time for a shower first if you want.”
“I’m okay—
“I can smell you from here.”
Chad saw through the casual teasing, Romeo wanted him gone, and a sharp pain stabbed in his chest. He swallowed, pointing at the poorly concealed table.
“What happened there?”
“It didn’t fit together how it should’ve.”
“It was fine the other day.”
“There was a little wobble, it bothered me.”
“Looks like you’ve sorted it.”
Chad smiled, trying to make light of the situation, but it was as fake as Romeo’s strained laugh.
“Yeah, well. We’ve got more tables.” Romeo said as he gestured to the room.
He was right, there were plenty of tables. Coffee tables, dining tables, side tables. The outhouse was a forty meter by forty meter square. It had once echoed, been vast, but two months of Romeo’s new obsession, and it was nearly full.
Chad’s face dropped at Romeo’s bloody hands. He didn’t seem to notice the shards of wood sticking out of them, or the trails of red.
“Romeo. You’re bleeding.”
“Huh?” He looked at the blood dripping from his fingers to his wrist. “So I am.”
Romeo picked out one of the splinters, another, and another. He didn’t flinch, he looked oddly detached, in a daze.
Chad went to approach, but Romeo’s hand shot up, stopping him dead. “Stay there.”
He tipped back on his heels. “Why?”
“Because there’s no need for you to come over, I’m fine.”
“You’re not though, are you.”
Chad took a step, but Romeo’s voice hit him like a truck.
“Don’t!”
There was a wall of furniture between them, Romeo stood in a cage of his own making. He kept his palm up towards Chad, and his eyebrows tugged together as he pleaded.
“Please don’t.”
“Okay.” Chad whispered.
It was another ‘dark’ moment, they didn’t last long, only a few minutes, but it was enough to make Chad uneasy. An internal battle raged inside Romeo. Chad wanted to help, but his presence only made it worse.
Romeo grabbed a rag off a nearby desk and wrapped it around his hand. “Fine, see. Go inside, have a shower.”
It was no longer a suggestion, but an order. Chad’s heart sunk, but he didn’t let it show.
Romeo’s forced smile started to tremble, and Chad retreated.
“I’ll be thirty minutes.”
He walked away, clutching his stomach. Romeo hadn’t soothed his nerves—he’d added to them.
I can’t even with how much I’m obsessed with this series. Seriously.
“No one has ever made me feel like you do, like I’m important, like I matter.”
“Nothing matters more than you.”
Now I’m SO excited for more. PLEASE, give me more. I’ll do anything.
“You put a heart in my chest when I thought it was impossible for me to sustain it. You make me know what it is to be alive. You make me feel it.”
5/5
There is no Romeo without his Juliet
Written by Xander Beck on 29th May 2023
This was my favorite book so far in the series. Trying to see Chad navigate his way through being a detective and loving a serial killer was captivating. Chad is our 3x over broken boy. The only one to truely see him and love him is our Romeo. No matter what happens, Romeo will never abandon or judge him. At the end of this book we finally start seeing our Chad embrace his grey to the fullest. I cannot wait to see where this story goes from here. Its about to get insane. Bring it on.
⚔ Serial Killer/Detective
⚔ True Crime Vibes
⚔ Psychopathic MC
⚔ Stockholm Syndrome
⚔ Captive Romance
⚔ Forced Proximity
⚔ Breath Play
⚔ Kidnapping
‼️ ƇӇЄƇƘ ƇƜ & ƬƜ ƤЄƦƧƠƝƛԼԼƳ ‼️
5/5
Brilliant
Written by Anastasia Beaverhausen on 12th Mar 2021
Honestly. I really figured this book would be a disappointment.. But only because I had such high hopes. But man... it was amazing! How does each book get better?
5/5
Masterly written story with dark DARK content.
Written by True on 12th Mar 2021
There is an immensely strong connection between the monster and the detective. One no one will ever understand. They are unbreakably entwined.
Looking at their youth you’ll find similarities and differences. Dark, hurtful, and lonely. There is a storm raging through both of them.
“The monster was his savior”
Chad is turned on by everything that is Romeo, his green eyes, his bulged arms, his strength, his hungry lust, and his yearning.
