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My Dreadful Darling by H.D. Carlton

Hollow Graves Duet · Book 1 of 2

She's been drowning her whole life. He intends to finish the job.

Reverie Adams is trying to live a normal life while carrying the weight of her father’s sinister legacy. But the daughter of a serial killer doesn’t get to leave the past behind that easily.

Dread Sharpe wants one thing: revenge against the family who murdered his mother.

And he has decided Reverie will pay.

But the deeper they are pulled into each other’s lives, the clearer it becomes that Reverie’s past may not be what either of them believed — and Dread isn’t the only ghost determined to make her suffer.

🖤 READER MATCH™

GENRE
Dark Romance • Psychological Romance • Romantic Suspense • Dark Bully Romance

BEST FOR
True enemies-to-lovers • revenge • obsession • morally dark characters • psychological tension • serial-killer themes • secrets • high angst • explicit spice

NOT FOR
Romantasy • sweet romance • cozy romance • low angst • low spice • soft relationship dynamics • morally uncomplicated heroes

Also not your match if bullying, toxic dynamics, violence or psychologically heavy themes are hard limits.

SPICE
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Very high • Explicit

THE VIBE
He wants revenge.
She’s paying for someone else’s sins.
Neither of them knows the whole truth.

READER RESPONSIBILITY
Know the genre. Know the tropes. Know your limits.

You can dislike a book, DNF it or give it one star. But there is a difference between a book being wrong for you and a book being bad.

Don’t pick up a dark romance and then punish the author for writing dark romance.

VERDICT
For readers who want their enemies-to-lovers to actually feel like enemies.

⚠️ 18+ • Book 1 of 2 • Ends on a cliffhanger
Please check the author’s current content warnings before reading.

📚 FORMAT & DETAILS

Format: Paperback
Pages: 608
Series: Hollow Graves Duet
Publisher: Zando
Published: 1 September 2026
Language: English

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