🥀 Deadly Protector

A fierce guardian whose devotion to those they love manifests as lethal force against any threat. The romance of being shielded by someone willing to kill for you drives these intense narratives.

When He's Ruthless

by Suzanne Wright • 2022

Her fated mate waited six years to claim her. Her stalker won't wait any longer.

4.08

6k+

🐺 Fated Mates 🛡️ Protective Hero 🏠 Found Family

When He's Ruthless 87%

Her fated mate waited six years to claim her. Her stalker won't wait any longer.

by Suzanne Wright 2022

4.08

6k+ ratings

🐺 Fated Mates 🛡️ Protective Hero 🏠 Found Family

The Bad Weather Friend

by Dean Koontz • 2024

A mysterious crate, a ruined life, and a protector's warning: a secret order targets the nice.

3.88

40k+

🛡️ Supernatural Protector 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 😈 Darkly Humorous

The Bad Weather Friend 87%

A mysterious crate, a ruined life, and a protector's warning: a secret order targets the nice.

by Dean Koontz 2024

3.88

40k+ ratings

🛡️ Supernatural Protector 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 😈 Darkly Humorous

Heartbreak Bay

by Rachel Caine • 2021

Two drowned babies pull a serial killer's ex-wife into a predator's game of impossible choices.

4.25

25k+

🔪 Serial Killer 🐺 Protective Mother 🎲 Deadly Games

Heartbreak Bay 87%

Two drowned babies pull a serial killer's ex-wife into a predator's game of impossible choices.

by Rachel Caine 2021

4.25

25k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer 🐺 Protective Mother 🎲 Deadly Games

The Watchman

by Robert Crais • 2007

An heiress becomes a witness, and ex-Marine Joe Pike must hunt the killers inside the investigation.

4.14

29k+

🔫 Bodyguard Thriller 🌴 LA Crime Fiction 👁️ Witness Protection

The Watchman 86%

An heiress becomes a witness, and ex-Marine Joe Pike must hunt the killers inside the investigation.

by Robert Crais 2007

4.14

29k+ ratings

🔫 Bodyguard Thriller 🌴 LA Crime Fiction 👁️ Witness Protection

The Hunter

by Kerrigan Byrne • 2016

A hired assassin sent to murder a celebrated actress instead becomes her only protector.

4.08

9k+

🗡️ Assassin Hero 🖤 Scarred Hero 🕯️ Victorian Underworld

The Hunter 86%

A hired assassin sent to murder a celebrated actress instead becomes her only protector.

by Kerrigan Byrne 2016

4.08

9k+ ratings

🗡️ Assassin Hero 🖤 Scarred Hero 🕯️ Victorian Underworld

Bloodline

by James Rollins • 2012

The president's pregnant daughter is taken. Her captors want the child: a genetically altered heir.

4.25

25k+

🖥️ Techno-Thriller 🏛️ Ancient Conspiracy 🐕 Military Working Dog

Bloodline 86%

The president's pregnant daughter is taken. Her captors want the child: a genetically altered heir.

by James Rollins 2012

4.25

25k+ ratings

🖥️ Techno-Thriller 🏛️ Ancient Conspiracy 🐕 Military Working Dog

When the Wolf Comes Home

by Nat Cassidy • 2025

A waitress takes in a boy whose terror becomes real. A wolf is already at the door.

4.06

37k+

📚 Literary Horror 👹 Fear Made Flesh 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian

When the Wolf Comes Home 86%

A waitress takes in a boy whose terror becomes real. A wolf is already at the door.

by Nat Cassidy 2025

4.06

37k+ ratings

📚 Literary Horror 👹 Fear Made Flesh 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian

Dearly Devoted Dexter

by Jeff Lindsay • 2005

Cop surveillance traps a killer of killers in domestic bliss while a mutilator takes his revenge.

3.87

57k+

🔪 Vigilante Killer 🎭 Killer In Plain Sight 🤝 Unlikely Allies

Dearly Devoted Dexter 86%

Cop surveillance traps a killer of killers in domestic bliss while a mutilator takes his revenge.

by Jeff Lindsay 2005

3.87

57k+ ratings

🔪 Vigilante Killer 🎭 Killer In Plain Sight 🤝 Unlikely Allies

El pecador de Oxford

by Mar Petryk • 2021

Her serial-killer ex sends flowers from prison. Her bodyguard hides a past just as dark.

