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The Dark Triad #1

The Devil's Vice

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When Lillith Harper saves the life of the deadliest member of the Hellfyre Motorcycle club, his appreciation quickly turns to obsession.

The main problem? It's not entirely unwelcome. Even when people around her start to turn up missing. Or worse—dead.

There's something familiar about the scarred man, but Lillith can't seem to put her finger on it. Not that she’s trying too hard. Instead, her focus is on juggling the responsibility of her new position while battling the twisted desire at the thought of her masked stalker.

But she's about to find out that when you dance with the devil for long enough, you pick up some of his habits.

524 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 15, 2024

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Mindy Paige

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Mindy Paige was born and raised in the jungles of Florida. She decided to pursue her lifelong dream of being an author after a grueling bachelor’s degree in botany. From contemporary to dark romance, she loves writing spicy, fast-paced stories, and has a goal to write the most unhinged MMC’s you can’t help but love.

If not writing or reading, Mindy can usually be found playing with her dogs, tending to her plants, watching trashy reality TV with her boyfriend, or fighting off alligators.

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231 reviews14 followers
August 22, 2024
[dnf @ 35%] a book fanart managed this fool me again (i’m so tired). like, i’m already forcing myself to get through this but then he really had to go his way and PUNCH HER HEAD TO MAKE HER PASS OUT IN ORDER TO KIDNAP HER ???
458 reviews2 followers
March 29, 2024
DNF, The men in the books are becoming as shitty as men irl
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212 reviews42 followers
October 12, 2024
him punching her head to make her pass out while kidnapping her was my last straw
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198 reviews11 followers
October 6, 2024
Не погано, трохи нагадувало Ш. Тессьє, але не так багато сцен +18, і не такі жорстокі. Змішані відчуття після прочитання цієї книги.
Однозначно продовжу серію, бо "Привид" - інтригує. Дуже цікаво дізнатись його історію. Та і як персонаж він мені навіть більше сподобався.
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76 reviews1 follower
June 20, 2024
This books was a huge let down for me, it had a crazy good start but after the middle - exactly after they kiss for the first time- it gets lost
It’s supposed to be a Dark romance with Organized crime- bikers- but I don’t see any of that.
1- The bikers, other from the words “ bike” and “club” it really is no important to the plot. Kain DOES NOTHING for the club during all of the book, also the book never talks about what he does for work why does he Hate the Serpents, why does he hates the new boss ( or how he got there btw). The book never shows, it only ever talks. He is crazy, and he is a biker. Other than that I don’t get why the Biker setting
2- The past, oh boy does this book talk a big game about past. We have Lilith with her parentes being murdered and Kain’s Father burning half his face off. But other than being mentioned nothing is ever explained ( there is this character called Ghost… I don’t get it) Like, after the pag 280 I can’t think of Kain’s mask being mentioned again, or even Lillith’s past
3- Drugs, Kain talks about using drugs MULTIPLE TIMES! After the page 200/280 he never uses it again ( this drugs is described by Lilith as terrible drug who destroys people) And that folks is the power of good pussy! He only had to fuck her and BOOM, an addicted no more!
4- Lillith, if she had a personality I didn’t see it. She talks back, sure; She is funny, she is a dork. But girl is KIDNAPPED and in about 15 to 25 pages FORGETS IT EVEN MATTERS? Like she just accepts, she is kept in a cage you know? That seems IMPORTANT( and her name… girl …what a stupid as name).
5- Kain; he did have a personality, he was quick to anger and seemed obsessed, and a addict ( yes, he is addicted to this life destroying drug, which again btw seems to never really matter in this books, as all the orders things. Jesus), but after they have sex for the first time he looses it. After he only says the same things over and over in his chapters. He is supposed to be our dark love interest but other than killing guys and magic healing ( he is an avenger sure) he does NOTHING. And it bothers me SOME MUCH, how he has this flashback about his face, and his face this and that and how he has not been touched for a while BUT IT IS FORGOTTEN IN THE PLOT ( the name again, I get it you know. To call back to the Bible … Cain… but with an K. You see this is the cherry on the sundae of the type of stupid in this book)
6- Magic Healing, Kain gets shot near the heart in the begging. And he seems “ peachy” ( as he would say), and good in about a week. Than Lillith stabs him in the Leg, it’s never talked about again. And the ending… GIRL?! The guy is the new Captain America, he can heal wholes in about 2 days
7- Ghost, don’t care. Couldn’t be more boring.( he gets his own book, couldn’t be LESS excited about that, the guy is a DOOR)
8- The Villain guy, also don’t care. He has no personality ( as the rest of the characters in this book, you see i got give congratulations to the author for writing all of her characters as boring as watching paint dry, and I mean : ALL)
9- Man, every guys who comes in about a 1km radius of Lillith is fact trying to do something bad to her, only to justify her being with love with Kain in about 2.5 seconds.
10- Dark romance, he stalks her but in the books it’s gets dropped in about a 100 pages. He kidnaps her, it’s gets dropped in an about 100 pages. AND BETTER, he puts her in a CAGE! But it’s never used, AND BETTER, he puts her in a collar and it’s never used - BOTH AFTER ONLY ONE SCENE. Where is the dark romance? Where is Lillith fighting? She just gives up? Let’s Kain BRAND HER? All because she wants to be dicked down?
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This books reads like a contemporary’s romance attempt at Dark romance, it’s not fully committed. Has great ideas, great characters ( ideias! IDEIAS OK?! Because if lacks execution) great points but always stopes halfway there
It’s not the worse book because the author has a tallent for writing, but it’s not good. It’s not even medium. It’s readable ( until the page 280), and is funny because is absurd!
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59 reviews3 followers
May 23, 2024
I received this book as an ARC and will leave my review voluntarily.

