TROPES ✨
🔪 Murder as Meet Cute
🤣 Dark Comedy
👀 Surveillance as Love Language
✌🏻 Secret Identities / Dual Identities
😍 He Falls First
🖤 Morally Dark Heroine and Hero
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Blurb:
Rue Bellamy thinks I'm the most boring man alive, and I intend to keep it that way.
As long as my sweet-faced neighbor never sees past my beige cardigans and passionate opinions about rose fertilizer, she won’t realize I've been in love with her for every one of the 538 days I’ve known her.
She also won’t think to look for the cameras I installed in her half of our duplex. (What can I say? Surveillance is my love language.)
Best of all, she’ll never connect those impeccably staged accidents she processes as a death investigator to the man watering the rosebushes next door.
After a year and a half of mailbox small talk with my rose-growing psychologist neighbor Hugo, it's a relief to pull on a mask and deliver justice the system won't, one solitary kill at a time.
At least it was, until a rival vigilante starts turning up at my future crime scenes like he owns them (because as far as he's concerned, he does). I don’t know his name or what he looks like. I do know I’m taking risks I shouldn’t so I can see him again.
Then one of our murder-dates goes spectacularly wrong, and I discover that my boring neighbor and the seasoned killer I'm falling for are the same guy.
Turns out a vigilante situationship hits different when you share a wall—especially when Hugo’s been keeping even more secrets than I have.
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To All the Guys I Killed Before is a delightfully unhinged mashup of Mr. and Mrs. Smith's secret double lives, Lights Out's morally gray golden retriever hero, and Butcher & Blackbird's blood-slicked banter. Book 1 in the Right Kind of Wrong series is funny, spicy, ridiculously romantic, and genuinely dark, with a killer found family and enough OMG WHAT??? moments to fill several unmarked graves. Books 2 and 3—How to Slay a Guy in Ten Days and He's Just Not that Into Stalking You—are coming for you soon.
This was such a pleasant surprise. I had no idea that I was going to fall in love with not one but two crazy dysfunctional vigilante killers!!
Rue has always marched to the beat of her own drum and she has no plans of changing the way she does things. Being a forensic medical examiner has made her see things beyond a clinical level and she uses that skill to her liking at night. But when she meets someone whose life's mission is to deliver their own kind of justice, Rue knows that kills as she knows it, is about to get a lot more complicated.
I really enjoyed this one and it had the perfect balance of dark humor, sexual tension, and hilarious banter. Hugo and Rue were the complete opposite of each on paper but the minute they were in the same room together, you knew immediately that these two were meant for each other. They moved in sync and I loved seeing them in their natural element because they made each other better.
This is my first time reading anything from this author and it certainly will not be my last! I'm really excited to see what she's going to do for the next few books in the series. If you're a fan of dark romance but you're looking for comedic relief as well, I highly recommend you read this one.
From USA Today Bestselling author K Webster comes a steamy, forbidden romance about a girl with a ruined reputation… and the teacher who risks everything to make her feel whole again.
I ruined my life with one photo.
I trusted the wrong girl.
She sent it to the wrong man.
And suddenly, I wasn’t just Addison Monahan anymore…
I was the scandal.
Expelled. Humiliated. Sent away to start over somewhere no one knows me.
New house. New school. New rules.
I was supposed to keep my head down.
Stay out of trouble.
Disappear.
Then I met him.
My teacher.
He’s not supposed to look at me like I matter.
Not supposed to listen when I speak.
Not supposed to believe me when no one else did.
But he does.
And the more time we spend alone…
The harder it is to pretend this is nothing.
Because it’s not.
It’s stolen moments in empty classrooms.
Lingering looks that last too long.
A connection that feels a little too real.
We both know it’s wrong.
That doesn’t stop me from wanting him.
And it definitely doesn’t stop him from choosing me.
When everything finally comes crashing down, he’ll have to decide…
Save himself?
Or ruin everything for me.
A taboo MF romance featuring a forbidden student/teacher relationship, age gap, sneaking around, a scandalized heroine, and a broken hero who risks it all for the one girl he should never touch. No cliffhanger, no cheating, and an HEA guaranteed.
It's been a while since I've read a student/teacher romance and even longer reading anything from this author. When I saw that she was coming out with this forbidden goodness, I knew that I had to jump on this one IMMEDIATELY.
Addison Monahan has had a pretty rough school with a nasty rumor that forced her to change schools during her senior year. Hoping for a fresh start and to keep her head down, Addison quickly learns that there's some things that you can't out run.
The last thing that Theo Langston needs is more drama in his life. Getting through a messy divorce did a number on him and the only thing that he's looking forward to, is starting his new job as a teacher. Seeing a new student getting harassed and bullied on her first day, Theo has a strong urge to not only protect her, but to get to know her on a personal level. Proving that this school year is going to be a difficult one.
I knew that this was going to be a quick read and I was okay with that because it's a K Webster book and no one does forbidden and dark romance like her! But… this was more of a sprinkle of forbidden if I'm being honest. I wanted to be so wrapped up in these characters and feel the thrill of it all flowing through my veins with the secret meetings and stolen glances but sadly, I didn't FEEL it. Maybe my expectations were too high but I needed more from this one.
