The Beast has a wife now, and she may be the only thing in Nouvelle Orléans more dangerous than him.
Bebe Toussaint Lafitte should be enjoying her happily ever after. She survived a forced marriage to Valentin Lafitte, fell hopelessly in love with the terrifying Ravage crime boss she was supposed to hate, and finally reclaimed her romance bookstore and her life.
Then someone leaves a still-beating human heart between the shelves.
The message attached to it is simple.
RETURN WHAT BELONGS TO US.
Supernaturals are disappearing across Nouvelle Orléans. Their bodies are being harvested. Ancient bloodlines are resurfacing. And Bebe’s newly awakened Heartkeeper abilities are becoming powerful enough to frighten even the people who once ruled the city.
Because Bebe can do more than preserve Valentin’s memories.
She can command his Ravage.
She can enter his mind.
She may even possess the power to decide whether the Beast inside her husband gets to exist at all.
Then Bebe discovers Valentin knew far more about her bloodline before their marriage than he ever admitted.
Now the trust between them is cracking just as an old enemy begins tearing Nouvelle Orléans apart.
With supernatural districts falling, missing people being transformed into weapons, and generations of buried blood debts coming due, Bebe has to decide what kind of Heartkeeper she intends to become.
Valentin has spent his entire life fighting anyone who tried to control him.
This time, the woman he loves holds the leash, and Bebe has no intention of becoming another kind of cage.
Merciless is the explosive conclusion to the Call & Response Duology, featuring a possessive monster husband, marriage-in-crisis tension, supernatural crime families, a plus-size Black heroine, dangerous bloodline magic, forced-marriage fallout, morally gray romance, and a reimagined New Orleans where love always comes with a price.
Ratings & Reviews
The Beast has a wife now, and she may be the only thing in Nouvelle Orléans more dangerous than him.
Bebe Toussaint Lafitte should be enjoying her happily ever after. She survived a forced marriage to Valentin Lafitte, fell hopelessly in love with the terrifying Ravage crime boss she was supposed to hate, and finally reclaimed her romance bookstore and her life.
Then someone leaves a still-beating human heart between the shelves.
The message attached to it is simple.
RETURN WHAT BELONGS TO US.
Supernaturals are disappearing across Nouvelle Orléans. Their bodies are being harvested. Ancient bloodlines are resurfacing. And Bebe’s newly awakened Heartkeeper abilities are becoming powerful enough to frighten even the people who once ruled the city.
Because Bebe can do more than preserve Valentin’s memories.
She can command his Ravage.
She can enter his mind.
She may even possess the power to decide whether the Beast inside her husband gets to exist at all.
Then Bebe discovers Valentin knew far more about her bloodline before their marriage than he ever admitted.
Now the trust between them is cracking just as an old enemy begins tearing Nouvelle Orléans apart.
With supernatural districts falling, missing people being transformed into weapons, and generations of buried blood debts coming due, Bebe has to decide what kind of Heartkeeper she intends to become.
Valentin has spent his entire life fighting anyone who tried to control him.
This time, the woman he loves holds the leash, and Bebe has no intention of becoming another kind of cage.
Merciless is the explosive conclusion to the Call & Response Duology, featuring a possessive monster husband, marriage-in-crisis tension, supernatural crime families, a plus-size Black heroine, dangerous bloodline magic, forced-marriage fallout, morally gray romance, and a reimagined New Orleans where love always comes with a price.