Even if it Hurts - Sam Mariano

\n \nA psychopath and his prey.\n \nA dangerous, toxic, and pulse-pounding love story...\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \nHe could have been my hero.\n \nHe saved my life that night, a beautiful dark angel slicing through my fear and the water, dragging me from its deadly clutches.\n \nHe should have been my hero.\n \nI thought maybe he was.\n \n \n\n \nVillains aren't supposed to win, and good should always conquer evil, but in the elite coastal town I live in, the only purpose a label has is letting you know what something-or someone-costs. Good, bad; it's all relative, and it hardly matters. Baymont, California, is a land of beautiful villains and happy-ever-afters that are just out of reach.\n \n \n\n \nEspecially for me.\n \n \n\n \nUntil Dare moves the world beneath my feet, and even though I'm afraid to trust it-to trust him-boy, am I tempted.\n \nIn more ways than one.\n \nBeing with Dare is scary, but being without him is impossible.\n \nHe makes it impossible.\n \n \n\n \nDare's no hero, that much is clear, but maybe...\n \nMaybe he's mine.\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \nThis story contains adult subject matter and triggers and is intended only for a mature, adult audience. See the opening author's note for more explicit warnings, but know this is a dark romance with a very dark hero.\n