Remi Hayes is beginning to think she’s cursed —her fiancé cheated on her, her brother Jude is a major pain in her ass, and the moldering mansion she inherited from her uncle might just be haunted. Flipping Blackleaf Manor already feels impossible, even before Remi is blackmailed by Dane Covett, the dangerously hot doctor-next-door, and Grimstone’s most eligible bachelor—if you can ignore the fact that everyone in town thinks he murdered his wife. Remi doesn’t want to believe it, especially after Dane sews up a gash in her thigh and steals a kiss in payment—a kiss that makes it hard to walk for reasons that have nothing to do with an injured leg. But as the renovation takes a strange and violent turn, Remi must decide if Dane is the one haunting her nights, or if he’s trying to protect her from something much worse… Lark Notes : Halloween is my favorite! I get such a thrill out of writing a spooky, dark book at this time of year. Remi and Dane are two deeply damaged people with skeletons in their closets. It’s only when they meet each other that they finally find the connection and acceptance that allows them to move on from their dark pasts. I fell in love with the gothic beach town of Grimstone, and will be writing a dark romance set there each autumn. – Sophie "Grimstone" is a deeply dark contemporary romance and a complete standalone. Reader it has extremely spicy scenes and triggering content not suitable for all.
This is my 1st Sophie Lark book, and it might be my last. This may end up a DNF for me. I read the synopsis and it sounded like the perfect spooky season read plus add in the romance spice sounds perfect. NOPE, there is just so much weird dialog and descriptions. Seems really unrealistic to me as well
0I had high hopes for this one, but it was not for me. I ended up a DNF alittle over a quarter of the way through the book. The atmosphere and the plot are good and could really have been something good but the characters were unrealistic. The speed at which their so called relationship starts is insane. I read ALOT of dark romance and some of them are unrealistic timelines wise but even those have something leading up to the characters meeting. This was just meet the main characters and BAM they’re in some weird semi consensual situation and then the author just made it so strange with these phrases - comparing the mmc characters hand to a PESTLE , his 🍆 to a cobra and that could drill to the center of the earth. This quote “ I hear the distinct sound of her hot piss hitting the bowl” These comparisons are everywhere in this fairly short book and I could not do it.
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