Eden's Deliverance: A Dark Bully Romance

by Stefani Stipple

Eden's Deliverance was supposed to be the answer to all my problems...

What more could you ask for when attending a secret kink club?

Complete anonymity? - Check.
Acting out all your wildest fantasies? - Check.
Having whatever partner you want without any exclusivity? - Check.


Everything was perfect until they set their sights on me. Now I can't shake them.
They're everywhere. Always watching, always waiting...always one step ahead of me.


I call them the Chaos Twins, but they're so much more.

They know exactly who I am. - Uncheck.
They only care about acting out their fantasies, not mine. - Uncheck.
They sabotage any other connection I make, so nobody can have me but them. - Uncheck.

But they have secrets of their own - ones that will turn my life upside down forever.


Eden's Deliverance is the first novel in The Sanguine Doctrine series, with a list of trigger warnings and extremely explicit content. Please read safely!

Genres: Dark Romance

306 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 28, 2024

About the author

Stefani is a tattoo artist by day and an occult horror and dark romance author by night.

Drawing inspiration from her background as an artist, her work blends intimacy, symbolism, and psychological depth, creating immersive stories driven by flawed characters and grim realism. She's drawn to emotional complexity and harbors a guilty pleasure for leaving her readers reeling from a tragic cliffhanger.

When she's not writing or making art, Stefani can usually be found getting lost in a well-made video game, or perhaps even shielding her eyes during a thrilling horror movie alongside her amazing partner and their two lovely pets.

Reviews

[Jillian · Rating 5 out of 5]

No words suffice for this MASTERPIECE, but I’ll try.
I was able to ARC read this and I devoured it in a day.
First of all, and most importantly: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
But beyond the incredibly written spice, the plot PLOTS. I mean this book lives rent free in my mind. The twist at the end completely threw me for a loop. I’ve read a lot of dark romances and they all end up following a similar structure, but this absolutely did not. I was on my toes from the beginning, and loved the multiple POVs. The chemistry between the characters is so well written and believable. I am so attached to these characters, I feel like I know them, and cannot wait to continue reading their story.

[Tiffaney Keeler · Rating 5 out of 5]

THIS is how dark romance novels need to be written. A trigger MENU? hello??

I read this as an ARC, and I was instantly hooked. The plot in this book is DEEP and will keep you turning pages and gasping at realizations twists and turns. The characters and their identity, although still mysterious in ways, are well described and easily loveable or hate-able times 😅 You get multiple POVs and back stories from each character to really set the plot and character development in place. I also love that this author emphasized body positivity throughout. This does end with a cliffhanger! I cannot wait for book two!

The spice is absolutely top-notch, chefs kiss 🤌 🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶 this girl

Favorite quotes:

"This girl makes torture feel like a hobby." 🥵

"He’s safe. Not completely devoid of the passion I’m looking for, but the flame is muted compared to the bonfire those two stoke in my soul.
I’m just too afraid of being burned."

“Think about yourself, for once. Or better yet, stop fucking thinking.”

"Despite the rage flowing through my veins, the intoxicating aura of Eden pulls me in like it always does. There’s always been something about this place that makes every touch feel as though I’m bathing in a tub of feathers."

[Stashia Campbell (readingraven_nevermore) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not a fan of why choose but this book didn’t feel rushed, and they played it well. Cannot wait to read the next book

Recommend: Yes
Story flow: 5⭐️
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

[Thaya Kwink · Rating 5 out of 5]

Spicy to the max 🫣 and a killer plot also the characters' inner struggles are so real and relatable a true masterpiece 👌 best romance I've read in a while

[Kandy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Two words.. WHY CHOOSE..

Read it. Just do it. The FMC is a total baddie 💋 this books is SPICY 🌶️

[Katrina Andrews · Rating 1 out of 5]

If you like it when the only form of consent is “a wet p*say,” and the words “no” “please, please stop” are just suggestions, and getting smack around, gagged, and cut up while ugly crying is all just foreplay, then this book is for you!

For me though, this is by far the dumbest book I’ve read to date.

Ok so I get that there is a kink for everyone. Whether it’s my cup of tea or if I understand it or not, I try not to kink shame, so long as all parties involved are CONSENTING adults. I know there are consenting adults who enjoy blood play, no shame in the consent game. But THIS. IS. NOT. CONSENT!!!

