Giana ends up back in her hometown after a failed attempt to escape from her abusive fiancé. The past comes back in the form of the two boys she had to leave behind 6 years ago, Merrick and Kellan, adding complications to her next plan to escape, along with Spade who saves her from a creep outside a bar.

Giana is a badass who forgot who she is, but my god does she figure it out. This really is her villain era. The guys are all some level of sexy psycho but Spade really takes that title. Kellan is the artist who is so sweet but very protective, and Merrick is the stubborn, broody one who has a lot of hidden feelings. It has multiple POVs but its mainly Giana, and there are flashbacks to before she left as well. The answers to why she left and what happened to the guys in that time do gat answered too. I 100% recommend this to anyone who likes why choose dark romance.

It is similar to Tate James’ books (especially Madison Kate), Grimm Brothers’ Tattoo, Deadly Seven series and the WITSEC series. Also kind of like Hannaford prep but not in high school.

TW: Domestic Violence, Abusive Partner, Abusive Parents (flashbacks), Violence, Murder
Thank you so much to Peachy Keen and the author for an E-ARC of this book