Where Cruelty Resides. A dark romantasy (en Inglés) - Deborah J. Martins

Leo has spent twenty years keeping his hands off his best friend, but when her father sells her to a warlock, he’ll drag her through Hell before he lets anyone else touch her.

Leo

I’ve belonged to Billie since we were kids, not that she knows it. I took her father’s belt across my back so it wouldn’t land on hers, I’ve sat through every terrible vampire show she’s ever made me watch and I’ve spent years keeping my hands to myself.

But I’ve got a secret; I’m also the reason piskie dust is on every street in London. And even though she still thinks I only sell a bit of weed at the weekends, every bit of money I made was for her...to cover her father’s debts.

Then her father loses her to a warlock in a bet, and my patience runs out. The warlock thinks he owns her. I’ll drag her through Hell itself before I let him lay a finger on what’s mine.

Billie

For twenty years, Leo has looked at me like a kid sister. Then he broke into my caravan at three in the morning, told me I’d been sold and kissed me like he was starving. Now every time he touches me, he takes a little more of my soul, and I let him.

I know what he is now: a dealer, a liar, a killer and the son of a demon prince. I should run. After all, he’s already tied me to a bed once, and much worse than that.

But Hell is showing me what I am too. That I’m made of darkness, I feed on souls, and maybe the only one who can survive my touch is him.

This is book two in the Wisteria series following on from Where Madness Hunts. It can be read as a standalone, but if you have read Madness...this book follows the story of Jo’s little sister, Leo.

This is a dark book! Please check trigger warnings before proceeding.