Ok so all of that insanity aside, the storyline is so beyond awful. There is no psychological reason for someone whose daddy left mommy for someone younger, to be so broken they become a stalking sociopath. Scarletts has a loving and attentive dad who remarries a supportive woman after her own loving and caring mother passes away. Girls who come from a loving home don’t desire to be thrown into a dungeon and made to stay there until she agrees to belong to TWO different, much stronger males who are physical and mentally manipulated her. I am not saying it’s impossible, but not probable.

So they end up manipulating and scaring her into coming to a s€x club party, where they take her to the deepest, most kinky part of the sex club. A part that she had told them over and over again she wasn’t interested in. They claim they are doing it to keep her away from this other sick duck, but couldn’t just TELL her about this other bad guy and his ill intentions, because that would give their identity away. So instead, they just keep messing with her and continue to let this other guy get closer to her. Only for us to find out at the end of the book that he’s apart of some bigger, deeper, sicker club. The end.

There are a number of other plot holes and issues within this book, which is the most offensive part. I could forgive the horrific abuse (there weren’t enough trigger warnings in the world for how bad it gets), or I could forgive the terrible Swiss cheese story plot, but together this is just unrealistic porn that sets women back a thousand years.

[✨Munchie✨ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m so ready for the second book! What a way to start off 2025!!! I don’t want to say too much about what happens but just know if you’re a dark romance reader this book has got you COVERED. The plot twist at the end had me covering my mouth! Please add this book to the top of your tbr!

[Tommie King · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very, very, VERY spicy. Plot is fantastic, characters are well fleshed out, ends on a cliffhanger. Loved this book!

[Kenna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of smut, but it tied into the plot! I am very interested to see where the next book takes us because it has such a great potential to turn into a great thriller!

[Olivia Hernandez · Rating 5 out of 5]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

❤️Bully romance
🖤Step brother
❤️Step brothers best friend
🖤Hidden identity

PLEASE CHECK TW!!! This book is amazing!!! Skylar and Julian are toxic and unhinged. Skylar had me confused about what he wanted with Scarlett like do you hate her or love her!!! But I'm obsessed with them both🤭. It ends on a big cliffhanger I can't wait for the next book!!!!

[Stephanie Walsh · Rating 5 out of 5]

I started this book around 1pm today and finished it around 8pm. I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN. The spice started building up pretty early in the book and I love that. I hate waiting forever for something to happen! By chapter 19, the heat level was 🥵 by the end of the book, the spice was 5 ⭐️.

I felt like the length of this book was perfect for the storyline. It wasn’t too short where it feels like you didn’t get to know anybody at all and it wasn’t too long where you felt like it was being dragged out either. You know the characters, but there are still some things about them left to be explored in the rest of the series.

I love the multiple POVs!! As a woman, we know for the most part how women feel so it is soooo good to get the man POVs when writers have them! This story gives us two man POVs 😍.

I will say at the start of the book, I was worried about not liking the men. Skylar was definitely harsh, but when they had their time alone at her dads house for the first time, my mind was changed completely for him 🥰 I was so mad at Jules after the first time in the pearl room, leaving my girl hanging like that!! He changed my mind about him too, though every time he understood exactly what she needed from him.

I was so happy to have an FMC that wasn’t completely helpless. She fought back when she needed to and didn’t just let the guys walk all over her. Now at the end when she walked outside for Dario, I was like GIRL WHY. But she took care of business with him too.

Overall, great storyline, spice was HIGH, and I can’t wait for book 2!! 🥰

[Spicy Reads Only · Rating 5 out of 5]

I received this book through a purchase of “Blind Date with a Book” on TikTok. I was a little nervous about what book I would get but OH MY, I absolutely loved this book. I’ve read hundreds of dark romance and this easily ranks in my top 10 of all time. This is how bullying romances should be written because the bullying was top notch so much so that at one point I felt bad for the FMC. As a plus sized individual, I loved having a plus size FMC who doesn’t let her size stop her. The masked men, the kink club, the why choose, the banter, the taboo of it all…just chefs kiss-perfection. I loved when a MC asks like they hate the FMC but are secretly in love with her. This book ended with a cliffhanger and now I can’t wait for book 2 to come out 🙌🏻🙌🏻

[Carrie Hagen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was unique and intriguing. A story of an erotic awakening and exploration. I loved the club idea with all the different masks with their meanings and the dessert menu for trigger warnings. Such a fun concept. At first, I thought the music in the book was fun but then it just got to be overly done. The spice was fun!! I did get a little bored with the book in the middle, but it picked right back up. She was a spicy good time. Quick and easy read.

