My tentative goal for October is to read only thrillers/murder mysteries/dark romances/paranormals/etc (unless my mental health kicks up a fight about it). Here's Onley James's "Damaged." It's the next (3.5) novel in her Necessary Evils series.
["The first time Dimitri Castallanos experienced obsession, he committed a felony. He was five. Dimitri is a psychopath. And he’s still obsessed with just one person.
Arlo Miller was born a victim, raised as his father’s punching bag and his mother’s scapegoat. Dimitri was his only protection, and they took him away.
As children they clung to each other. As adults, they pretend neither remembers, while both harbor secret crushes. Dimitri hides his feelings behind a mask of indifference. Arlo hides his by falling for very bad men.
When one of those men confronts Dimitri, this time Arlo commits a felony. Murder. But Dimitri won’t allow Arlo to take the fall. With the help of Dimitri’s mother and seven psychopaths, they now have twenty-four hours to fake an alibi, hide a body, and confess their true feelings for each other once and for all. Which is harder? Falling in love or getting away with murder?"]
Not necessarily a Mulvaney boy (well, not at all), but Dimitri is (spoiler alert) Calliope's son so...it counts. ;) Also the reason why there are 8 books in this series and only 7 Mulvaney boys.
And what a fun addition it was!!! I looooved how Calliope was hiding this all from the Mulvaneys and the Mulvaneys were hiding their help from Calliope (but I agree—she is scary (mama bear scary)).
Trigger Warnings: graphic violence, dark humor, murder, depictions and discussions of intimate partner violence, and more
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