Vicious (Sinners of Saint, 1)

Vicious

Author: L.J. Shen

Genre: Dark Romance / Contemporary Romance

Book Rating: ⭐ 8.5/10

Spice Rating: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 4/5

Description

Emilia LeBlanc knows exactly how dangerous Baron “Vicious” Spencer can be.

When they were teenagers, Emilia's mother worked as the live-in caretaker for his wealthy family's estate, making Vicious impossible to avoid. He was cruel, arrogant, and relentlessly drawn to the one girl he believed should be completely off-limits.

Then Emilia discovered his darkest secret.

Vicious made sure she paid for it by driving her out of town—and out of his life.

Ten years later, he finds her again.

Emilia is now a struggling artist living in New York, while Vicious has become a brilliant lawyer with a dangerous reputation and very few moral boundaries. She's also his best friend's ex, another reason he should leave her alone.

He doesn't.

Vicious may have spent years convincing himself that he hated Emilia, but obsession has a way of surviving distance. He wants her just as fiercely as he did before, and this time, he's determined that she isn't getting away from him.

Emilia still hates the man who hurt her, but beneath years of resentment lies an attraction neither of them has ever been able to completely destroy.

Toxic, angsty, and intensely obsessive, Vicious is a bully-to-lovers dark romance about revenge, buried secrets, second chances, and a morally gray man who refuses to let go of the woman he's never been able to forget.

Note: The edition you described also includes Defy, the prequel novella to the Sinners of Saint series.

Tropes / Mood

Enemies to Lovers • Bully Romance • Second Chance • He Never Forgot Her • Morally Gray MMC • Obsessive/Possessive Hero • Rich Hero × Struggling Artist • Best Friend's Ex • Revenge • Hate to Love • Childhood/High School History • Forced Proximity • Angst • Family Secrets • High Spice