Chad is hiding Romeo from the outside world, to keep him safe but maybe, even more, to keep him for himself. Chad is nothing without his monster. Romeo is nothing without the one thing he ever loved. But the monster can’t stay low, he has needs. Chad understands he can’t hold him on a leash. Living with Romeo means his life hangs on a thread.
5/5
Couldn't put it down
Written by Ellie on 7th Mar 2021
This series is definitely a page turner. I loved every page of this book. Well written and enjoyable. Love their relationship and how hard the both work at it. Really hope there is another book in the series coming!
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Chad picked up on the darkness crackling in the air, the aura that wrapped around Romeo every few days like a storm cloud. It threatened thunder, lightning, but Romeo kept it at bay, waited for it to ease, then flashed Chad a reassuring smile.\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003eRomeo hadn’t seen him. His attention was fixed to the table leg. He scrunched his face up in a snarl, flashing his teeth with each hit of the hammer. The anger in his expression distorted his handsome face. He wasn’t building the table, he was destroying it. The table leg had split, but he kept hitting it, bits of wood splinted off, flying through the air.\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003eWhen the leg finally shattered, Chad backed off at the relief on Romeo’s face. He dropped the hammer to the floor and swept his hands through his hair, gasping at the roof. His relief quickly turned to anguish and he gripped the back of his neck, releasing a sound of frustration.\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003eChad backed out of the outhouse, knocked on the open door, and walked in again.\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003e“Hey.”\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003eRomeo stiffened, and dropped his arms by his sides. He turned to face Chad with a smile. His eyelid drooped a little on one side, a pink scar marred his cheek, but it was a warm smile that brightened his handsome face. The storm cloud dispersed, if only for a little while.\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003e“You’re home.”\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003eChad gestured to himself. “Looks that way.”\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003e“How you feeling?”\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003eWorried, uneasy, helpless … there were a few emotions flying around in Chad’s head, but he didn’t say any of them. 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Roast potatoes, carrots, mash potato… Parsnips.”\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003eChad wrinkled his nose. “Parsnips.”\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003eRomeo laughed. “I know, I know. You’ve got time for a shower first if you want.”\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003e“I’m okay—\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003e“I can smell you from here.”\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003eChad saw through the casual teasing, Romeo wanted him gone, and a sharp pain stabbed in his chest. He swallowed, pointing at the poorly concealed table.\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003e“What happened there?”\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003e“It didn’t fit together how it should’ve.”\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003e“It was fine the other day.”\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003e“There was a little wobble, it bothered me.”\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003e“Looks like you’ve sorted it.”\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003eChad smiled, trying to make light of the situation, but it was as fake as Romeo’s strained laugh.\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003e“Yeah, well. We’ve got more tables.” Romeo said as he gestured to the room.\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003eHe was right, there were plenty of tables. Coffee tables, dining tables, side tables. The outhouse was a forty meter by forty meter square. It had once echoed, been vast, but two months of Romeo’s new obsession, and it was nearly full.\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003eChad’s face dropped at Romeo’s bloody hands. He didn’t seem to notice the shards of wood sticking out of them, or the trails of red.\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003e“Romeo. You’re bleeding.”\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003e“Huh?” He looked at the blood dripping from his fingers to his wrist. “So I am.”\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003eRomeo picked out one of the splinters, another, and another. He didn’t flinch, he looked oddly detached, in a daze.\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003eChad went to approach, but Romeo’s hand shot up, stopping him dead. “Stay there.”\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003eHe tipped back on his heels. “Why?”\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003e“Because there’s no need for you to come over, I’m fine.”\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003e“You’re not though, are you.”\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003eChad took a step, but Romeo’s voice hit him like a truck.\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003e“Don’t!”\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003eThere was a wall of furniture between them, Romeo stood in a cage of his own making. He kept his palm up towards Chad, and his eyebrows tugged together as he pleaded.\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003e“Please don’t.”\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003e“Okay.” Chad whispered.\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003eIt was another ‘dark’ moment, they didn’t last long, only a few minutes, but it was enough to make Chad uneasy. An internal battle raged inside Romeo. Chad wanted to help, but his presence only made it worse.\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"\u003eRomeo grabbed a rag off a nearby desk and wrapped it around his hand. “Fine, see. 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