A while back, I met a man I knew I wanted to make mine, I just needed to know more about him first. With my background, I assumed it wouldn’t be that hard of a task.
I was dead wrong.
No record of any Nico Rivas can be found in any database, yet that's the name he gave. And with my need to control everything around me, I had to know the truth of his story.
So, like any normal person would do, I hid cameras in his house, tracked his every move, and even watched him while he worked. Minute after minute, day after day, month after freaking month I watched and still came up with nothing.
It’s been seventeen months, twenty-seven days, five hours and I’m done waiting. Nico is about to come face-to-face with my alter ego, the one who scares even the toughest of men in town. As long as he can accept both sides of me, I'll make his secret dreams come true. He just has to face his darkest nightmares first.
T.R. Oldin is an Indie author who writes mafia, university, stalker, fantasy, and hockey romance. She loves all things dark and travels the world as she reads and writes.
In her books, you can expect mental health representation, dark themes, and a plot that will have your jaw dropping, unable to put the book down. Her goal is for readers to see pieces of themselves in each character and find their strength in themselves even after the story has ended.
T.R. currently lives in Europe and loves to travel to different beaches, learn new languages, and immerse herself in new cultures. When she isn’t writing, she is likely reading in the sand or drinking a latte at a cafe in town.
You can find the most up-to-date information about releases and her works on Instagram or her Amazon page. She loves to hear from her readers and will be attending two book signings in 2025 (Sinners and Stardust in Boston in August, and Authors at the Armories in Leeds in October)
✨✨If you want MM... I've got an MM book for you to read✨✨ The last installment of the Dark Medicine Trilogy - Masked Poison- is the one for you. Carson and Nico are Taylor's gift to us. They are so sexy and bulky and muscly. Literal yum and perfection. Their stories are heartbreaking but also something amazing to watch them recover from. TR Oldin doesn't make it easy for Carson either. That boy has to put in WORK cuz lil Nico is a definite flight risk (at some points). I love their dynamic and how they bring out the best in each other. Gimme all the Teddy Bear 🧸 / Venom 👅🐍lovin'!
Also, the cabins sound truly amazing and I want to visit them both immediately. Like, right now please!
If you like reading about MM (male/male relationships), 🍆🍆🍆, masks, st*lking, motorcycle gangs, drugs and violence, maybe some m*rder here and there, sexy biker men and big muscled doctors.... yup. Read this one.
Can't wait for you guys to read it and don't forget to read all the other books TR Oldin has written. They are all amazing and fantastic! - Brutal Boys of the Mafie - Brutally Broken Duet - Dark Medicine Trilogy - COMING SOON: The Corrupt Carnival 😈🤡
This trilogy was soo good. Now, I'm a s^cker for a purge mask, and these 3 books gave me everything I wanted.
I never knew I needed an MM book so much 🤣 Carson and Nico are EVERYTHING! This book took a different direction - plunged into the dr^g world AND MCs - could not have been any better!
I will definately be picking up some of her other books .. I loved the way her characters directly addressed me (the reader), which was so fun and made me feel really connected with the writing and story.
As always, please familiarise yourself with the content.
Masked biker boys! Now add stalker. Oh and a dash of MM. You now have a hot a$$ book! 🥵
Perfect chemistry between Carson and Nico. Tragic souls find tragic souls. I was in such awe over their story that I stopped adulting to complete it as fast as I could. They're both so caring and loving. This story is incredible and you need to get it on your TBR list or just download it. End of story! Do it! Quickly!
Thank you so much for the opportunity to ARC read! 🖤
“Such a soft Teddy Bear…My obedient little whore.”
ARC Review: Carson meets Nico in the ER one night when a friend of Nico’s was badly injured and needed medical attention. When Carson goes in to check on Nico’s friend, he finds himself immediately drawn to Nico and wanting to find out everything is to know about this man who puts everyone’s needs before his own. Only after over 17 months of stalking him, Carson is ready to show Nico his alter-ego, Venom, and see if Nico can accept both sides of him or if he turns and runs.
“Eyes on me while I give you everything you could ever need.”
Book Rating: 5/5 Steam/Spice: 4/5 Tropes: - dark romance - masked stalker - M/M - secret identity - bikers (both MMCs) - past trauma (both MMCs) - anti-hero - degradation - somnophilia Check Trigger Warnings - Your Mental Health is Important!
“I am yours forever. You just don’t know it yet.”
Final Thoughts: To say that I’ve been dying for Carson and Nico’s story since Masked Antidote (book 1) is an understatement. Carson is such a possessive, protective stalker…I’m melting just thinking about it. The fact that Carson, being a former hacker by trade, couldn’t find anything on Nico that predated before 3 years ago, was eating him alive. Trying to figure out what Nico’s story is, who he is, other than what he’s been seeing through his cameras for the last 17 months. I loved their story SO much. The spice, the raw emotion, the trust that is earned. I loved every minute of this read and highly recommend this entire trilogy!