3.92

10k+

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🕯️ Cult Thriller 💔 Trauma Bonding

El pecador de Oxford 86%

Her serial-killer ex sends flowers from prison. Her bodyguard hides a past just as dark.

by Mar Petryk 2021

3.92

10k+ ratings

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🕯️ Cult Thriller 💔 Trauma Bonding

Requiem & Reverie

by Keri Lake • 2019

A widow's dark tenant awakens her desire as a serial killer closes in on her son.

4.01

2k+

🖤 Serial Killer Romance 🩸 Dark Antihero 🔗 Trauma Bonding

Requiem & Reverie 86%

A widow's dark tenant awakens her desire as a serial killer closes in on her son.

by Keri Lake 2019

4.01

2k+ ratings

🖤 Serial Killer Romance 🩸 Dark Antihero 🔗 Trauma Bonding

Malorie

by Josh Malerman • 2020

A survivor list names her parents. Malorie boards a blind train through a world where looking kills.

3.79

28k+

🐦‍⬛ Unseen Horror 👩‍👧‍👦 Overprotective Mother 🔗 Generational Rift

Malorie 86%

A survivor list names her parents. Malorie boards a blind train through a world where looking kills.

by Josh Malerman 2020

3.79

28k+ ratings

🐦‍⬛ Unseen Horror 👩‍👧‍👦 Overprotective Mother 🔗 Generational Rift

Savage Son

by Jack Carr • 2020

A former SEAL must rescue his friend's sister from a Russian mob's human hunting game.

4.50

37k+

⚔️ Navy Seal Protagonist 🛡️ Home Defense 🐻 Russian Mafia

Savage Son 86%

A former SEAL must rescue his friend's sister from a Russian mob's human hunting game.

by Jack Carr 2020

4.50

37k+ ratings

⚔️ Navy Seal Protagonist 🛡️ Home Defense 🐻 Russian Mafia

Nocturnes & Nightmares

by Keri Lake • 2019

An assassin rents a room from the woman a serial killer wants dead.

3.89

3k+

🖤 Dark Romantic Suspense 👀 Protective Stalker 👩‍👦 Single Mother Heroine

Nocturnes & Nightmares 86%

An assassin rents a room from the woman a serial killer wants dead.

by Keri Lake 2019

3.89

3k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantic Suspense 👀 Protective Stalker 👩‍👦 Single Mother Heroine

Watchers

by Dean Koontz • 1987

A haunted veteran saves a golden retriever with unnatural intelligence as a monster hunts them both.

4.19

173k+

👹 Creature Horror 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🐕 Man And Dog Bond

Watchers 86%

A haunted veteran saves a golden retriever with unnatural intelligence as a monster hunts them both.

by Dean Koontz 1987

4.19

173k+ ratings

👹 Creature Horror 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🐕 Man And Dog Bond

No One Rides For Free

by Judith Sonnet • 2022

A stranger takes a family hostage on a desert road and feeds on their suffering.

2.71

16k+

🩸 Splatterpunk 🦴 Body Horror 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family In Peril

No One Rides For Free 86%

A stranger takes a family hostage on a desert road and feeds on their suffering.

by Judith Sonnet 2022

2.71

16k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk 🦴 Body Horror 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family In Peril

Cry Wolf

by Patricia Briggs • 2008

Mated to the alpha's enforcer, Anna must trust him to hunt a rogue and a witch.

4.12

110k+

🐺 Fated Mates 🛡️ Protective Hero 🌸 Traumatized Heroine

Cry Wolf 86%

Mated to the alpha's enforcer, Anna must trust him to hunt a rogue and a witch.

by Patricia Briggs 2008

4.12

110k+ ratings

🐺 Fated Mates 🛡️ Protective Hero 🌸 Traumatized Heroine

Haunting the Hunter

by Hanna Harp • 2025

A witch summons a demon to shield her brother, but the possessive creature wants only her.

