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A dark, modern, romantic retelling of Sweeney Todd with a Medusa twist and a happy ever after.
Their revenge is sweet… their love is unhinged.
Fifteen years ago, a girl sacrificed her life for mine. I’ve wanted only justice ever since.
Then Talia entered the stage.
I’m the barber’s son. The Don’s nephew. A prince without a throne and only revenge to fuel me.
She’s the bakers’ granddaughter. Sweet Tallie. Their dolce. My vipera.
My desires have always stopped at vengeance. She’s made me want more. But my vendetta will destroy everything in my path, and I won’t risk bringing her into my world.
I never suspected her to snake her way in on her own.
I craved a bite of her sugar and spice, but my little vipera is fangs and venom.
Now all I want is to be bitten.
DREADFUL is a dark, revenge mafia retelling of Sweeney Todd, Hamlet, and Medusa, set in modern-day Boston and a complete STANDALONE in the Tattered Curtain Series. Guaranteed HEA.
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Trigger Warning: Non-pov CSA - POV MC is in a separate room while it happens to the non-POV MC; sensory issues, nightmares, ableism, survivor’s guilt, murder, physical violence, torture, kidnapping, dubious consent, religious trauma, impact play, predicament bondage, suspension, fear play, knife play, dubcon oral, somnophilia, death of a loved one, edging, erotophonophilia/lust murder, impact play, pain play, caning, human trafficking, graphic sexual content, sexual exploitation (see first trigger explanation), stalking, sex used as torture
Content/Trope Alert: revenge, antihero, gothic, retelling, one-bed trope, betrayal, mafia, strong FMC, scarred heroine/hero, hidden identity, she takes care of his wounds, tortured hero, impact play, bondage, suspension, fear play, knife play, Shibari (with chains)/Metal restraints, breeding kink, cum play, stalking
𝗔 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸, 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝘄𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝘀.
The Garde values four ideals: The Truth we twist. The Beauty we flaunt. The Freedom we grant. The Power we take.
I believed their lies until Lacey O'Shea.
She’s the only daughter of the Garde's leading family, and she was meant to be mine. But her father stole her from me to sell to another.
So I stole her back.
But there's more to the conspiracy that kept us apart, and we have to keep our relationship secret from her former fiancé, the Baron, to find the truth.
He wants to lock her away, but she’s a bird desperate to flee her gilded cage.
I'll fight the Baron, the Garde, and the whole damn world to free her.
𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗘 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻-𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝘀 𝗩𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀. 𝗚𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝗘𝗔.
Author’s Note: This is not a retelling. The Tattered Curtain series transforms classic tragic plays, such as 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘵, 𝘓𝘢 𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘹 𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘦́𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘴, and 𝘖𝘳𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘺𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘦, into dark and twisty HEAs.
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𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨: 𝘥𝘶𝘣𝘤𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘔𝘊𝘴, 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦/𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘰𝘧𝘧-𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭
𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵/𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘵: 𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘦, 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘬, 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭, 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘮𝘴, 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳, 𝘫𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴/𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘰𝘯𝘦-𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘖𝘛𝘛 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘵 , 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵, 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺, 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘦, 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰, 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯, 𝘮𝘢𝘧𝘪𝘢-𝘦𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘦
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A dark, modern, romantic retelling of the classic, Phantom of the Opera.
But this time, the man behind the mask won’t stop until she is his.
She is my muse, and I am her demon of music.
A year ago, I witnessed sweet Scarlett Day’s dark side. She’s been my obsession ever since.
I was content with being her secret. Content with protecting her from afar.
Until an enemy from my past sets his sights on her. Our families have a deep history of hatred, and Scarlett is caught in the middle.
Meanwhile, her mind plays tricks on her. When a panic attack goes horribly wrong, I emerge from the shadows to save her.
Now that she’s mine, I can’t let her go.
I’ve mastered the darkness. She tempts me with her light.
But when my mask is gone, will she fear the monster underneath?
PHANTOM is a spicy, complete standalone with a guaranteed HEA.
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This story contains triggers such as complications with mental illness (FMC has bipolar disorder type one), dementia, severe psychotic depression, and conversations about suicide; dubious consent between main characters; physical violence, murder, torture (not between main characters), reference to sexual assault, and reference to child sexual assault; loss of a father; substance misuse; and stalking. It also contains the following content and tropes: wax play, questionable use of fire, light bondage, primal/breeding kink, voyeurism, mild degradation and humiliation, dubious consent scenes, praise kink, dubious consent branding, and an over the top alpha hero that will make you melt. Reader discretion is advised.