Criminal Desires

Genre: Dark Romance · Psychological Thriller · Erotic Suspense

Subgenre Tags: Obsessive Antiheroes · Predator-Prey Dynamics · Morally Gray FMCs · High Heat · Serial Killer Romance

Trope Core:

Predator/Prey
Forced Proximity
Enemies to Lovers
Obsession/Claiming
Body Disposal as Bonding
“He kills everyone but her” Energy

🖤 SERIES TONE & BRANDING

Pacing: Fast, pulpy, sharp. No fluff. High adrenaline, high heat.
Tone: Obsessive, seductive, viciously erotic. Psychological threat beneath every line.
Tagline: "Fall for the killer… if you dare to live long enough."

📚 SERIES BREAKDOWN

Book 1: Cut to the Bone

MMC: The Butcher — A meticulous, ritualistic killer targeting corrupt elites

FMC: Crime scene cleanup tech hiding her own secrets

Hook: She’s assigned to a scene he left unfinished. He circles back for his “work”… and finds her still there.

Dynamic: Cat-and-mouse becomes forced proximity. He stalks her life. She craves the danger.

Kinks: Knife play · Restraint · Mutual destruction vibes

Status: Drafting / Current Word Total: 6,200

Releasing: 2026

Book 2: The Body Artist

MMC: A dismemberment killer who turns his victims into “art”

FMC: Forensic sketch artist with hyper-realistic recall and facial blindness

Hook: Her drawings are the only way the cops can “see” him. He kidnaps her—to teach her to see him as he sees her.

Dynamic: Abduction romance with psychological breakdown and erotic trust-building

Kinks: Praise kink · Mask play · Forced creativity

Status: Outlining

Releasing: TBD

Book 3: Heart Line

MMC: A medical examiner turned killer, harvesting hearts from the living

FMC: ER trauma nurse, emotionally numb after losing her fiancé

Hook: She starts receiving anonymous heart donations matching patients who should’ve died. Then her own life is saved by him.

Dynamic: Angel of death / reluctant savior who stalks her shift-by-shift

Kinks: Blood kink · Voyeurism · Life-or-death sex scenes

Status: Outlining

Releasing: TBD

Book 4: Pretty Dead Things

MMC: A former child actor turned spree killer with a God complex

FMC: Tabloid journalist with a death wish and a blacklist of people she wants dead

Hook: She writes a piece taunting him. He answers.

Dynamic: Mutual destruction pact · Sexualized revenge · Journalistic seduction

Kinks: Degradation · Exhibition · Power struggle in public

Status: Outlining

Releasing: TBD

Book 5: The Final Girl’s Lover

MMC: A copycat killer mimicking horror tropes

FMC: The lone survivor of a previous massacre, now working as a horror screenwriter

Hook: He starts copying her unproduced scripts. She realizes she’s not the author—she’s the bait.

Dynamic: Survivor vs predator turned lovers locked in a script of their own

Kinks: Roleplay · Masked sex · Fear play with safeword-as-bait twist

Status: Outlining

Releasing: TBD