[Kasey · Rating 1 out of 5]

The authors obsession with telling us exactly what song is playing killed this for me. Literally every 1-2 pages the character was saying what song was playing. So repetitive and boring and I feel like the author relied too heavily on whatever song they’d listed to set the mood for the scene.

[Kylie Boettger · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book befORE I SAW THE PUBLISH DATE and realized the second and third books were not out. Now I have a dark romance hangover 😭

[Grace · Rating 5 out of 5]

🥵

After reading smut for a while you get a bit desensitised but this book was a wild ride that finally had me in a chokehold again!

[Sara Nikki · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is genuinely one of the best books I’ve read in awhile. From the first chapter it had me hooked, and telling myself “just one more chapter,” and then reading two more. I finished this book in about a week, and I can’t wait to get my hands on the second book!

[Laurilea “Elle” McDaniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dark, Taboo, and Utterly Addictive

Eden’s Deliverance by Stephanie Stipple is one of the most unforgettable dark romance audiobooks I’ve ever experienced. This story takes you deep into a secret world where anonymity allows fantasies to come alive — but freedom comes with a dangerous price. When one woman steps into an exclusive kink club, she never expects to cross paths with the infamous “Chaos Twins.” What begins as temptation quickly spirals into obsession, as these men peel back her anonymity, unravel her relationships, and pull her into a twisted, MMF web of control, desire, and secrets that will change everything she thought she knew about herself.

The writing is powerful, seductive, and relentless — balancing raw heat with jaw-dropping suspense. Every chapter keeps you guessing, and the twins’ chaotic energy makes the story as mesmerizing as it is unsettling. Just when you think you understand their game, the truth hits like a wrecking ball.

The audiobook narration is phenomenal! Autumn Alexander and Ryan Lee Dunlap breathe fire and emotion into every scene, amplifying the chemistry, the tension, and the darker undertones of the story. Their performances make the characters leap out of the speakers, and the intensity is so real you’ll feel it in your chest.

And that ending? Shocking. I was left speechless, desperate for the second book.

If you’re searching for a dark, taboo romance that combines high-stakes secrets, addictive characters, and narration that brings the story to life, Eden’s Deliverance is a must-listen. Stephanie Stipple, Alexander, and Dunlap have delivered something unforgettable — this book deserves all the recognition it can get!

[Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

As I said in my review on Amazon if you haven’t read this book I really recommend it because the author is absolutely amazing and the way she wrote this is just 😚🤌🏼mmm there is not enough words to describe how much I loved this one and I’m still sitting at the edge of my seat waiting for the next one I just know that one is going to be even better than the first but again if you haven’t really recommended it

[SuccuBunny · Rating 5 out of 5]

Honeslty words can't even describe on how much i loved this book, i want more, i can't stop thinking about the boys and you know what i mean by the boys ;3 and the other one was a bit of a twist but ooof, i want to read it again, and honestly i just might, this book has so much my fantasy's stream to me, and i can't wait for more. i hope i can find more books like this because this was just mwahhh. thank you so much for making this happen.

[Venez Ordoyne · Rating 4 out of 5]

art student is stuck in a rut and is convinced to join a sex club. She does and gets two men obsessed with her. Unknowingly that one of them is her step brother. She screws her step brother once she reclaimed her sexual energy and started to fall for him. She takes a break and goes with Prince/Dario and they are hurt. She gets back with them and they revealed their identities and let her know that Dario was bad news and part of a gang.

[11Goddess MetaLover · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bizarre. Interesting. Surprising - so I'll read book 2

[The Affable Bibliophile · Rating 4 out of 5]

ACTUAL RATING: 3.75 Stars

Spice was good. Premise was good. It was a quick enough read, but I’m not drawn to immediately go to the next book. Though I’m sure I’ll read it eventually.

[Shannan Barnes · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was sooooo good. I couldn’t put it down once I started. It was great from the very beginning.

[Ashley Camren · Rating 4 out of 5]

I can’t wait for book 2! 🖤🖤🖤