Continuing on a TBR/Beat-The-Backlog kick (and ignoring my ARCs kick). Here's "The Mercenary and The Mortician" by Alexandra St Pierre, which is the first novel in The Silent Hollow series.
["What do a mercenary and a mortician have in common?
Dead. Freaking. Bodies.
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Callum Walker kills people for a living. Although he doesn’t get a say in who his boss puts on his list, he likes to hunt people who hurt children in his spare time. After a misunderstanding that leads Callum to believe Ryan Fairview - a local funeral director - is responsible for hurting one of the neighbourhood children, he finds his next target.
However, Ryan isn’t like other morticians. He can see dead people. So, when Callum breaks into Fairview Funerals ready to kill him, Ryan is shocked to find that his would-be murderer is haunted by all the people he’s killed.
Ryan might be just the man to help Cal get rid of his little ghost problem. The only problem is, these two are polar opposites and Ryan can’t seem to get over the small issue of home invasion and attempted homicide.
Will Cal win over the stubborn and neurotic mortician? Or will Ryan refuse to be swayed by the impulsive yet charming mercenary?"]
Vibes almost similar to "Lunatic" (Onley James). With the paranormal and the vigilante and the you're-the-one versus get-away-from-me. Lots of family and new found family. Lot defining the odds. Trigger warnings and baggage up to here. Obsessive and protective as fuck. Secrets and betrayals and me crying. Fun times all around.
Honestly, there's a lot I love about dark romances. And I've figured out why, psychologically, that I feel that way (there are several reasons) and that other people feel that way. But why, I ask you, are they so fucking comforting?!
Trigger Warnings: violence, torture, psychological torture, domestic and parental abuse, child neglect, con noncon, dubcon, PTSD, trauma, themes of sexual assault, implied SA involving a child, human trafficking, severe car accident, homophobia, homophobic slurs/language, and more.
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