3.39

7k+

🖤 Demon Love Interest 😈 Possessive Demon 👥 Sibling Protection

Haunting the Hunter 86%

A witch summons a demon to shield her brother, but the possessive creature wants only her.

by Hanna Harp 2025

3.39

7k+ ratings

🖤 Demon Love Interest 😈 Possessive Demon 👥 Sibling Protection

The Passage

by Justin Cronin • 2010

A government experiment unleashes a vampiric plague, and a child may be the world's only hope.

4.05

224k+

🧛 Vampire Apocalypse 🏘️ Walled Colony 🛡️ Reluctant Protector

The Passage 86%

A government experiment unleashes a vampiric plague, and a child may be the world's only hope.

by Justin Cronin 2010

4.05

224k+ ratings

🧛 Vampire Apocalypse 🏘️ Walled Colony 🛡️ Reluctant Protector

The Darkest Whisper

by Gena Showalter • 2009

A half-Harpy captive silences an immortal warrior's inner demon but her father is his sworn enemy.

4.30

45k+

🖤 Demon-Possessed Hero ⚔️ Immortal Warriors 🦇 Monster Heroine

The Darkest Whisper 85%

A half-Harpy captive silences an immortal warrior's inner demon but her father is his sworn enemy.

by Gena Showalter 2009

4.30

45k+ ratings

🖤 Demon-Possessed Hero ⚔️ Immortal Warriors 🦇 Monster Heroine

Kiss of Midnight

by Lara Adrian • 2007

A photographer films a vampire attack. The warrior who finds her knows she belongs to him.

3.92

67k+

🩸 Vampire Warrior Romance 💫 Fated Mates ⚔️ Brotherhood Of Warriors

Kiss of Midnight 85%

A photographer films a vampire attack. The warrior who finds her knows she belongs to him.

by Lara Adrian 2007

3.92

67k+ ratings

🩸 Vampire Warrior Romance 💫 Fated Mates ⚔️ Brotherhood Of Warriors

The Night Shift

by Robert Enright • 2016

A shattered sniper punishes a freed rapist, igniting war with a corrupt detective and crime kingpin.

4.28

11k+

🕶 Vigilante Thriller 👮 Police Corruption 🪖 Haunted Soldier

The Night Shift 85%

A shattered sniper punishes a freed rapist, igniting war with a corrupt detective and crime kingpin.

by Robert Enright 2016

4.28

11k+ ratings

🕶 Vigilante Thriller 👮 Police Corruption 🪖 Haunted Soldier

Point Blank

by Fern Michaels • 2015

Her daughter taken, a mother joins the Sisterhood to infiltrate a corrupted Chinese monastery.

4.34

4k+

🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Female Vigilantes 🚁 Rescue Mission

Point Blank 85%

Her daughter taken, a mother joins the Sisterhood to infiltrate a corrupted Chinese monastery.

by Fern Michaels 2015

4.34

4k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Female Vigilantes 🚁 Rescue Mission

Ghosts

by Nicholas Sansbury Smith • 2017

Aboard humanity's last airship, survival means dropping into a monster-filled wasteland to scavenge.

4.25

9k+

🪂 Drop Team Survival 🏜️ Wasteland Survival ✈️ Airship Society

Ghosts 85%

Aboard humanity's last airship, survival means dropping into a monster-filled wasteland to scavenge.

by Nicholas Sansbury Smith 2017

4.25

9k+ ratings

🪂 Drop Team Survival 🏜️ Wasteland Survival ✈️ Airship Society

Wings of Sorrow

by Iain Rob Wright • 2015

Born to unleash magic's apocalypse, a girl is hunted by a divine killer, guarded by a demon.

3.99

414

🖤 Demon Redemption ⚡ Reluctant Chosen One 🩸 Blood Magic

Wings of Sorrow 85%

Born to unleash magic's apocalypse, a girl is hunted by a divine killer, guarded by a demon.

by Iain Rob Wright 2015

3.99

414 ratings

🖤 Demon Redemption ⚡ Reluctant Chosen One 🩸 Blood Magic

Dark Desires After Dusk

by Kresley Cole • 2008

A demon mercenary needs a sword to reclaim his stolen crown. The price: his fated mate.

