THE BLACKWOOD REAPER

Blackwood Ranch is a cathedral of decay, a place where secrets are buried deeper than the dust. Seraphina Graves has come to this desolate corner of the American West to unearth the truth. Twenty years ago, her grandfather was accused of stealing a fortune from the powerful Thorne family, a crime that ruined his name. Seraphina is determined to clear it, even if it means confronting the man who now owns the land—and the darkness. Elias Thorne is the Blackwood Reaper. A man forged in solitude and danger, he is a possessive alpha male with icy blue eyes and a soul as dark as his worn cowboy hat. He is a warning whispered in town, a predator who doesn’t ask permission to exist. When Seraphina arrives, he gives her ten minutes to leave. She defies him. Trapped by a sudden, violent storm, Seraphina is forced into a deadly bargain: she can stay, but only under Elias’s brutal rules. Now, the defiant outsider is his responsibility, and the forced proximity ignites a forbidden desire that is as overwhelming as it is dangerous. As Seraphina searches for the truth about the Thorne family secret and the curse of the gold, she finds herself in a perilous game of defiance and desire. Elias is determined to tame her, to claim her, and to keep the past buried. But the more he tries to control her, the more the sexual tension explodes, threatening to consume them both. She came for the truth. She might leave with a Reaper. THE BLACKWOOD REAPER is a standalone Dark Romance / Gothic Western novel featuring an intense Enemies-to-Lovers dynamic, forced proximity, and a morally gray anti-hero. Reader discretion is advised.