Fire Eater

Seven Sins Carnival #5

by Arden Hart

I eat fire for a living. Burning monsters is what I do for fun.

The Prophets who raised me called pain purification. They spent years teaching me how much a boy could take before he broke.

Apparently, they should’ve kept going.

Because I survived. I got out. And I’ve been making that everyone else’s problem ever since.

Then Elias hires a nurse.

She’s supposed to patch us up and keep the show running. Unfortunately, she takes her job seriously.

Especially when it comes to me.

She notices the burns I don’t bother treating. The risks I take when nobody’s watching. The way I grin when something hurts.

That’s when I decide she needs to stay the hell away from me.

But she has a stubborn streak, and I have a growing fascination with finding out what makes those steady hands shake.

She wants me to stop playing with fire.

I want her close enough to forget why I started.

And when she finally gets her hands on me, surrender might be the one thing I can’t laugh my way through.

Fire Eater is a dark carnival romance featuring an unhinged, fire-obsessed antihero, a trauma nurse who refuses to look away, and a dangerous man learning to let someone care for him.

Kindle Edition

Expected publication January 15, 2027

About the author

Arden Hart writes dark, obsessive romances that linger in the shadows. Expect possessive heroes, twisted desires, and tension that grips you until the last page.

When not weaving danger and obsession onto the page, Arden enjoys strong coffee and dreaming up morally gray characters who refuse to let go.