4.33

51k+

💘 Fated Mates 😈 Demon Hero 🛡️ Reluctant Protector

Dark Desires After Dusk 85%

A demon mercenary needs a sword to reclaim his stolen crown. The price: his fated mate.

by Kresley Cole 2008

4.33

51k+ ratings

💘 Fated Mates 😈 Demon Hero 🛡️ Reluctant Protector

The Great Zoo of China

by Matthew Reilly • 2014

A herpetologist is invited to China's secret dragon zoo on the day the creatures break free.

3.78

17k+

🎢 Theme Park Gone Wrong 🦖 Creature Thriller 🏭 Secret Facility

The Great Zoo of China 85%

A herpetologist is invited to China's secret dragon zoo on the day the creatures break free.

by Matthew Reilly 2014

3.78

17k+ ratings

🎢 Theme Park Gone Wrong 🦖 Creature Thriller 🏭 Secret Facility

The Fourth Monkey

by J.D. Barker • 2017

A dead man's severed ear forces a detective to hunt a killer who buries girls alive.

4.26

88k+

🕵️ Serial Killer Procedural 🐱 Cat And Mouse Game 📖 Killer Origin Story

The Fourth Monkey 85%

A dead man's severed ear forces a detective to hunt a killer who buries girls alive.

by J.D. Barker 2017

4.26

88k+ ratings

🕵️ Serial Killer Procedural 🐱 Cat And Mouse Game 📖 Killer Origin Story

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Ways

by Eve Kellman • 2024

Haunted by her sister's assault, she kills predators. The detective falling for her is closing in.

3.67

8k+

🗡️ Vigilante Thriller 🔪 Killer Protagonist 😈 Dark Comedy Thriller

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Ways 85%

Haunted by her sister's assault, she kills predators. The detective falling for her is closing in.

by Eve Kellman 2024

3.67

8k+ ratings

🗡️ Vigilante Thriller 🔪 Killer Protagonist 😈 Dark Comedy Thriller

Púa

by Lorenzo Silva • 2023

A retired spy must save his dying friend's daughter from the corrupt cop destroying her life.

3.59

1k+

🖤 Dirty War 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 👮 Corrupt Police

Púa 85%

A retired spy must save his dying friend's daughter from the corrupt cop destroying her life.

by Lorenzo Silva 2023

3.59

1k+ ratings

🖤 Dirty War 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 👮 Corrupt Police

Blu, My Protector

by R.S. McKenzie • 2024

A serial killer psychiatrist saves a barista from another predator, then can't let him go.

3.83

2k+

🔪 Serial Killer Romance 🖤 Touch Him And Die ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Blu, My Protector 85%

A serial killer psychiatrist saves a barista from another predator, then can't let him go.

by R.S. McKenzie 2024

3.83

2k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Romance 🖤 Touch Him And Die ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Afterlife

by Stephanie Hudson • 2012

A gothic nightclub offers refuge from her past. Its half-demon owner refuses to let her leave.

4.02

14k+

🩹 Trauma Survivor Heroine 💫 Fated Mates 🤍 Hurt Comfort

Afterlife 85%

A gothic nightclub offers refuge from her past. Its half-demon owner refuses to let her leave.

by Stephanie Hudson 2012

4.02

14k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Survivor Heroine 💫 Fated Mates 🤍 Hurt Comfort

Star Wars

by Joe Schreiber • 2010

A Sith experiment spawns a zombie plague; a captured Jedi and her psychic orchid are the only cure.

3.46

9k+

🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🖤 Space Gothic 🌱 Sentient Plants

Star Wars 85%

A Sith experiment spawns a zombie plague; a captured Jedi and her psychic orchid are the only cure.

by Joe Schreiber 2010

3.46

9k+ ratings

🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🖤 Space Gothic 🌱 Sentient Plants

Griffin

by S.M. West • 2022

A hairdresser witnesses a murder. A scarred stranger with no past is her only way out.

4.29

248

🏃‍♀️ Witness On The Run 💕 Forced Proximity 🖤 Scarred Protector

Griffin 85%

A hairdresser witnesses a murder. A scarred stranger with no past is her only way out.

by S.M. West 2022

4.29

248 ratings

🏃‍♀️ Witness On The Run 💕 Forced Proximity 🖤 Scarred Protector

Yellow

by Aron Beauregard • 2021

When a thug threatens his store and wife, a meek man finds the monster within.

