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a spicy, dark Western romance

Romance Romance: ‘western’, rural or ‘outback’ Dark romance

Author: Saffron A. Kent

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Language: English

Published by: Piatkus

Published on: 28th October 2025

Format: LCP-protected ePub

ISBN: 9780349447773


Synopsis

A searing dark, western romance featuring a college student using a false identity to exchange spicy letters with a prison inmate, only to be hunted down when the convicted cowboy is released. She's a shy college student who will bring him to his knees. He's an ex-con cowboy hellbent on revenge. It all began with letters. Every word he wrote etched itself into my mind, into my soul. I had no choice but to fall for him. Was it really so bad that the letters were part of a pen-pal program... for prisoners? Or that they weren't addressed to me? It's not as if we'd ever meet. It's not as if I'd ever get to look into Beau's eyes that yearn for the ranch he left behind. Or that I'd ever get to feel his work-roughened hands dominating my body just as he does my fevered dreams. What harm could there be? Until one afternoon when I find myself standing in front of Beau - pretending to be someone I'm not. But the joke's on me because for all my pretenses, his deception is much crueller... The hardened, dangerous, impossibly beautiful man is nothing like the man in the letters. And it's too late for me to run.

What you need to know about this sizzling read:

Morally Grey Cowboy - a big ex-con with even bigger 'touch her and d*e' energy

Shy FMC - a sheltered, insecure college student with a traumatic childhood

Scorching Hot Spice - forced proximity, dark forest chase, bondage, only one horse

Extreme Plot Twists

Favourite elements:

swoon-worthy letters, hilarious banter, age gap, plus-size rep

Content Guidance:

The contents of this dark romance book may be triggering to some readers. It contains explicit sexual content and a morally gray hero. Please refer to the trigger warnings.

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