Butcher & Blackbird

A dark, friends-to-lovers romantic comedy packed with chaos, spice, and a whole lot of murder, where every killer needs someone who understands them, and every twisted game demands a victor. When Sloane and Rowan, two rival murderers, cross paths by chance, what begins as curiosity turns into something far more dangerous, a rare connection between two equally dark souls. From quiet towns in West Virginia to the glitz of California, from the streets of Boston to the backroads of Texas, they reunite year after year in a deadly competition, tracking and taking down some of the most dangerous people in the country. But as their bond grows into something deeper, the trail of bodies they’ve left behind begins to catch up with them, threatening not just their lives, but whatever fragile relationship they’ve built. Now they’re forced to face the truth, can they survive a game built on death, or have they finally found someone they can’t outrun?

Butcher & Blackbird kicks off the Ruinous Love trilogy, a series of interconnected standalone dark romances told through dual perspectives, complete with a satisfying HEA.