{"product_id":"beautiful-carnage-book-1-of-the-dark-empire-books-by-peckham-valenti","title":"Beautiful Carnage - Caroline Peckham \u0026 Suzanne Valenti","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e“If she sleeps in my bed every night, she’ll end up falling in love with me…and that’ll be awkward as hell when I have to kill her.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSLOAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe’s my twisted nightmare.\u003cbr\u003eMy blood bound enemy.\u003cbr\u003eMy ruthless desire.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur fates were spun the night he \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003etried to kill me\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and now he’s back to destroy me for good.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt’s always been \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eus versus them\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The Calabresis against the Romeros.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis city is ours but they vowed to take it from us. And when they couldn’t, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ethey took me instead\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow I’m chained by the cruellest of them all; the man who wrapped his hands around my throat and tried to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003esqueeze the life from me\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e all those years ago.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eI won’t fall prey to him\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. I’m older, fiercer and I’ve grown claws of my own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRocco Romero thinks he can keep me \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ecaptive\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, but he’s about to regret bringing a sleeping tiger into his home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eROCCO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe’s my greatest failure.\u003cbr\u003eThe name that always haunts me.\u003cbr\u003eMy dirty little secret.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd when I had the chance to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ekidnap her from her wedding\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, nothing on God’s green earth could stop me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShe’s mine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. I could take her life, her body or her heart if I wanted to.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut my \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ebrothers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e refuse to believe me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo when they bet I can’t make the little principessa fall in love with me, of course I step up to the challenge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd when she’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003edown on her knees\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, pouring her heart out, I’ll crush it in my fist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI’m lining the Calabresis up like dominoes. And \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eshe’ll be the first to fall\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e**Beautiful Carnage is a standalone mafia bully romance between one sexy guy and girl with hot scenes and alpha men causing havoc at every turn**\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44931530686517,"sku":"9781916926578","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/1854\/4437\/files\/58d2c885aeee29a577352662c28bce60fc2eaaa6ea64328efbd053f20eead143.jpg?v=1769130666","url":"https:\/\/thevelvetnookandroast.com\/products\/beautiful-carnage-book-1-of-the-dark-empire-books-by-peckham-valenti","provider":"VelvetNook\u0026Roast","version":"1.0","type":"link"}