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- Content warnings: Violence, Graphic violence, Murder, Blood, Gore, Body horror, Child death, Trauma, Abandonment, Manipulation, Sexual content
Death's Sweet Embrace
by Tracey O'Hara
Book 2 in Dark Brethren
Kitt and Raven's second chance is tangled up with a vicious campus murder case, which keeps the romance from floating off into pure angst. Come for shifters with history. Stay for the forensic/paranormal mess around them.
goodreads 3.83/5 475 ratings
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Length336 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 3 books
Spice3/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Forbidden love
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Rekindled
- Medium
- Passionate / intense
- Romantic fulfillment
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- Shifter alpha
- Betrayal to trust
- Tension / anticipation focus
- Adrenaline rush
- Protector
- Push and pull
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Earned hope
- Dark/tortured soul
- Protective love interest
- Fantasy / supernatural intimacy
- Found family feels
- Warrior/fighter
- Hurt/comfort
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Longing glances
- Possessive/protective
Fantasy promise
- Urban fantasy romance
- Shifter romance
- Academy / campus
- Urban fantasy
- Shifters
- Big city / metropolis
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- Paranormal
- Werewolves
- Second chance
- Hospital / medical facility
- Contemporary
- Vampires
- Survival romance
- Hidden past revealed
- Romantic suspense
Reading experience
- Multi-POV
- Fast
- Dark
- Heavy
- Shapeshifter
- Suspenseful
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- Survivor
- Romantic
- Fast-paced
- Healer
- Intense
- Gritty
- Character-driven
- Dangerous
- Forbidden desire
- Deadly trials
- Protect at all costs
- Page turner
- Series binge material
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Book details
- Length
- 336 pages
- Publisher
- Harper Voyager
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book