Butcher & Blackbird
The Ruinous Love Trilogy, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Joe Arden
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Lucy Rivers
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Written by:
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Brynne Weaver
About this listen
A friends-to-lovers dark romantic comedy full of murder, chaos, and spice, unlike anything you’ve heard before.
Every serial killer needs a friend. Every game must have a winner.
When a chance encounter sparks an unlikely bond between rival murderers Sloane and Rowan, the two find something elusive—the friendship of a like-minded, pitch-black soul. From small-town West Virginia to upscale California, from downtown Boston to rural Texas, the two hunters collide in an annual game of blood and suffering, one that pits them against the most dangerous monsters in the country.
But as their friendship develops into something more, the restless ghosts left in their wake are only a few steps behind, ready to claim more than just their newfound love.
Can Rowan and Sloane dig themselves out of a game of graves?
Or have they finally met their match?
Butcher & Blackbird is the first book in the Ruinous Love dark romance trilogy of interconnected stand-alone dark romantic comedies. This dual POV novel ends on an HEA.
Butcher & Blackbird is a dark romance intended for an adult audience—please see Brynne’s website for a comprehensive list of content warnings.
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- Julie W
- 2023-10-12
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- Nicole Rodman
- 2023-10-30
Love Every Minute
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- Amazon Customer
- 2023-11-21
What a performance!!
Y’all… the gasps I gusped. The tears I shed. The laughs I had. This audiobook start to finish, was 5/5 ⭐️ I had so much fun, this was such a great read! 10/10 recommend
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- Krystle
- 2024-01-05
Favorite book of 2023
Have you ever felt like a book was written for you? This book is everything I love about thrillers mixed with everything I love about a romance read splashed with spice. Highly recommend the audio book on this one the narrators were fantastic!
Favorite book of the year!
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- Brittany
- 2024-01-20
Out of this world narration
I think this might go down as my absolute favourite audiobook. Both narrators crushed this. They really brought the story to life and I can’t recommend this audiobook enough. Absolutely loved the story!
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- Celeste
- 2024-01-25
Exactly What I Needed
This was great. So funny. It kept moving along well. It’s dark and crazy and I couldn’t stop listening. The dual narration was perfect for this book.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2024-03-17
A dark Dexter rom com.
I loved the chemistry and the narrators. The humour was great and the spice was perfection. The one critique I had was the giggling,screams, or breathy added sound affects. They didn't match the description and could have done without them as I found it took away from the moment.
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- 2024-02-26
Wow.Just wow
Honestly I did not know what to expect, reading other reviews and trigger warnings had me excited and I have to say they don’t do the book justice. It’s incredible, funny, witty, great romance, and you are routing for serial killers!!! How crazy is that? Do yourself a favour and pick it up! Voice actors were incredible!!
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- Katelyn
- 2024-03-13
Butchers narrator
This story was VERY detailed but joe arden reading had me hooked paired with blackbirds narrators voice. If you have triggers please be careful reading this one
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- Savvy
- 2024-03-16
Dark Romance
The voice actor for Ronin is 🔥 Gotta love a dark* smutty book! Loved the fact it's two serial killers, well written and liked the way the book ended!
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