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The Monster You Made: A dark & steamy stalker romance (Tainted Book 2)
Book 2 in the Tainted series · Reading order →
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- Spice & darkness rated — content warnings listed below
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Why we recommend it
What do you do when you created your own monster? This steamy second installment plays with culpability and craving, pairing a dangerous obsessive hero with a heroine who can't deny her part in his unraveling. Tainted and tense, it balances scorching heat with morally grey shadows. Readers who love a possessive antihero, a flawed heroine, and the messy thrill of mutual obsession will want to dive in.
At a glance
The Monster You Made is book 2 in Tatiana Creed’s Tainted series; to read in order, start with Dark Soul. Spice 4/5, darkness 4/5 — mid-range for stalker romance. Among 404 rated stalker romance books, 7% are less dark and 17% less spicy. Tagged tropes include redemption arc, stalker and morally grey MC. Redemption arc is one of the less common tropes in our catalogue. It is lighter than Tatiana Creed’s other books on Readark (average darkness 4.5/5). 2 content warnings are listed below, hidden until you tap.
Book details
- Published
- October 2025
The Monster You Made spice level
The Monster You Made is rated 4/5 for spice on Readark’s scale: explicit and frequent, meaning multiple detailed scenes, with heat central to the story. Its darkness rating is 4/5: heavy, meaning sustained cruelty, trauma or non-consent central to the relationship. How we rate
The Monster You Made content warnings
We list 2 content warnings for this book. They stay hidden until you tap, so you can check without spoilers.
Content warnings (tap to reveal)
- Emotional Abuse / Gaslighting
- Graphic Violence
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