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Cruel devotion runs deep here, where an age-gap pairing collides with forced closeness and a hero teetering on the edge of obsession. Expect heavy, heady darkness, a heroine whose hope becomes a weapon and a captor whose tenderness is as frightening as his rage. Brutal and consuming, it's built for readers who want their dark romance truly dark. Menace, possession and an unsettling intimacy make this a gripping, shadow-soaked first installment.
Killing Hope is a mafia romance by Vivienne Shade. It rates 4/5 for spice and 5/5 for darkness, one of the darker reads in mafia romance: of the 1,110 mafia romance books we rate, 87% score lower for darkness and 17% lower for spice. Tropes: age gap, captive / captor and forced proximity. Age gap is one of the less common tropes in our catalogue. Of the 7 Vivienne Shade books we rate, it is the darkest. 3 content warnings are listed below, hidden until you tap.
Killing Hope 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 5/5: extreme, meaning taboo-adjacent themes taken to the edge of the genre. How we rate
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