Fallen God

He's a villain in disguise and I'm his next obsession.Rowan Miller is a force of nature-towering, inked, and sculpted like a Michelangelo masterpiece. He sweeps into Darkwater Hollow cloaked in mystery and instantly becomes the talk of the town. But beneath the charm and charisma lies something darker, something only I seem to sense.I promised myself I'd stay away from him. But that becomes impossible when he moves in next door and suddenly seems to be everywhere I turn.When my home mysteriously goes up in flames, Rowan offers me a deal I can't refuse: a roof over my head in exchange for pretending to be his girlfriend.It should've been simple-a temporary arrangement. But the way Rowan looks at me-hungry, possessive, unrelenting-makes my pulse race and my skin heat. The longer we play this game, the more real it feels.Then I find out-Rowan is more than he seems. His secrets aren't just dangerous-they're deadly. And when his past catches up with us, I have to decide if I can survive loving him.Because in Rowan's world, there are no heroes. Only villains.~~When He Desires is book 1 of the Fallen God duet. The story continues in When He Takes.Tropes: hidden identity, fake dating, obsessed hero, slow burn, banter

I've fallen for a monster. A man who doesn't ask for what he wants-he takes. And now, he's taken me.Rowan Miller isn't who I thought he was. He's Nero De Luca, the ex-consigliere of a notorious New York mob family, and he's been lying to me from the moment we met.If I return home to Darkwater Hollow, it will be a death sentence.But staying with Nero means diving headfirst into the perilous underworld of New York-a place I'm ill-equipped to navigate.I should despise Nero for his betrayal, and a part of me does. But as I'm drawn deeper into his world, I begin to see that not all darkness is the same.Now, I'm caught between two worlds and two versions of a man I thought I knew. Can I trust Nero to protect me from even greater dangers?Or is my only chance at safety escaping his iron grasp and running away?~~When He Takes is book 2 of the Fallen God duet. Nero and Blake's story begins in book 1, When He Desires.