DEAD BUTTERFLIES: A JOURNEY OF THE FORSAKEN, Book 1
A Serial Killer Dark Romance
Keywords: Serial Killer, Erotic, Dark Romance, Adult Fiction
Warning: Spanking, Anal Sex, Torture
**About The Series**
Brothers Derek and Damian Kinnard…
Heirs to the Kinnard automobile empire.
One happily married father. One single gay playboy.
Divided by their sexuality. United by their commitments to their loved ones.
Nothing—not even murder—will keep these two brothers from fighting for what they believe in.
Even if it involves fighting till death.
Dead Butterflies is Book 1 and Derek's story.
A Serial Killer Dark Romance
Keywords: Serial Killer, Erotic, Dark Romance, Adult Fiction
Warning: Spanking, Anal Sex, Torture
**About The Series**
Brothers Derek and Damian Kinnard…
Heirs to the Kinnard automobile empire.
One happily married father. One single gay playboy.
Divided by their sexuality. United by their commitments to their loved ones.
Nothing—not even murder—will keep these two brothers from fighting for what they believe in.
Even if it involves fighting till death.
Dead Butterflies is Book 1 and Derek's story.
Kinley Hunt
You name it, I’ve seen it. Disturbing coroner’s reports. Chilling autopsy photos. Daunting crime scenes. As a training private investigator to two seasoned, ex-DPS officers, I’ve witnessed a little bit of everything. I may only be a couple of inches over five feet, but I’m one tough cookie and very little rattles me.
Not until automobile entrepreneur Derek Kinnard comes roaring back into my life.
There’s a mystery behind the pretty face from all the billboards and commercials that most probably wouldn’t notice. I sensed it the first time I saw him. A darkness. A bitterness. An evil kind of aura. Something sinister lurks behind the intoxicating smile and all the cheerful promises of the man known around these parts as Mr. Car Aficionado. God knows I should have listened to my inner voice.
But I want this man. He sets my body on fire and turns my morals to ash. We’re meant for each other. I see it in his eyes every time he looks at me. I feel it in my heart every time he touches me. I taste it every time he kisses me.
And even though he claims there’s no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow and only an insurmountable disaster for the two of us, I can’t seem to care. The more he tells me to walk away, the more I seem to persevere.
Derek Kinnard
Death doesn’t scare me. Hell, I look forward to it. If it weren’t for my father, I’d put a bullet through my head.
They destroyed my family. They left a fire seething within my soul and a beast raging behind my face. Hatred reels within me, my heart nothing but unyielding stone.
At twenty-years-old, I killed for the first time and walked away certain of one thing. It was my first execution. It wouldn’t be my last. By day, I’m CEO to a multi-million-dollar automobile empire. By night, I’m a ruthless killer who eliminates small-scale drug dealers—brutally, painfully, barbarically—without a shard of remorse.
I find.
I follow.
I learn.
I kill.
I’ve only one goal left in this place called life … Revenge.
Until a smart-lipped, feisty brunette walks through my dealership and leaves me entranced, dumbfounded, and questioning everything I’ve planned since I was eighteen. She looks at me and I turn hard all over. She touches me and my heart skips a beat. But there’s no castle in the air. No light at the end of any tunnel. Nothing is what it seems. The handsome face and dimpled smile seen on television screens is only a small part of the mask I hide behind.
I warned her to keep her distance. Had she been smart, she would have listened.
Now I’m left with two choices. I can either continue my life as I planned it, one of vengeance, evil, and gut-filled loneliness. Or I can try and forego the past and hope that Kinley Hunt is in fact my savior and the one person who can rid the demons in my heart and make me whole again.
You name it, I’ve seen it. Disturbing coroner’s reports. Chilling autopsy photos. Daunting crime scenes. As a training private investigator to two seasoned, ex-DPS officers, I’ve witnessed a little bit of everything. I may only be a couple of inches over five feet, but I’m one tough cookie and very little rattles me.
Not until automobile entrepreneur Derek Kinnard comes roaring back into my life.
There’s a mystery behind the pretty face from all the billboards and commercials that most probably wouldn’t notice. I sensed it the first time I saw him. A darkness. A bitterness. An evil kind of aura. Something sinister lurks behind the intoxicating smile and all the cheerful promises of the man known around these parts as Mr. Car Aficionado. God knows I should have listened to my inner voice.
