Review: There Are No Saints

 

Title: There Are No Saints

Series: Sinners Duet

Author: Sophie Lark

Release Date: October 2021

I loathe Alastor Shaw.

The city of San Francisco thinks we’re rival artists.

In truth, we’re predators battling for hunting ground.

We never chased the same prey. Until the night we both laid eyes on Mara Eldritch.

Shaw wants to use her as a pawn in his twisted game.

I’m fixated on her for a different reason…

She makes me feel things I never thought I could feel. Want things I never wanted.

Only she can make me lose control.

I don’t know if I should protect her at all costs… or destroy her before she ruins me.

Mara knows I’m no saint. But she has no idea she’s dancing with the devil…

The Lark Notes:

I have always been fascinated by true crime, as well as by villains and anti-heroes. A serial killer is, of course, the ultimate anti-hero — the baddest of the bad boys. Redeeming a character who starts so evil was a challenge that inspired me to entirely new heights and entirely new depths. Come on this darkly sensual and utterly brain-bending ride with me! — Sophie

"There Are No Saints” is the first book in the Sinners Duet. Reader be warned: this is a dark and steamy serial killer romance that will take you on a journey through the twisted mind of an artist on the brink of madness.

Wow. 

So I went in blind to There Are No Saints & loved diving into the darkness- but be wary of the trigger warnings if you need them. 

Cole Blackwell is an artist, fairly rich and famous in his city of San Francisco. Only matched by his rival Alabaster Shaw. 

Both are amazing artists but both hold a dark secret. Both are predetors, using San Francisco as their hunting grounds. Never once did they chase the same prey. Not until they both fixated on Mara Eldritch. 

Shaw seen her as a pawn in his twisted game. 

Cole was fixated on her for entirely different reasons. She made him feel things he never thought he could feel. She made him lose control. 

Cole can't decide if he should protect her, or destroy her, before she ruins him. 

Honestly, I didn't know what to expect with this book. I went in blind. It was dark but so much more. Two well known, influencial people in the art community, hiding in plain sight. They were dark and twisted and so much more. Then their was Mara caught in the middle. She was everything Cole should loathe, yet he couldn't figure her out. He found himself drawn to her. 

It was captivating and thrilling and I cannot wait to pick up the second book to find out where this story leads. 4⭐ out of 5⭐. 

Trigger Warnings: Stalking, kidnapping, violence/murder.