Even if it Hurts

<p><strong>A psychopath and his prey.</strong></p><p><strong>A dangerous toxic and pulse-pounding love story...</strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>He could have been my hero.</p><p>He saved my life that night a beautiful dark angel slicing through my fear and the water dragging me from its deadly clutches.</p><p>He <em>should</em> have been my hero.</p><p>I thought maybe he was.</p><p><br></p><p>Villains aren't supposed to win and good should always conquer evil but in the elite coastal town I live in the only purpose a label has is letting you know what something-or <em>someone</em>-costs. Good bad; it's all relative and it hardly matters. Baymont California is a land of beautiful villains and happy-ever-afters that are just out of reach.</p><p><br></p><p>Especially for me.</p><p><br></p><p>Until Dare moves the world beneath my feet and even though I'm afraid to trust it-to trust him-boy am I tempted.</p><p>In more ways than one.</p><p>Being with Dare is scary but being without him is impossible.</p><p>He <em>makes </em>it impossible.</p><p><br></p><p>Dare's no hero that much is clear but maybe...</p><p>Maybe he's mine.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>This story contains adult subject matter and triggers and is intended only for a mature adult audience. See the opening author's note for more explicit warnings but know this is a dark romance with a very dark hero.</em></strong></p>