3.77

2k+

🩸 Extreme Horror 🔪 Revenge Quest ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Yellow 85%

When a thug threatens his store and wife, a meek man finds the monster within.

by Aron Beauregard 2021

3.77

2k+ ratings

🩸 Extreme Horror 🔪 Revenge Quest ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Tales You Win

by Bea Paige • 2022

The daughter of a crime kingpin and her bodyguard: one forbidden touch could cost them everything.

4.08

4k+

🥊 Underground Fighting 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🔫 Crime Family

Tales You Win 85%

The daughter of a crime kingpin and her bodyguard: one forbidden touch could cost them everything.

by Bea Paige 2022

4.08

4k+ ratings

🥊 Underground Fighting 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🔫 Crime Family

Dear Killer

by Katherine Ewell • 2014

A London schoolgirl takes murder commissions; the detective hunting her becomes her confidant.

3.47

5k+

🗡️ Teen Assassin 🖤 Nihilistic Protagonist 👤 Secret Identity

Dear Killer 85%

A London schoolgirl takes murder commissions; the detective hunting her becomes her confidant.

by Katherine Ewell 2014

3.47

5k+ ratings

🗡️ Teen Assassin 🖤 Nihilistic Protagonist 👤 Secret Identity

Billy Summers

by Stephen King • 2021

A hitman's last hit needs a writer's disguise. The girl he saves makes him the target.

4.18

199k+

🔫 Hitman Thriller 📚 Literary Thriller 👨‍👧 Reluctant Father Figure

Billy Summers 85%

A hitman's last hit needs a writer's disguise. The girl he saves makes him the target.

by Stephen King 2021

4.18

199k+ ratings

🔫 Hitman Thriller 📚 Literary Thriller 👨‍👧 Reluctant Father Figure

World After

by Susan Ee • 2013

Angels turned her sister into a monster. Now Penryn fights to protect her from everyone.

4.14

109k+

🖤 Fallen Angel Romance ⚔️ Sentient Weapon 💪 Reluctant Warrior

World After 85%

Angels turned her sister into a monster. Now Penryn fights to protect her from everyone.

by Susan Ee 2013

4.14

109k+ ratings

🖤 Fallen Angel Romance ⚔️ Sentient Weapon 💪 Reluctant Warrior

The Poisoner

by I.V. Ophelia • 2024

A Victorian poisoner returns home to find a vampire leaving bodies carved in her image.

3.71

23k+

🧪 Poisoner Heroine 🖤 Gothic Vampire Romance 🦇 Predator To Protector

The Poisoner 85%

A Victorian poisoner returns home to find a vampire leaving bodies carved in her image.

by I.V. Ophelia 2024

3.71

23k+ ratings

🧪 Poisoner Heroine 🖤 Gothic Vampire Romance 🦇 Predator To Protector

The Bourne Ultimatum

by Robert Ludlum • 2004

To save his family, a professor must once again become the deadliest assassin alive.

4.08

68k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 📁 Covert Operations 🎭 Dual Identity

The Bourne Ultimatum 85%

To save his family, a professor must once again become the deadliest assassin alive.

by Robert Ludlum 2004

4.08

68k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 📁 Covert Operations 🎭 Dual Identity

Psycho

by Onley James • 2021

A psychic's touch reveals a professor is a vigilante. The killer decides to keep him.

4.24

15k+

🖤 Antihero Romance 🔪 Psychopath Hero 🤝 Found Family

Psycho 85%

A psychic's touch reveals a professor is a vigilante. The killer decides to keep him.

by Onley James 2021

4.24

15k+ ratings

🖤 Antihero Romance 🔪 Psychopath Hero 🤝 Found Family

Dexter in the Dark

by Jeff Lindsay • 2006

When his killer instinct deserts him, a cult marks his stepchildren for sacrifice.

