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Villains & Vices #2
Depraved Desires
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Expected 23 Jun 26The Joker meets Pen Pal in this dark, forbidden romance where a criminal psychologist enters a game of cat and mouse with her serial killer patient.
My patient is stalking me... and he's a psychopath.
I've dedicated my life to understanding the darkest corners of the human psyche, but nothing prepares me for him. Ghost. The man is a brilliant, ruthless serial killer who thrives on chaos. Just like his cult following enrapt by his brutality and beauty, he's completely unhinged. And he's obsessed with me.
So when Ghost turns himself in and demands to speak to me, I'm forced to confront the beautiful monster sitting across the glass. And the one inside-the one lurking in my own fractured soul. Ghost's rapt attention brings goosebumps to my skin and sends chills down my spine. I choose to believe my reaction is based in fear. When I'm alone in bed, it's harder to convince myself.
As boundaries fade and the line between doctor and patient blurs, I'm faced with a What am I willing to pay to unveil the truth about my haunted past? Because to Ghost, the price is me. All of me.
DEPRAVED DEVOTION is Book 1 in the Villains & Vices duet. It contains explicit sexual content and a morally gray hero that's OTT/JP, a stalker who falls first, has Touch Her & Die energy, and is willing to do whatever it takes to have her.
Trigger stalking/obsession, blackmail/coercion, breaking and entering, violence, murder, dubious consent, off-the-page rape set in the past, parental grief
My patient is stalking me... and he's a psychopath.
I've dedicated my life to understanding the darkest corners of the human psyche, but nothing prepares me for him. Ghost. The man is a brilliant, ruthless serial killer who thrives on chaos. Just like his cult following enrapt by his brutality and beauty, he's completely unhinged. And he's obsessed with me.
So when Ghost turns himself in and demands to speak to me, I'm forced to confront the beautiful monster sitting across the glass. And the one inside-the one lurking in my own fractured soul. Ghost's rapt attention brings goosebumps to my skin and sends chills down my spine. I choose to believe my reaction is based in fear. When I'm alone in bed, it's harder to convince myself.
As boundaries fade and the line between doctor and patient blurs, I'm faced with a What am I willing to pay to unveil the truth about my haunted past? Because to Ghost, the price is me. All of me.
DEPRAVED DEVOTION is Book 1 in the Villains & Vices duet. It contains explicit sexual content and a morally gray hero that's OTT/JP, a stalker who falls first, has Touch Her & Die energy, and is willing to do whatever it takes to have her.
Trigger stalking/obsession, blackmail/coercion, breaking and entering, violence, murder, dubious consent, off-the-page rape set in the past, parental grief
- GenresDark RomanceDarkRomance
432 pages, Paperback
Expected publication June 23, 2026
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March 14, 2026Hate cliffhangers, because now I have to wait for this? Absolutely not. Give me this book now! 🤣
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January 6, 2026How can I wait for that hmmm??!! 😭😭
April 5, 2026
hes not just a monster he’s her monster🫦💅🏼
May 15, 2026
I love these types of series/duets. Depraved Desires picks up right where book one ends. If you haven't read the first one YOU NEED TO in order to read this one. Ghost is our MMC, and in this one we find out his actual name! And Geneva is our FMC. We still have the Joker/Harley Quinn vibes. While we learn why Ghost surrendered himself and the shenanigans he was up to in book one. This one both characters are moving around! I like that the first one has the prison and that we see all that Ghost can and will do for Geneva. I really like that this one they are in various locations. Geneva learns what really happened to her parents and now she craves revenge. Who better to help her than her over protective/obsessive serial unaliver patient/stalker. We still have that touch-her-and-die theme and he really is over the top. I loved them together and I really feel that her character progression is great in this. Geneva really finds herself and what she is willing to do and become. I can't wait to reread this in the future with the audio it is going to be so good! I also need to get my hands on a physical copy pronto!
Thank you to Forever for the complimentary copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Thank you to Forever for the complimentary copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
4 ⭐️
⋆˙⟡ tropes ⟡˙⋆
🦋 dark romance
🩶 morally grey hero
🚔 criminal psychologist x inmate (who is now free)
🔪 who hurt you
🧠 he’s still obsessed
⋆˙⟡ thoughts ⟡˙⋆
please check content warnings!!!!
okayyyyy so this was good, but i think i still enjoyed book one a bit more idk what it was. i think it had more of that intensity between ghost and geneva. this one was more of them working together seeking revenge which was a different dynamic!!! i read this within twenty four hours because the writing just sucks you in!!!
⋆˙⟡ synopsis ⟡˙⋆
when geneva discovers the truth about her parents death, she seeks revenge. ghost and her work together on that revenge since he will not let anything happen to her (as in he’s still obsessed obviously).
⋆˙⟡ tropes ⟡˙⋆
🦋 dark romance
🩶 morally grey hero
🚔 criminal psychologist x inmate (who is now free)
🔪 who hurt you
🧠 he’s still obsessed
⋆˙⟡ thoughts ⟡˙⋆
please check content warnings!!!!
okayyyyy so this was good, but i think i still enjoyed book one a bit more idk what it was. i think it had more of that intensity between ghost and geneva. this one was more of them working together seeking revenge which was a different dynamic!!! i read this within twenty four hours because the writing just sucks you in!!!
⋆˙⟡ synopsis ⟡˙⋆
when geneva discovers the truth about her parents death, she seeks revenge. ghost and her work together on that revenge since he will not let anything happen to her (as in he’s still obsessed obviously).
May 14, 2026
As soon as this book dropped, I put everything aside to dive in and I’m so glad I did.
The hunted became the hunter, and watching Geneva step fully into her power was incredibly satisfying. With Ghost at her side, she finally gets to turn the tables and take vengeance on the people who wronged her. Their dynamic was magnetic; these two were so fiercely devoted to each other that every scene between them carried weight, tension, and heart.
This story delivered everything I wanted: grit, growth, revenge, and a couple whose loyalty runs so bone‑deep I was locked in to the very end.
The hunted became the hunter, and watching Geneva step fully into her power was incredibly satisfying. With Ghost at her side, she finally gets to turn the tables and take vengeance on the people who wronged her. Their dynamic was magnetic; these two were so fiercely devoted to each other that every scene between them carried weight, tension, and heart.
This story delivered everything I wanted: grit, growth, revenge, and a couple whose loyalty runs so bone‑deep I was locked in to the very end.
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