Oh. My. God!!! 🥵 Masked Poison was everything I was hoping and moreeee!! The chemistry between Carson and Nico is just something else 🔥 This book was so good! Nico and Carson had a lot of demons from their past but together they were finally able to find peace to be themselves, free and happy. Both of them never thought they’d find someone who would completely accept who they were, including their darkest parts… until their paths crossed and Carson’s delicious obsession started. 😏 Understanding Nico’s past made a lot of sense in who he was and how he acted, and to see him finally find his family, his home and be free of the past that was chasing him was beautiful!!!
I absolutely loved how they created their own family, a bond so tight that nothing could get in between, and to see Carson and Nico have their happy ending made it all even better! I loved every part of this book and this whole series! Book 1 and 2 of Vinessa and Jensen left me wanting more and when I saw Carson and Nico were getting their own book I was so excited!!!! The whole series was so so good and I can’t wait to see what else T.R. Oldin is planning! Amazing series!!!
When I say I was DYING to read Nico and Carson’s story, I mean dying like I read it all in one sitting the minute I got the book. Let me tell you, it did not disappoint!
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Arc Review.
Tropes and things I enjoyed ✅ MM ✅ Third book in series (needs to be read in order). ✅ Masked man ✅ Stalker ✅ Kidnapping ✅ Insta Love ✅ Touch him as 💀 ✅ Obsessed MMC ✅ Really the care these two give each other melts my cold heart. ✅ Hotties on Motorcycles ✅ Somnophilia ✅ They both have dark pasts, and are just perfect together. ✅ Witty Banter and cheeky/adorable inner monologue. ✅ More Jenson and Vinessa!
I don’t always read MM, but I was invested in this story after reading the first two books in the series. I honestly think I enjoyed this book even more than the first two. Which is wild because I love the first two books.! I really think I’m in love with Carson and Nico. I am not sure I’ve ever rooted for a fictional couple to have a happily ever after then I did for these two. The best part is the fact that they have such a deep love for each other despite the duality of their spirits. They way they lift each other up, and love the broken and dark piece of each others pasts. It gives all the feels. 💗💗💗
The 3rd and final book of the Dark Medicine trilogy takes on a new spin by being about another couple, but we have been introduced to them before (as they are both best friends with the previous couple). Nico and Carson met months before, but Nico does not remember that. However, it was life changing for Carson, and he became obsessed with finding out more about Nico. This brings us to the present where they just helped their friends escape past demons. Carson is not ready to go their separate ways and will do anything to stay in Nico’s life. Throughout the story, the readers get to know more about Nico’s past and what brought him here. He and Carson both have dark pasts, so please check the content note first. I love how Carson took care of Nico without him knowing, like with his deliveries: Carson only wanted to take care of him, like Nico cares for everyone else. I think my favorite act of service might be Nico and his homemade chocolate though. I have said it before and will continue to, but no one does found family like TR Oldin. I cannot what for what is next.
Masked Poison is the 3rd and final book in the Dark Medicine Trilogy by T.R. Oldin. This trilogy is short, fast paced, and bursting with spice! You do need to read the books in order and as always, check the content warnings. To say that I’ve been dying for Carson and Nico’s story since Masked Antidote (book 1) is an understatement. Carson is such a possessive, protective stalker…I’m melting just thinking about it. Exploring their connection through a mask was intriguing, but knowing the trauma they had both suffered as children gave you this sense of belonging as a reader with trauma. The levels they will both go to to protect each other are above and beyond. I absolutely loved how they created their own family, a bond so tight that nothing could get in between, and to see Carson and Nico have their happy ending made it all even better! I loved every part of this book and this whole series!
Dark Stalker MM Romance Carson & Nico Novella Found Family Mask Kink Bikers Somnophilia Secret Identity Anti-hero
Masked Poison is the 3rd and final book in the Dark Medicine Trilogy by T.R. Oldin. This trilogy is short, fast paced, and bursting with spice! You do need to read the books in order and as always, check the content warnings.
Carson had my heart from book 1, Masked Antidote. He’s charming, smart, sexy and very protective of the people he loves. I love how obsessed he is with Nico. And the Teddy Bear wasted no time reciprocating those feelings back to Carson, even though he still made him work to keep him. They are seriously adorable together.
🎁 While this trilogy isn’t technically a holiday romance, Tay did gift us an artistic package to enjoy 🤭
The end to the Dark Medicine Trilogy by T.R. Oldin, wrapped up in a bow just for us readers right in time for Christmas. I have really enjoyed being on this journey reading her work since she started publishing and this trilogy didn't disappoint.
