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I dont just want to hear her laugh I need to earn it Every time I gain a little ground I want more I want to break out of the shade and back into her light Without even realizing it Ive become addicted to it To her

From the author of the genrebreaking international TikTok sensationButcher amp Blackbirdcomes the second book in the Ruinous Love Trilogya hatetolove dark romantic comedy packed with danger chaos and heat

Contract killer Lachlan Kane wants a quiet life working in his leather studio and forgetting all about his traumatic past But when he botches a job for his bosss biggest client Lachlan knows hell never claw his way out of the underworld At least not until songbird Lark Montague offers him a deal use his skills to hunt down a killer and shell find a way to secure his freedom The catch He has to marry her first

And they cant stand each other

Indie singersongwriter Lark is the sunshine and glitter that burns through every cloud and clings to every crevice that Lachlan Kane tries to hide inside The surly older brother of her best friends soulmate Lachlan thinks shes just a privileged princess but Lark has plenty of secrets hiding in the shadows of her bright light With her formidable family in a tailspin and her best friends happiness on the line shes willing to make a vow to the man shes determined to hate no matter how tempting the broody assassin might be

As Lachlan and Lark navigate the dark world that binds them together it becomes impossible to discern their fake marriage from a real one But its not just familiar dangers that haunt them

Theres another phantom lurking on their doorstep

And this one has come for blood

Tropes
Hatetolove
Marriage of convenience

Grumpy / sunshine
He falls first
Groveling but make it psycho
Touch her/him and die