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    The Darkest Rose
    The Darkest Rose
    The Darkest Rose
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    The Darkest Rose

    By Laurel Black

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    'He was about a head taller than I was. He was black, and had dark, caramel eyes. There were shadows underneath his eyes, with a sort of sorrow engraved within them. He was around my age, but something told me otherwise. It was his very presence that reminded me of something kind, compassionate, desperate.

    He wore all black, so much so I thought he looked like the reaper. His hands were bound, just like mine, and though his head was supposed to be down, he knew I was there. There was something animalistic about him, something I couldn’t help but be enticed by. And it snapped me out of my hunger.

    “Do you know me?” was the first thing I heard.'

    Nathan is a resident at Blackwell, a famous institution for the deranged, the criminally insane, and children with special powers. His job? Devour death row inmates on the day of their execution. This changes when he is kidnapped by a mysterious man named Damien, who says he knows Nathan from a life he neither wanted nor understood. In this chilling tale of love and loss, can Nathan overcome his demons and find the strength to move on, or will he be lost in the sorrow of his own sins?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLaurel Black
    Release dateJul 22, 2018
    ISBN9780463287392
    The Darkest Rose
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    Laurel Black

    Laurel Black is a writer who enjoys eating, sleeping, and dreaming of nothing in particular. She finds inspirations in various video games and movies, as well as other books. She loves Gothic re-tellings of fairy tales, as well as any romantic erotica with substance.

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