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Rook & Rebel by Kate Crew

The Mavericks · Book 1 of 3 · Includes an exclusive sneak peek of Book 2

The lines between love and vengeance blur, and he's not sure where one ends and the other begins.

Regan once had big dreams, but her father's illness changed the plan and left her trapped inside his mansion.

Then one night she comes face-to-face with a street biker.

Rook Emberson is everything she should fear. Morally grey, obsessive and driven by revenge, he enters her life with a plan already in motion.

Yet Rook is also the only person who has ever made Regan feel fully alive.

She was never supposed to matter. As opposites collide and stalker-like attention turns into genuine chemistry, Rook's revenge begins to unravel into obsession, and neither of them can tell where the plan ends and the feelings begin.

This BookTok dark romcom combines biker romance, dual perspectives, slow-burning tension and explicit heat with a dangerously flawed hero whose bad plan collapses the moment he meets the woman at its centre.

"The entire time reading this book I was giggling, kicking my feet and fanning myself!" - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review

"Just perfect. It's the best dark romance biker I ever read in my life." - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review

"The best dark romcoms are the ones where the joke stops being funny - and the feelings stop being fake."

🖤 READER MATCH™

GENRE: Dark romance • Dark romcom • Biker romance • Stalker romance

BEST FOR: Readers who want morally grey heroes with terrible plans, dual POV, opposites-attract chemistry, obsessive behaviour, explicit heat and dark romance that can still make them laugh.

NOT FOR: Readers seeking a soft or safe hero, a conventional love story, low spice or a standalone with no continuation.

Also not your match if... stalker-romance dynamics, revenge plots, obsessive behaviour, explicit content or biker culture fall outside your reading limits.

SPICE: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Explicit

THE VIBE:
A biker with a bad plan.
A woman who makes revenge inconvenient.
The joke stops being funny when the feelings become real.

READER RESPONSIBILITY: You are responsible for knowing your genre, tropes and personal limits. It is always okay to DNF a book that is not right for you. Please do not punish authors for writing the story they clearly promised.

VERDICT: Your match if you want a funny, spicy and obsessive biker romance where vengeance goes wrong and the chemistry is impossible to ignore.

⚠️ Recommended for ages 18+. Book 1 of 3, continuing in Ace & Ember. Contains stalker romance, a morally grey hero, revenge, obsessive behaviour, explicit content, dark themes and biker culture.

📚 FORMAT & DETAILS

Format: Softback
Bonus content: Exclusive sneak peek of Book 2
Pages: 432
Genre: Dark Romance / Dark Romcom
Series: The Mavericks, Book 1 of 3
Publisher: Headline Eternal
Published: 13 January 2026
Language: English
Recommended age: 18+

Content notes: Stalker romance • Morally grey hero • Revenge plot • Dark themes • Explicit content • Obsessive behaviour • Biker culture

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