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Skin of a Sinner by Avina St. Graves
Published by Avina St. Graves
Contact the author at [email protected]
Copyright © 2023 Avina St. Graves
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced.
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead; events; or locations is entirely coincidental.
The author acknowledges the trademark status and trademark owners of various products, brands, and/or restaurants referenced in the work of fiction. The publication/use of these trademarks is not authorized, associated with, or sponsored by the trademark owners.
Cover by Graphic Escapist
Chapter Art by Zian Schafer
Character Art by Zian Schafer
Formatting made with Atticus
Paperback ISBN 978-0-473-69304-6
eBook ISBN 978-0-473-69306-0
First Edition
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Contents
Blurb
Author's Note
Playlist
Triggers
Roman Character Art
Isabella Character Art
Epigraph
Dedication
1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 4
5. Chapter 5
6. Chapter 6
7. Chapter 7
8. Chapter 8
9. Chapter 9
10. Chapter 10
11. Chapter 11
12. Chapter 12
13. Chapter 13
14. Chapter 14
15. Chapter 15
16. Chapter 16
17. Chapter 17
18. Chapter 18
19. Chapter 19
20. Chapter 20
21. Chapter 21
22. Chapter 22
23. Chapter 23
24. Chapter 24
25. Chapter 25
26. Chapter 26
27. Chapter 27
28. Chapter 28
29. Chapter 29
30. Chapter 30
31. Chapter 31
32. Chapter 32
33. Chapter 33
34. Epilogue
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Also By The Author
Also By - Death's Obsession
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Blurb
No one tells you what to do when the boy who shattered your heart comes back to steal it.
Roman Riviera was my everything once upon a time. I found my knight in shining armor in the form of a fellow foster kid. He protected me and promised to stand by my side forever.
But Roman Riviera is a liar.
He left me with monsters.
Three years later, I found him in the middle of the night, soaked in my family’s blood and carving his initials into my foster brother’s skin. He tied me up and dragged me away from the life I had made without him.
I tried to run, but he chased me. I wanted to scream, but the sound never came out.
He says that I’m never getting away from him. He says he’s back for good. I don’t believe him.
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Author's Note
Is the love interest a problematic, obsessive, walking red flag that belongs in prison? Yes.
Would he chase you through the woods, blow your back out and tell you to take it like a good girl? Also yes.
But would he steal your panties? Watch you sleep? Mark your name into his chest? Kill for you, then treat you like a princess? I think you know the answer to that.
And you know what? Us girlies are proud to call his red flags green.
Oh, and on a very serious note, this book is a work of fiction. It does not mean I condone the characters’ actions.
Skin of a Sinner is a standalone dark romance book with flashbacks, no cliff-hangers and a guaranteed happy ending.
Happy reading x
A St. Graves
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Playlist
Slow Down - Chase Atlantic
Reflections - The Neighborhood
King for a Day - Pierce the Veil
Bulls in the Bronx - Pierce the Veil
My Medicine - The Pretty Reckless
Make Me Wanna Die - The Pretty Reckless
De Selby (Part 2) - Hozier
Closer - Nine Inch Nails
Kicks - Barns Courtney
Yayo - Lana Del Rey
Prisoner - The Weeknd, Lana Del Rey
Fireworks - First Aid Kit
Teenagers - My Chemical romance
Mr. Brightside - The Killers
My strange addiction - Billie Eilish
Everybody Talks - Neon Trees
Lonely Boy - The Black Key
Don't Speak - No Doubt
Stolen Dance - Milky Chance
Blood In The Cut - K.Flay
The Less I Know The Better - Tame Impala
Elephant - Tame Impala
Cinnamon Girl - Lana Del Rey
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
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Triggers
Stalking, dubious consent, consent-not-consent, primal kink, somnophilia, light degradation, forced orgasm, blood play, breeding/ unprotected sex, kidnapping, murder, graphic violence, gore, torture, drugging, sexual assault (groping and verbal), depression, anxiety, prescription medication use, mental illness, eating disorder, (male) genital mutilation, drugs, swearing, speech impediment, poverty, child poverty, child abuse (psychological, physical, and sexual)
The opposite of triggers (for some people):
Praise, pet names, masks, some groveling, an absolutely obsessive, possessive, over the top MMC
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"I hate and I love. Why do I do this, perhaps you ask.
I know not, but I feel it happening and I am tortured."
- Catullus
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Dedication
To all the self-proclaimed good girls who want to be chased through the forest, then fucked by a masked man.
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Chapter 1
ISABELLA
“I’m sorry, Princess. I didn’t mean to wake you.”
It’s him.
He’s here.
He’s back.
No, no, no, this is wrong. This is all wrong.
He left me, and he didn’t say goodbye. He promised me that we would always be together, and he left. What is he doing here? Why is he here? Why—
Bile lurches up my throat as I spot the crimson splatter crawling up the wall, pooling on the wooden floor and painting his skin with the poisonous color. I’ve seen him stained with red, smelling like iron and danger, but never like this. Not with drops freckling around his steel eyes and dripping from his dark hair.
The liquid glistening from his black gloves and matting his shirt is a haunting contrast to the bloody knife in one hand and, in the other, a mask with bright red crosses through the eyes that watch my every move. Stitched lips stuck in a taunting smile dare me to make a sound.