With that being said, I'm really looking forward to reading about a certain side character. I think that I'm going to enjoy that story even more and I can't wait for it!
About the Author:
K Webster is a USA Today Bestselling author. Her titles have claimed many bestseller tags in numerous categories, are translated in multiple languages, and have been adapted into audiobooks. She lives in “Tornado Alley” with her husband, two children, and her baby dog named Blue. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, drinking copious amounts of coffee, and researching aliens.
Author Links: https://stanwith.me/authorkwebster
RISING WATERS
Aleatha Romig
Release Date June 15
AVAILABLE IN KINDLE UNLIMITED
A dark atmospheric psychological thriller packed with small-town secrets, buried trauma, and shocking twists.
She escaped her past—and the man she never forgot.
Now with two girls gone missing, she's pulled back into a deadly game she may not survive.
Jillian Thorne built her career making the unreal feel real.
On Hollywood soundstages, she stages murder, kidnapping, and violent crime with chilling authenticity—turning fiction into gripping entertainment.
But nothing she’s created compares to the truth waiting in Blue Gil.
Nearly six years after escaping her small hometown, Jillian is drawn back by the suspicious death of the town’s beloved high school football coach. What first appears to be a tragic loss quickly unravels into something far more sinister—a dark mystery no one is willing to confront.
Because in Blue Gil, secrets aren’t just buried… they’re protected.
As disturbing clues surface and a brutal tragedy strikes dangerously close to home, Jillian finds herself trapped inside a real-life psychological thriller. The instincts that made her successful in Hollywood may be the key to solving the crime—or the very thing clouding her judgment.
Everyone in this small town is hiding something.
Including Jillian.
To uncover the truth, she must break through an unspoken code of silence, deception, and loyalty—and face the past she thought she left behind. Because some secrets refuse to stay buried.
And in this twisted game of suspense, trusting the wrong person could be deadly.
Have you been Aleatha’d?
*Perfect for fans of Sharp Objects, All Good People Here, and The Last House Guest, Rising Waters is a dark and addictive psychological thriller filled with buried secrets, small-town corruption, twisted family loyalties, and devastating betrayals.
This is a complete 80K stand-alone psychological thriller with a STEM FMC who needs to learn secrets before it’s too late. The only connection to Aleatha’s FEAR OF FLAMES is that our favorite podcasters from Crime Daily Podcast are back, showing the readers another perspective.
*You do not need to read Crime Daily Podcast book one, FEAR OF FLAMES before RISING WATERS.
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No one loves a small town thriller like this girl right here. It's been a while since I've read anything from Aleatha Romig and she still has the ability to suck her readers in. From beginning to end, my mind was a merry go round of who was the real killer and what secrets refused to stay buried and through it all, I still got it wrong!
It's been six years since Jillian Thorne has stepped foot into her small town of Blue Gil but when a beloved high school football coach is found dead, she makes her way back home. On the surface, everything looks the same and although the town is in mourning, something doesn't feel right to her. Deciding to do some investigating on her own, Jillian learns that there is much more to her small town than she could've ever imagined. There's something sinister going on in Blue Gil and there's a killer on the loose who has no intention of slowing down.
Despite a few hiccups, I really did enjoy most of the story and if you're a fan of this author and love psychological thrillers, you may want to give this one a try.
Aleatha Romig is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author who lives in Indiana. She grew up in Mishawaka, graduated from Indiana University, and is currently living south of Indianapolis. Together with her high-school sweetheart and husband of over thirty years, they've raised three children. Before she became a full-time author, she worked days as a dental hygienist and spent her nights writing. Now, when she’s not imagining mind-blowing twists and turns or her new lighter side, she likes to spend her time with her family and friends. Her pastimes include reading and creating heroes/anti-heroes who haunt your dreams!
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Aly Martinez never fails to bring you a tortured protected hero and this book was no different. Whether you've read the previous books in the Guardian series or you've decided to start with this one, you can rest easy knowing that she's going to take care of your heart in the process.
Devon Grant has been through his fair share of protecting high profile celebrities. Being in constant Survival mode is second nature to him now and he uses that skill to assess his surroundings while in work mode. He’s precise, calculated, and downright one of the best bodyguards at his Agency. But with that comes complications and an error in judgment that continues to haunt him to this day.
Lofton Beck has always known that she wanted to be an actress. Hard work has never scared her and growing up on a farm, just fueled her work ethic even more. Now she's one of Hollywood's hottest actresses and she has no plans to slow down. That all changes when a dangerous stalker took away her safety and made her his number one target. Forced to hire a top notch security team with a new bodyguard, Lofton is about to get a one on one lesson in having to trust someone she knows nothing about.
I have to say that I really liked the connection between Lofton and Devon from the very beginning. You felt it immediately even when they were at odds with each other and you were anticipating the next moment they were going to be pushed together.
If you're a fan of this author's work, I highly recommend you read this one. Devon and Lofton's love journey through self discovery, heartbreak and danger,was all worth it.
Jennifer Hartmann resides in northern Illinois with her husband and three children.
When she is not writing love stories, she is capturing them through wedding photography with her own personal romance hero.
She enjoys sunsets (because mornings are hard), bike riding, traveling, and that time of day when coffee gets replaced by wine.
Jennifer loves tacos, and she really, really wants to pet your dog. Xoxo
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