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Venomous Kiss: A Venomous Series Standalone
The night I catch my husband cheating is the night I stop pretending.
I don't cry. I don't scream. I don't get mad—I get even.
So I bring home another man—a stranger with wicked eyes and a smile sharp enough to carve me open. I let him have me in the house I share with a liar.
A moment of weakness? Maybe.
A moment of revenge? Definitely.
But he saw me—the darkness, the hunger, the parts my husband hated—and he wanted more.
I ran before I could fall deeper into his abyss.
A year later, I crash one of the city's most forbidden parties… And land right back in the middle of his depraved world.
Only this time, he's promised to another. And he vows he's not letting me go.
A dark romance standalone.
I don't cry. I don't scream. I don't get mad—I get even.
So I bring home another man—a stranger with wicked eyes and a smile sharp enough to carve me open. I let him have me in the house I share with a liar.
A moment of weakness? Maybe.
A moment of revenge? Definitely.
But he saw me—the darkness, the hunger, the parts my husband hated—and he wanted more.
I ran before I could fall deeper into his abyss.
A year later, I crash one of the city's most forbidden parties… And land right back in the middle of his depraved world.
Only this time, he's promised to another. And he vows he's not letting me go.
A dark romance standalone.
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Published October 14, 2025
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November 6, 2025
Honestly it’s about TIME we had a FMC professional follower 😌
January 28, 2026
Nunca deixe seu marido te impedir de encontrar o amor da sua vida!!
Dois doidos, ótimo casal de psicopatas, me diverti!
Tem suas inconsistências como ela ser burra para nem desconfiar que era uma caçada, tipo meu amor, se toca. Não convence principalmente pq a diva não é burra em nenhum momento, mas nesse ela é a mais de todos. O final com a revelação do pai dela, esperava muito mais, muito mixuruca a reação, tudo, simplesmente nas últimas 15 paginas para que. De resto, ótimo para quebrar uma ressaquinha 🤪
Dois doidos, ótimo casal de psicopatas, me diverti!
Tem suas inconsistências como ela ser burra para nem desconfiar que era uma caçada, tipo meu amor, se toca. Não convence principalmente pq a diva não é burra em nenhum momento, mas nesse ela é a mais de todos. O final com a revelação do pai dela, esperava muito mais, muito mixuruca a reação, tudo, simplesmente nas últimas 15 paginas para que. De resto, ótimo para quebrar uma ressaquinha 🤪
December 28, 2025
Lilith has always had dark thoughts, but she tries to bury them under a “normal” life. She marries a man she believes is safe and ordinary and hopes the fantasies will fade if she just plays the role of perfect wife. They don’t. By day she’s emotionally detached, going through the motions at a job she hates. By night she sits in a bar, people watching and imagining all the ways she could kill the strangers around her. The only thing that feels real is the darkness she’s trying to deny.
When she quits her job and comes home early, she finds her husband in their pool, cheating on her with his coworker, in every sense. She calmly watches, records it, and when he finally notices her, he suddenly becomes desperate to save their marriage. The problem is, the book never really shows why he loves her or what he’s fighting for. Their intimacy has been dead for a while, she’s emotionally unavailable, and she mostly is relieved to have found a clean exit from the “perfect” life she forced herself into.
Instead of breaking down, Lilith walks out and heads to the bar near her house, where there’s a man she’s been watching for months, who’s also been watching her. He finally makes a move. She takes him home and shows her husband “two can play this game”, fully aware her husband is there and eventually “catches them” she doesn’t care and Reon being the dangerous man he is, enjoys it.
From there, things go a little crazy - they spend some time together, commit a crime together, he needs to leave no witness, including her, so she takes off - Lilith stalks him from the shadows and eventually infiltrates a secret party for “special society ”, where the façade of normalcy completely shatters.
She also eventually uncovers disturbing truths about her childhood, her father, and the violent crimes that have shaped who she is. As everything comes to a head, the story becomes a twisted game of cat and mouse, full of deranged moments and brutal choices.
Lilith doesn’t go down without a fight. She claws her way toward survival and ultimately stops pretending to be someone she’s not. She pulls the mask back on not of the perfect wife, but of the woman she truly is. Reon remains fixated on her throughout, and a lot of wild, bloody things happen in a very short page count.