3.57

41k+

🩸 Serial Killer Antihero 🕯️ Cult Ritual Murders 🗿 Ancient God Worship

Dexter in the Dark 85%

When his killer instinct deserts him, a cult marks his stepchildren for sacrifice.

by Jeff Lindsay 2006

3.57

41k+ ratings

🩸 Serial Killer Antihero 🕯️ Cult Ritual Murders 🗿 Ancient God Worship

Vengeful Heart

by Tiffany Roberts • 2022

A cybernetic alien crosses the galaxy to kill his mate's abuser before his hunters catch her.

4.18

1k+

👽 Alien Hero Romance 🛡️ Protective Mate 🫂 Found Family

Vengeful Heart 85%

A cybernetic alien crosses the galaxy to kill his mate's abuser before his hunters catch her.

by Tiffany Roberts 2022

4.18

1k+ ratings

👽 Alien Hero Romance 🛡️ Protective Mate 🫂 Found Family

Born For Marble

by Nicci Harris • 2025

A queen owned by the state and her guardian risk death for a forbidden love.

4.23

1k+

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 💔 Traumatized Heroine 🏠 Forced Proximity

Born For Marble 85%

A queen owned by the state and her guardian risk death for a forbidden love.

by Nicci Harris 2025

4.23

1k+ ratings

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 💔 Traumatized Heroine 🏠 Forced Proximity

American Assassin

by Vince Flynn • 2010

After a terrorist attack kills his girlfriend, a college athlete joins a CIA assassination program.

4.25

102k+

🐺 Lone Wolf Operative 💥 Revenge Mission 🌍 Middle East Espionage

American Assassin 85%

After a terrorist attack kills his girlfriend, a college athlete joins a CIA assassination program.

by Vince Flynn 2010

4.25

102k+ ratings

🐺 Lone Wolf Operative 💥 Revenge Mission 🌍 Middle East Espionage

Echo Burning

by Lee Child • 2001

Hitchhiking in Texas, a former military cop is asked to kill a desperate woman's husband.

4.05

109k+

🐺 Lone Wolf Investigator ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 🏛️ Corrupt Prosecutor

Echo Burning 85%

Hitchhiking in Texas, a former military cop is asked to kill a desperate woman's husband.

by Lee Child 2001

4.05

109k+ ratings

🐺 Lone Wolf Investigator ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 🏛️ Corrupt Prosecutor

Our Dark Duet

by Victoria Schwab • 2017

Infected by a creature of pure violence, a monster hunter returns to the fractured city she fled.

4.12

62k+

🗡️ Monster Hunters 🎵 Monsters With Souls 🖤 Found Family

Our Dark Duet 85%

Infected by a creature of pure violence, a monster hunter returns to the fractured city she fled.

by Victoria Schwab 2017

4.12

62k+ ratings

🗡️ Monster Hunters 🎵 Monsters With Souls 🖤 Found Family

End Game

by David Baldacci • 2017

Two assassins search for a vanished handler, uncovering a drug ring inside a Colorado missile silo.

4.21

57k+

🎯 Government Assassin 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 💕 Partners To Lovers

End Game 85%

Two assassins search for a vanished handler, uncovering a drug ring inside a Colorado missile silo.

by David Baldacci 2017

4.21

57k+ ratings

🎯 Government Assassin 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 💕 Partners To Lovers

Of Shadow and Sea

by Will Wight • 2014

An orphan assassin and her sentient blade guard a rotting empire from the dead gods below.

4.03

6k+

🕸️ Assassin Guild 🦑 Eldritch Horror 🔪 Child Assassin

Of Shadow and Sea 85%

An orphan assassin and her sentient blade guard a rotting empire from the dead gods below.

by Will Wight 2014

4.03

6k+ ratings

🕸️ Assassin Guild 🦑 Eldritch Horror 🔪 Child Assassin

A Dance of Cloaks

by David Dalglish • 2010

His father's test: kill his brother. A thief lord's son inherits a city that demands blood.

3.75

13k+

🗡️ Thief Guilds 🔪 Reluctant Assassin ⚔️ Assassin Training

A Dance of Cloaks 85%

His father's test: kill his brother. A thief lord's son inherits a city that demands blood.

by David Dalglish 2010

3.75

13k+ ratings

🗡️ Thief Guilds 🔪 Reluctant Assassin ⚔️ Assassin Training

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