Torch Lit Ink is celebrating this upcoming dark romance from DE Dietz with a book tour event.
📆 Release Date : July 28
Book Tour Dates : August 4 – August 13
‼️ Hearts Strengthened by Cyanide is the 3rd book of The Afton Adders series….but it can be read as a standalone. Hearts Held by Barbed Wire (book 1) and Hearts Etched in Glass (book 2) are available to read for Free with Kindle Unlimited. ‼️
*Limited review copies will be offered for books 1 and 2.
𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒓𝒃:
Kenneth Afton hates everyone.
Though he hates ‘krauts’ more than anything and unfortunately, Kenneth is forced to marry within the German mob, Immertreu. This deal is to strengthen their alliance before the business is snuffed out by the Nazi soldiers moving in. He must come to terms with his newfound transaction and aid his new wife as she rises within the ranks of her gang. In time he questions his hatred for krauts and comes to find that he adores how his wife provokes every reaction from him. He learns that there is no stronger bond than when enemies become lovers and decides to lay his prejudice from the Great War aside, to accept his new life. But his life will be ripped from him.
A Nazi concentration camp has formed near the town, Alice tries to expose their heinous crimes. As she tries to save innocent children from the Nazi soldiers, she is made prisoner for her actions.
Evoking Kenneth’s rage.
Will he save her in time?
Or will she die by cyanide?
Tropes:
🗡Enemies to Lovers
☠️ Shibari
🗡Touch Her and Die
☠️Peaky Blinders and Draco inspired MMC
🗡Morally Grey
☠️Mafia/ Gangster Romance
🗡PTSD Healing
☠️Gangsters effing up Nazis
🗡Unhinged FMC to the point you don’t know if you should crush on her or him.
☠️Domming
🗡Forced Marriage/ Forced Proximity
☠️ The witty banter = gut splitting laughter
🗡Meet Rhino, your new bestie
Content Warnings:
profanity, alcohol and substance use, physical violence, murder, gore, explicit sex scenes, references to domestic violence, sexual assault by a priest, sexual assault by a Nazi soldier, suicide, mafia violence, torture, PTSD, and war.
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Page Length: 370 pages
