Can you be rescued by a serial killer? Apparently yes, and Blake attracts the quickly enamored Christmas Killer like no other . But Nico just wants to share his love of Christmas, and of course his killing hobby with Blake, that doesn't make him a bad guy, right?
From the Ho Ho Homicidal Maniac blurb:
“I love Christmas. So every year, I kill someone. As a treat.”
Nico
Have you ever fallen in love with a man as he was pointing his gun at you? Well, I have. Tiny problem? I’m in the middle of my murderous Christmas tradition, and he’s a witness.
But it’s not his fault I got too excited and didn’t check if I was alone. I can’t just kill him because of my own blunder. Not when he has such dreamy green eyes filled with fear and pent-up rage.
What I can do is take him with me for safekeeping while I work out how to make him understand that while my methods are cruel, my intentions are pure.
Or how to make him fall for me.
Whichever is first.
Blake
My eighteenth birthday was supposed to be the happiest day of my sheltered life. Finally, I would gain independence and inherit half my family fortune. Instead, I ended up kidnapped.
I was about to get carved into pieces when… a Christmas miracle in the form of a beefy homicidal maniac saved me.
Only now I’m trapped in his basement and getting love bombed by a psycho golden retriever. He eats turkey sandwiches for every breakfast, enjoys making festive ornaments out of human teeth, and lets his violent urges shine like a Christmas tree.
I shouldn’t find him hot.
I shouldn’t want to indulge his murderous tendencies.
And I definitely shouldn’t want him to be my first.
But I’m being hunted and might just need a monster to keep me safe.
(And he does actually make really good fruitcake)
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“Ho Ho Homicidal Maniac” is a standalone M/M dark romance where a Christmas-obsessed serial killer falls for a poor little rich boy who also happens to be his favorite true crime podcaster.
Themes and tropes: Size difference, serial killer, mistrust, small town, loneliness, possessive hero, grumpy/sunshine, dark humor, abduction, first love, morally gray, sheltered rich boy, psychopath, black cat/golden retriever relationship, stockholm syndrome, betrayal, first time, opposites attract, stuck together, fish out of water, CHRISTMAS, dark secret, dude in distress, wallflower
Wordcount: ~80.000 words
Warnings: Kidnapping, violence, gore, strong language, and steamy, explicit scenes
SNik's review:
Second in series (Murder and Mistletoe), but can be read as a standalone. Forced proximity. Dual POV. Heed content warnings.
His first time at a gay club and Blake is abducted, but he is accidentally rescued by the serial killer known as the Christmas Killer and unfortunately the man becomes enamored. Nico feels like Blake is his Christmas gift, his feelings grow fast for the sheltered, young rich kid that hasn’t really experienced anything including closeness or love.
So, Nico is definitely not well-balanced and his immediate attraction and obsession to Blake is hard for Blake to accept. Blake’s hesitations are reasonable, and as the story progresses slowly there is a sense of a bond building between them and eventually filled with high steam interactions. This is more a power imbalance, crazed, lust-filled story (full of holiday fervor) than a romance, and if you can enjoy the morally gray and not quite “normal” route to love then this book can be entertaining for sure.
Ho Ho Homicidal Maniac is currently available as an e-book and can be read as part of your Kindle Unlimited Subscription
Ho Ho Homicidal Maniac is currently available as an e-book and can be read as part of your Kindle Unlimited Subscription
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