Please be advised that I will explain certain parts of the book that might be seen as a spoilers. So for new readers, the spoilers will be small, not excessively large. They will be featured after my initial thoughts.

First and foremost, oh my goodness. OH. MY. GOODNESS. (My genuine reaction after finishing.)

From the very first chapter The Devils Vice sucks you into Lilith’s world and at times it feels like you can’t get out. (Good or bad depending on how you view it)

The different emotions I felt throughout the book were absolutely insane, especially regarding the MMC.

There are trigger warnings and I highly suggest you read them carefully and thoroughly. Some of them are detailed throughout the chapters, so please be advised.

When her life gets turned upside down, 24 year old Lillith must live with the eyes of a Hellfyre Motorcycle club member constantly on her. After helping save his life in the hospital she interns, she feels an instant connection. She can’t figure out where this connection is coming from and why she can’t lay her finger on it. His obsession becomes extreme and our MFC can’t seem to catch a break.

I am extremely impressed by the way Mindy Paige wrote her characters. Each character had their own personality, their own drives, their own feelings. They were different in their own way, almost as if you were watching a movie and watching the actors bring to their life a person on the page. Each character that communicates with our main characters have their own purpose and they do their part. There are some character I felt shouldn’t have been there. However, considering there will be a second book, I hope those characters get a better arc and we can get more details about them and their backgrounds. Also, my favorite character has to be Herb. I felt a real connection with Herb, I can’t explain it.

With that being said, the pacing was a little off. Some events happened so fast, I got whiplash. I have some unanswered questions, but again I’m hoping with book two they will be answered.


‼️‼️SPOILER WARNING‼️‼️


Kain’s background is so beautifully written. I cried so much. You genuinely feel like jumping into the page and telling him it’s going to be alright. Does this excuse his actions? Absolutely not. But there’s more of an understanding regarding what he does. For example, the kidnapping. Is it ever okie to kidnap someone? No of course not.

And my absolute favorite quote is “I'd find you in every lifetime, little flower. You shouldn't have worried about that.” I was kicking and swinging my feet like a little school girl.

All in all, this is such a great read and you enjoy Dark Romance, this book is 100% for you!
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532 reviews5 followers
February 24, 2024
ARC REVIEW.

WOOO, WHAT A WILD RIDE THIS ONE IS.

Lets start with the first chapter.. I was immediately hooked and gasping, my poor Lilith. That alone makes you want to continue reading. And then you meet Kain and you're done for.

As you read on you just become more invest in all of the characters (and the pigeons) watching them fall apart and come together.
It's dark, emotional and I never knew what was going to happen next.
Lilith's stubbornness and come backs made me laugh. Kain is basically like do what I say and she's like LOL no and then IMMEDIETELY regrets it.
Mindy's writing style is so easy to fly through and for the first time writing Dark Romance it was really good!! (and she knows how to write spice, that's for sure!)

I think we can all agree that we want Ghost's story, asap.

Please check your trigger warnings going into this one, there's A LOT.
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118 reviews2 followers
March 3, 2024
Dark romance between Lillith, an intern working in the Emergency Room, and Kain - a patient she saved. Kain is mysterious and has a dark pull but Lillith cannot stay away from him, even when Lillith discovered that Kain is part of a Motorcycle Club/Gang that she should avoid.

Reading the first few chapters of this book is a rush! I keep on guessing on what happens next for every turn of the page.

However, there are some things to consider before reading this specially for its triggers.

