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Butcher & Blackbird
- The Ruinous Love Trilogy, Book 1
- Narrated by: Joe Arden, Lucy Rivers
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
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Publisher's Summary
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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- Anonymous User
- 2024-03-20
His voice will make you fall in love with Rowan.
Story was well written but the narrators (especially for Rowan) was phenomenonal. Highly recommend to everyone!
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- Court J
- 2024-03-26
You had me at trigger warnings...
This one is definitely a polarizing read but I’m on team #yesplease 🥵
🔪Dexter but with spice 🌶️
🔪 characters are loveable but a bit psychotic …but you root for them anyway
🔪 listened to on audio and highly recommend it!
Can’t wait to get my hands on book 2 😍
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- Laura R
- 2023-11-01
My Fave Audiobook of the Entire Year!!
This audiobook was pure perfection! The story was amazing! It had me engaged from the very first minute... parts were hilarious, parts were Heart warming and some parts are very very steamy!!
Even better than the story is the narration and editing!! The production is absolutely impeccable!! Joe Arden should never not do the Irish accent... and the chemistry and timing between the 2 narrators was seriously something special!!
If you love rom-coms and dark romance then do not sit on this one...listen to it NOW!!
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- Anonymous User
- 2023-12-25
Five star story and performance
Loved it! I just wanted more when it was over 😭 couldn’t get enough. Anxiously waiting for book 2.
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- Bklvr77
- 2023-12-28
narration
loved the narrators for this book! fast paced, dark and lots of lol moments
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- Lindsay Green
- 2023-11-27
So so good
This book was really creative, sexy, funny and kept me locked in for the entire listen. I really really enjoyed it, can’t wait for the next in the series
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- Christine Goncalves
- 2024-01-29
Enemies to Lovers SPICY page turner!
This was the RoM-Com i have been waiting for! Spicy, Thrilling, Hilarious, Enemies to lovers with a whole lot of serial killer, cannibalism, a page turner with endless entertainment throughout.
Two serial killer hunters who while running a competition/challenge with each other fall head over heels in the most bloody, gory scenes. The tension, the banter, the laughs! soooo good! Had me right at the trigger warnings! Very Quentin Tarantinoish! All for it! cannot wait for the next book.
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- tami feicht
- 2024-01-17
The narrators
I loved, listening to the two narrators banter. I’m not sure this would’ve been the same reading the actual book.
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- Melissa
- 2024-03-11
Thrilling and Spicy
I didn't know much about this book before jumping in, just that it had good reviews. I'm happy I read it, the plot was exciting, and the suspense leading up to the romance was good. I wasn't expecting the amount of detailed spice but I also didn't mind it. Looking forward to the next book!
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- Bobbi Jo Milner
- 2024-02-21
Amazing narration.
Really funny and romantic. Easy listen. Good spice.
Story was a little choppy, but still good.
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