For me, the concept is pretty good for dark romance - two killers who find each other in their shared darkness, a hidden world of a secret society of killers, and an FMC who is unapologetically strong and morally corrupt.
Where it fell a little short was in the emotional groundwork. The husband’s desperation to save the marriage doesn’t feel fully earned, we don’t get the depth behind his fixation or their connection.
Overall, I’m not sure this exact flavor of dark romance is for me, but I’m always down for a strong, ruthless FMC, and Lilith definitely delivers on that front.
When she quits her job and comes home early, she finds her husband in their pool, cheating on her with his coworker, in every sense. She calmly watches, records it, and when he finally notices her, he suddenly becomes desperate to save their marriage. The problem is, the book never really shows why he loves her or what he’s fighting for. Their intimacy has been dead for a while, she’s emotionally unavailable, and she mostly is relieved to have found a clean exit from the “perfect” life she forced herself into.
Instead of breaking down, Lilith walks out and heads to the bar near her house, where there’s a man she’s been watching for months, who’s also been watching her. He finally makes a move. She takes him home and shows her husband “two can play this game”, fully aware her husband is there and eventually “catches them” she doesn’t care and Reon being the dangerous man he is, enjoys it.
From there, things go a little crazy - they spend some time together, commit a crime together, he needs to leave no witness, including her, so she takes off - Lilith stalks him from the shadows and eventually infiltrates a secret party for “special society ”, where the façade of normalcy completely shatters.
She also eventually uncovers disturbing truths about her childhood, her father, and the violent crimes that have shaped who she is. As everything comes to a head, the story becomes a twisted game of cat and mouse, full of deranged moments and brutal choices.
Lilith doesn’t go down without a fight. She claws her way toward survival and ultimately stops pretending to be someone she’s not. She pulls the mask back on not of the perfect wife, but of the woman she truly is. Reon remains fixated on her throughout, and a lot of wild, bloody things happen in a very short page count.
For me, the concept is pretty good for dark romance - two killers who find each other in their shared darkness, a hidden world of a secret society of killers, and an FMC who is unapologetically strong and morally corrupt.
Where it fell a little short was in the emotional groundwork. The husband’s desperation to save the marriage doesn’t feel fully earned, we don’t get the depth behind his fixation or their connection.
Overall, I’m not sure this exact flavor of dark romance is for me, but I’m always down for a strong, ruthless FMC, and Lilith definitely delivers on that front.
October 14, 2025
I am floored over this book! It’s steamy, dark, and has some unexpected twists. I devoured this book and will definitely be rereading it when I get a chance.
Lilith and Reon are so much alike! I enjoyed the dynamics between them and a few times I laughed at their conversations but those moments provided a break from the darkness in the book. These two are not your typical MMC and FMC with their dark thoughts but I loved the unique plot and how everything developed throughout the book.
This book is a bit dark so be sure to check the content warnings. If you enjoy dark reads that may make you question your sanity for loving this book so much, you have to dive in!
Lilith and Reon are so much alike! I enjoyed the dynamics between them and a few times I laughed at their conversations but those moments provided a break from the darkness in the book. These two are not your typical MMC and FMC with their dark thoughts but I loved the unique plot and how everything developed throughout the book.
This book is a bit dark so be sure to check the content warnings. If you enjoy dark reads that may make you question your sanity for loving this book so much, you have to dive in!
January 12, 2026
It took me longer than expected to finish this book because I felt like it was sooo repetitive. We get that she has chocolate colored eyes, she wants to kill people, and she doesn’t trust men. And if she would have asked how she was married towards the end one more time, I was going to throw my kindle.
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October 14, 2025
I love T L Smith's writing. I started this book on Monday morning 10 am and finished it at 1 pm. I could not put it down. Fabulous. Thoroughly recommend.
November 16, 2025
Another Day wasted reading something recommended on BookTok?!? I meannnn wtf was Caterpillar? 🐛 ugh.
November 19, 2025
It was very good excited to read more from this author
November 22, 2025
DNF. This reads so badly, like I was shocked. Couldn’t make it past chapter 1.
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