Contains/Mentions of:
- Child neglect/abuse
- Murder/Death
- Violence
- Family death
- Stalking
- Drugs
- Deception
- Rape
- Illegal traficking
- Kidnapping

Spiciness: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
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641 reviews11 followers
May 19, 2024
I have to remind myself this is fiction. In no way would I ever imagine someone giving in so easily and just becoming theirs. Lilith is a badass and a weak soul at the same time. 🤷🏻‍♀️
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48 reviews1 follower
March 17, 2024
This book was so good! Lillith and Kain are so broken but their relationship fixes them and repairs the damage they both went through. Kain is so mysterious but you have to love him!
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310 reviews117 followers
November 4, 2024
No matter how many times I read it, I simply can not understand the appeal of BDSM. Like??? Why would you wanna collar a fellow human??? Why would be attractive about being subjugated to the position of a pet??? How can romance possibly transpire when you and your partner are nawt on equal footing??? It’s just!!! I don’t get it!!! I’m bothered!!! Probably yucking sole of your yums but I’m confuzed
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160 reviews
February 19, 2024
Had a pleasure reading this book.

Lillith 24 is a struggling resident at a hospital, tired and depleted and her only companion is a pigeon who comes knocking on her window every morning. One day 2 men are brought into the hospital in critical condition and she instantly feels a connection to the one she's assigned to work on. This starts the domino effect for the rest of her life. People seem to start showing their true colors around her, her nightmares seem to be getting worse but also more revealing as her brain had repressed some of those memories.

Kain 34 I think is a tortured soul, lays one look at his sweet flower and he's hook line and sinker. He begins watching and making sure she stays safe.. cant have his toy breaking before he's even touched her.

As the story progresses Lillith learns that she and Kain are more connected than what she had originally thought.

Man oh man do I love a good st@lker, and Mindy nailed all the things I love most about them. This man was unhinged in all the best ways. When she said check your triggers she wasn't joking. Please check them, as I didn't find anything too too extra but I love dark romances so I expect to be uncomfy in moments. Ugh... Kains background made me tear up.. theres never a more deserving person than him for a happy ever after. Overall fantastic story. I do have some questions but I'm assuming(hoping) there will be another book in this world as I need to know who the heck Ghost is and what his story is. So Mindy if you're reading this... please write that mkay thanks you're the bestest 😂
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575 reviews18 followers
February 28, 2024
Oooh I enjoyed this!!

I mean if the main characters names (Kain and Lillith) don’t give you an idea of how dark and depraved this book is then I’m not sure what will.

This is a dark stalker romance which is oh so toxic yet oh so good.

I mean, he is clearly a psychopath yet tries to be sweet in his own way. It just doesn’t always have the desired effect. Bag of worms anyone?

I love love loved the animal side characters Herb and Gerald. So cute and they added a touch of sweetness to an otherwise dark read.

That ending. Ima need the next book pronto!
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249 reviews14 followers
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March 1, 2024
I received an ARC for an honest review.

This book was presented to me as a MC romance, and it’s more of just a stalker romance. I overall could not connect with either character, so I lost interest. I’m usually game for stalker romances, but this one just wasn’t it for me
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606 reviews85 followers
March 6, 2024
“kain and lillith. the devil and his queen. it sounds delicious, doesn’t it?”

this was dark, like “i wasn’t expecting it to go that far” dark. and it was damn entertaining. it kept me at the edge of my seat with tension, twists and turns, betrayals. i love a scarred mmc, but add in a stalker and i’m a goner. plus, he was in a motorcycle club, this book checked all the boxes. what more can one want? i know, for him to be a psychopath. and did the author deliver. this book probably had my favorite and most realistic depiction of psychopathy in a long time, if not ever. the lack of self-control, the callous traits, the repetitive intrusive thoughts, the inability to identify and process one’s emotions and feelings to the point where the character knew what he was supposed to experience because he had researched it. he was unhinged. but the fmc also had some darkness in her that led back to him, and he unleashed all her potential. it’s the trauma bonding of it all. they saved each other.

* i was sent an arc by the author agency in exchange for a honest review
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1,525 reviews45 followers
February 28, 2024
❤️‍🔥 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚕'𝚜 𝚅𝚒𝚌𝚎 ❤️‍🔥
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WOAH!!! What a ride this book takes you on. Buckle in and hold on tight cause it's a doozy for sure. 

Kain is sooooo unhinged and I am here for all of it! The things he did for Lillith and the way he watched her, I mean it was full blown stalker behavior, buuuuutttt it was still swoon worthy for my red flag loving heart. 

The things Lillith went through was absolutely heartbreaking but made her into such a strong woman. Watching her go from sweet and innocent to sweet and deviant 😏 had me screaming happy for her. Once she was able to accept every part of the darkness that was lurking inside of her that was when the real fun began for her and Kain 😮‍💨 Their chemistry, holy hotness 🥵.

𝘐’𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘣𝘺𝘦.

