Welcome to the Morally Gray Men Book Club, where men with red flags, scars, biker helmets, and Big Kni!e Energy rule supreme. Our readers trade fairy tale princes for obsessed morally gray men, stalk!ng, ropes, gloves, and vengeance.

I’m a reporter by day, covering community events for the local paper. At night, I’m a book girlie, cuddling up to stalker romances. One lonesome night, I do what all sane fangirls do: invite a masked man from a thirst trap video to break into my house, t!e me up, talk dirty to me, and put his kn!fe where he shouldn’t.

Cue the grumpy stalker thundering into my life on his motorbike. My lady bits rebel against common sense when he sends me gifts, threatens my neighbor, warns my sleazy boss not to touch me, and saves me from a bad situation in a club. I’m courting obsession, home-invasion fantasies, and severed body parts in gift boxes–and he’s delivering on the romance!

Alas, one insignificant bloody finger ruins our perfect love story and summons a ghost from my past who haunts this city and my dreams… and my grumpy stalker and I must dig for dirt or dig our graves.

Painted Scars is a medium burn dark romcom with a grumpy, morally gray lead. Some themes may be distressing - please read the content warnings. Ends on a HEA. Ideal for fans of Lights Out by Navessa Allen, Leather & Lark by Brynne Weaver, and Rook & Rebel by Kate Crew.

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