We get to see our very much loved crossover characters from books 1 and 2 find their connection with a little darkness mixed in. You can't have a T.R. Oldin book without a little 🩸shed. She brings together stalker vibes, medicine, love, and found family with touch him and ☠️ energy. Carson and Nico will tear at your heart strings and make you sweat a little *wink wink*
Tropes: Touch him and ☠️ Mask Kink Bikers Found Family Secret Identity Somnophilia Stalker vibes MM dark romance
Happy Reading! I highly recommend reading books 1 and 2 first.
The final instalment in the Dark Medicine Trilogy is probably my favorite so far.
Carson and Nico, Stalker & Stalkee come face to face in the most natural of ways. Nico is there protecting one of the dancers from the club he works at. His refusal to leave her side until he knows she's OK leads him straight into the path of Dr. Carson and the beginning of their love story commences. Unbeknownst to Nico.
Exploring their connection through a mask was intriguing, but knowing the trauma they had both suffered as children gave you this sense of belonging as a reader with trauma. The levels they will both go to to protect each other are above and beyond.
I absolutely loved these two. They were heartbreaking, beautiful, scarred, and sensitive. And that's all a reader ever wants 🖤
Masked poison is the final installment of the dark medicine trilogy and T.R. did not disappoint! I am literally here for Carson and Nico, like the heat between these two is 😚🤌🏻.
I adored getting the full history on these two but the trauma of Carson’s home life growing up mixed with the struggling past of sweet Nico and his “demons” broke my heart. That said, the tension and undeniable attraction between these two is delicious. Fans of MM, get ready to meet your favorite one yet because Tay did not skimp on the spice in here, so many scenes that now live rent free in my mind and I am so 👏🏻 here 👏🏻 for 👏🏻 it!
Dive into the dark medicine trilogy with Vinny and Jensens story in Masked Antidote and Masked Sinners then dive into Carson’s and Nico’s story today!
The plot was so good. Lots of healing in this book and overall very wholesome. This is a stalker romance, but who doesn’t love a slightly unhinged mc who’s totally obsessed!?
I loved this book so much, this author is definitely one of my favs. If you want a spicy mm romance, I recommend so much!
Loved this it’s a dark spicy romance with an obsessive, possessive and stalkerish MC. After months of watching his obsession Carson has finally reached his breaking point and is ready to make his move and claim the man he loves. I loved getting a glimpse into how Carson spent his months watching and learning about Nico after he met him and his determination to show him that he didn’t need to always be in protective mode for others and take care of himself. Seeing Nico help Carson heal from his trauma, break down his walls and accepting him persona and all was such a treat to read. I loved their HEA and I’m gonna miss this trilogy.
“Masked Po!son,” by T.R. Oldin is a dark, sexy, sweet, and romantic conclusion of the Dark Medicine Trilogy. In the first two books, crazy Carson is so easy to love and I was definitely shipping him and Nico. I am so happy to follow their journey as my first MM novella read! The MM action in the bedroom is hot, and the action outside the bedroom is intense! There’s also hilarious banter along the way. Some Breaking Bad and Sons of Anarchy vibes as we learn know more about their past lives, which leads to great character development. The HEA ending gives the warm and fuzzy feelings on multiple levels. Loved this book!
Hot damn these boys are absolutely delicious. I absolutely love Carson and Nico. Carson ain’t playing he’s going to make Nico his no matter what 🤣 he stalks him, takes care of him and then decides to kidnap him to keep him safe.
I love everything about these two. They are hot, delicious but also sweet and caring. The found family is absolutely incredible!! I love that we get to see Jensen and Vinny again. Do your self a favor and go read this incredible story.
I absolutely love everything about this story and this world.
We just....don't even know where to start!! Carson and Nico were absolute fire!! Dr. Carson was drooling worthy...an like Venom! We ATE that shit up! Their story is dark and dirty- like really damn dirty...**(drooling)** AND THEN THE EPILOGUES!!!
Okay...okay....deep breathe..... Anyway, Carson finally has his f**k it moment and goes all in! And Nico is right there for the taking. Sure Nico has his own stuff but don't you worry- Venom can take away all the pain....have a nice sleep....
You guys just are not ready to wrap this story up!!
Omg, I have no words!!!! This final book was amazing!! Taylor definitely never disappoints.
Nico & Carson are just everything and more. Both have tragic past and are so broken, but watching them come together and heal was amazing. It starts with carson's obsession. And he has to definitely put in the work to get Nicole. And I just gotta say he has the patience of a saint!!
This was the final book in the medicine series and I finished out amazing but I was so sad it ended but I definitely need more of everyone!!!