But I want this man. He sets my body on fire and turns my morals to ash. We’re meant for each other. I see it in his eyes every time he looks at me. I feel it in my heart every time he touches me. I taste it every time he kisses me.
And even though he claims there’s no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow and only an insurmountable disaster for the two of us, I can’t seem to care. The more he tells me to walk away, the more I seem to persevere.
Derek Kinnard
Death doesn’t scare me. Hell, I look forward to it. If it weren’t for my father, I’d put a bullet through my head.
They destroyed my family. They left a fire seething within my soul and a beast raging behind my face. Hatred reels within me, my heart nothing but unyielding stone.
At twenty-years-old, I killed for the first time and walked away certain of one thing. It was my first execution. It wouldn’t be my last. By day, I’m CEO to a multi-million-dollar automobile empire. By night, I’m a ruthless killer who eliminates small-scale drug dealers—brutally, painfully, barbarically—without a shard of remorse.
I find.
I follow.
I learn.
I kill.
I’ve only one goal left in this place called life … Revenge.
Until a smart-lipped, feisty brunette walks through my dealership and leaves me entranced, dumbfounded, and questioning everything I’ve planned since I was eighteen. She looks at me and I turn hard all over. She touches me and my heart skips a beat. But there’s no castle in the air. No light at the end of any tunnel. Nothing is what it seems. The handsome face and dimpled smile seen on television screens is only a small part of the mask I hide behind.
I warned her to keep her distance. Had she been smart, she would have listened.
Now I’m left with two choices. I can either continue my life as I planned it, one of vengeance, evil, and gut-filled loneliness. Or I can try and forego the past and hope that Kinley Hunt is in fact my savior and the one person who can rid the demons in my heart and make me whole again.
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Universal: https://books2read.com/u/47QKj8
What People are Saying About Dead Butterflies:
"I'm not going to spoil this one but holy Hannah, it blew me away. A serial killer romance that bites you....hard. it's written so that nothing is to the imagination. You are drawn in and can't for color of money look away. I was intrigued and eating each scene, feeling and moment like my last meal."
"If you are into romance, this one ain't for you. It's dark, and SEXY and will keep you turning the page. Can't wait for the next one."
"Wow, it is not easy to leave me lacking for words after reading a book but Lacee somehow managed to render me speechless. Wow, the book is more than splendid, more than exciting more than words can describe. I have read quite a lot of dark romances over past months but this one is my favorite so far."
"I’ve read a lot of serial killer stories over the years, but this is a unique take on it. I don’t think I’m giving anything away by saying the couple is beset with issues from the start. No more so than the conflicts between themselves. Of course a lesser writer might have made the story straight forward, however...and I love this about the book....life is never that straightforward.
Honestly, if you’re looking for a book with bite, that will kick you between the legs and leave you begging for more. Here it is!!!!"
"Wow, a fantastic, riveting read. Deliciously dark and dangerous, not for the feint hearted. Great characters, and a well written storyline. Would recommend. Cannot wait for the next book."
"I'm not going to spoil this one but holy Hannah, it blew me away. A serial killer romance that bites you....hard. it's written so that nothing is to the imagination. You are drawn in and can't for color of money look away. I was intrigued and eating each scene, feeling and moment like my last meal."
"If you are into romance, this one ain't for you. It's dark, and SEXY and will keep you turning the page. Can't wait for the next one."
"Wow, it is not easy to leave me lacking for words after reading a book but Lacee somehow managed to render me speechless. Wow, the book is more than splendid, more than exciting more than words can describe. I have read quite a lot of dark romances over past months but this one is my favorite so far."
"I’ve read a lot of serial killer stories over the years, but this is a unique take on it. I don’t think I’m giving anything away by saying the couple is beset with issues from the start. No more so than the conflicts between themselves. Of course a lesser writer might have made the story straight forward, however...and I love this about the book....life is never that straightforward.
Honestly, if you’re looking for a book with bite, that will kick you between the legs and leave you begging for more. Here it is!!!!"
"Wow, a fantastic, riveting read. Deliciously dark and dangerous, not for the feint hearted. Great characters, and a well written storyline. Would recommend. Cannot wait for the next book."