𝕋𝕣𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕤 / 𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝔼𝕩𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕥
❤️‍🔥Motorcycle Club/Organized Crime
❤️‍🔥Possessive/Obsessive MMC
❤️‍🔥"Think" about touching her and 💀
❤️‍🔥Slow Burn
❤️‍🔥Opposites Attract
❤️‍🔥Stalking
❤️‍🔥Age Gap
❤️‍🔥No Third Act Breakup 

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259 reviews6 followers
February 16, 2024
Wow! What an incredible and twisted dark romance. I liked this story so much that I could not put it down. Lilith is an innocent girl with a dark past that is working as an intern at a hospital. Kain becomes so obsessed with her that he stalks her. Even ends up kidnapping her. I just couldn’t help but root for him as you get his POV of things. Also this book is so spicyyyyyy

I want to know more about Ghost tho!

Thank you so much Mindy for letting me have an ARC of this book!
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115 reviews4 followers
October 17, 2025
This was wrong, and I so disappointed in myself.
I cannot wait to see what's Phantom's story 🤭

*updated review, 4 months later*

Thinking back to this book, I didn't actually like it, I just didn't hate it. Phantom, the protagonist from the second book, was really intriguing, and I was excited to read his story. So I didn't actually enjoy this book, I was just happy to finish it so I could read the next one.
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89 reviews
May 14, 2024
DNF @40%
I should have stopped reading back at the 10% mark, but somehow I lasted until this point. HE PUT A COLLAR ON HER after suffocating her, kidnapping her, and chaining her in a cage. I can do dark romance, but this is not it. I actually need to say a prayer to cleanse my mind of this.
ALSO HOW WERE ALL OF HER FRIENDS TRYING TO RAPE, TRAFFIC, OR KILL HER????
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92 reviews
April 19, 2024
He punched her in the head and knocked her out while kidnapping her. He then keeps her locked in a small cage where she couldn't even sit up underneath his bed for a while. Mind you, she was naked and chained. He was just an ass. I can definitely see why Wes did that to him.

Also the book tried too hard to make him seem intimidating. Instead of giving proper reasons as to why he is intimidating, all the author did was make everyone quiver around him. Literally everyone who sets their eyes on him quivers like bitch please.

I genuinely regret wasting my time reading this book. The only good character in here was Ghost.
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64 reviews21 followers
June 11, 2024
The Devils Vice is book one in The Dark Triad series. The story follows Lillith and Kain, and I know what you’re thinking, no not that Lilith and Cain. Lillith is an intern at a hospital when Kain arrives as an injured suspect at the hospital. He’s immediately enraptured with her and can’t let her go. The story is dark and twisty. As a dark romance mafia reader I adored it. The sneak peaks of Ghost??? I’m in love!! I can’t wait for his and Brett’s story!
95 reviews3 followers
June 12, 2024
I liked the idea behind this book but the character choices and plot points didn’t make sense or felt rushed. I like morally grey characters but consent was not considered well enough for me. Also a lot of convenient plot points (like phone calls or texts used to stop the action all the time). Not for me.
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305 reviews11 followers
did-not-finish
November 23, 2024
mmc has a drug problem, a twitchy dick and apparently never interacted with - anyone whatsoever - before, fmc has no personality or critical thinking skills, i suspect the author does not know what veneers are seeing as everyone had them, and all side characters i met sucked. Made it to 23% but i couldn't do it.
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98 reviews1 follower
December 22, 2024
one of the books that just needed to be done
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21 reviews4 followers
March 21, 2024
ugh kain and lillith where do I even start?!

“you’re mine now. there is no letting go, not when I’ve waited so long to find you. so long to have you. to touch, to taste. to possess.”

this story follows lillith, an intern in the ER. her day flips around when a mysterious man comes in on the brink of death covered in scars and secrets. mystery man kain, the second in command at hellfyre motorcycle club has a
brief interaction with lillith that turns into a dark obsession & he begins watching her every move..

i really liked this book!! and i turned into a huge sucker for kains morbid self. the way i would let him kidnap me any day of the week is a little unhinged but we’re all here for it.
seriously tho the way this man protects his flower at all costs makes me melt 😭 let’s not forget about the banana pancakes 🥞

im so ready for ghosts story!!!

please read trigger warnings! heavy topics are discussed, this book may not be for everyone and that’s okay 🫶🏼

if you like..stalker romance, slow burn, possessive mmc, age gap & opposites attract, check this out!!
Profile Image for Donna.
66 reviews2 followers
November 22, 2025
Loved it

Biker gang

Masked stalker that she eventually falls in love with.

Looking forward to the next instalment
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61 reviews10 followers
March 29, 2024
book definitely had potential. i’m not a fan of being “collared” or having the fmc address the mmc as “master” or him calling her his little toy but good plot ig
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59 reviews
September 3, 2024
a virgin is kidnapped by stalker addict, then partakes in some of the most insane bdsm acts known to man, with no hesitation.
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