Can't wait for you guys to read it and don't forget to read all the other books TR Oldin has written. They are all amazing and fantastic! - Brutal Boys of the Mafie - Brutally Broken Duet - Dark Medicine Trilogy - COMING SOON: The Corrupt Carnival Tropes: - dark romance - masked stalker - M/M - secret identity - bikers (both MMCs) - past trauma (both MMCs) - anti-hero - degradation - somnophilia Check Trigger Warnings - Your Mental Health is Important!
“I’m not just one last thrill,” I tell his sleeping form. “I am your forever. You just don't know it yet.”
I have been eagerly awaiting this book since I first met Carson and IT DID NOT DISAPPOINT!!
I absolutely devoured this book in about 6 hrs I could not put it down!
Ohh my boy Carson .... this man is absolutely ferral and I'm here for allll of it !! Stalking/pinning after his love for 17 months 27 days and 5hrs before finally showing himself to him! (This man is a very patient man.... until he's not 😅) His dominant side as well as his caring side ....it is literally like he is Venom!! 😅 He's a lover, he's a masked stalker and he's a motorbike rider 🥵
Nico is an adorable man! Always protecting everyone around him he cares for .... even with his past trauma he still goes above and beyond. He really grew on me in this one and the two of them together is just perfection!! 🥰
The spice as always is absolute 🔥🔥🔥 as is the mental health rep!
I would like me a Venom please ..... 😅
Please check out all of Tays books as I have devoured everyone and I'm hooked on her writing!
I can't believe this series is over. What an amazing last book!!
She's done it again!! The way she writes characters and makes you want to immediately be a part of the weird families they form is incredible.
I loved Carson in the first two books and this one just made me love him even more. He's so possessive and rough yet so sweet and caring when he needs to be. And Nico. Sweet Nico. I adore him.
It was short, sweet, spicy and everything I love about T.R. Oldin's books.
If you want to read a short dark romance please check out this series. It's amazing!!!
I think this just might be my favorite out of the trilogy. Love a good MM dark romance. The mask is perfect!
The chemistry between Carson and Nico is explosive. I love how they have open communication with their feelings and aren't afraid to show it in front of others.
I definitely need to get back to my motorcycle lessons after reading. Made me so jealous that Vinessa, Carson, and Nico could just up and go.
I cannot wait to get my hands on this book once it is available!
This was another hit for me. I have loved this series so much. These are short books about 15-20 chapters a piece, and three total. I was so happy to get to read Nico and Carson’s story. I had been hoping for it and was so glad that TR did it. These two are hot and have some amazing chemistry. I enjoyed getting glimpses of Jensen and Vinessa too. I had a roller coaster ride of emotions and really enjoyed the way it ended. Spice 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
This is the third book in the Dark Medicine Trilogy and my favorite out of the three.
All the characters are interconnected through the books but this is Nico and Carson’s story.
Nico has a past he’s still running from and trying to forget and Carson knows everything about Nico and wants to make his feelings clear to him…..but first Nico needs to meet Carson’s alter ego, Venom…
What a book this was and may just be my new favorite. It was so good and I loved every minute of it. There was suspense, fear, stalk!ng, pass!on, love, spice, and so much more. Carson and Nico are beautiful together. Their chemistry is hot. The way they love each other is simply amazing. To be running from your past, to having someone stalk you in such a tempting way and then find out who it not only is but helps you handle issues from your past? Yes, please!
This was honestly the perfect book to finish up this trilogy. I absolutely adored Carson before this book but his possessiveness combined with how caring and sweet he is with Nico in this one just made me love him all the more. I just love these two as a couple and think they are absolutely adorable together.
This book was exactly what I’ve to expect of Taylor, a story full of spice that sucks you in from the beginning and doesn’t want to let you go once you’ve finished. I’m going to miss all these characters but I can’t wait to see what Taylor is going to give us next.
Ughhh this was so good! I’ve already read it twice now lol. I was so excited to dip into Carson’s story and see who he ends up falling for. And of course I love the games he plays, it makes the book so much more exciting to read. I also love how T.R. Oldin does so much research of what she is writing about that it really makes the book feel so real. As a reader I am always in awe of how she goes so deep into her characters lives you immediately get sucked in and you can’t help yourself but keep turning the pages to know what happens next. I am so excited to see what she rights next!
Each book in this trilogy just keeps getting better! They're all incredibly crafted, and I absolutely adore them! Bikers—who doesn't love a badass biker, right? Especially a mysterious masked one! 🙌 If you're with me, raise your hand! This author has a phenomenal talent for storytelling; I couldn't put the books down! I binge-read the entire series, and it was pure perfection!
Whewwwww!!! Carson and Nico are hot hot hot! Who doesn’t love a Masked Stalker MM! This is an excellent way to end the Dark Medicine Trilogy. Carson will do anything to protect Nico after years of pining and boy was it good! Ugh chapter 13 and that epilogue are some of my fave! Check out this ending now!