Crown Me Dead: A Dark Fantasy Romance (Heartstring Duet)
Liv Zander
by Larissa Ione
He was an assassin. She was his lover.
And his victim.
Now, years later, she’s back from the dead and looking for vengeance.
Thanks to an unexpected and fortuitous disaster, Tavin’s contract with the underworld’s Assassin Guild was broken decades early. But instead of freedom, he’s suffocated by guilt and regret. In many ways, he’s more trapped than he was before. In an attempt to numb his pain, he works at Underworld General Hospital, saving people instead of killing them. But nothing can diminish the memory of assassinating the female he loved…not even the knowledge that he’d done it to spare her an even worse fate.
Deja remembers all of her dozens of former lives, and she knows that she only found love in one of them…until her lover murdered her. As a soul locked inside the nightmarish boundaries of demon hell, she stewed in hatred until a single, fateful event gave her one more shot at life.
And at revenge.
Now another specter from the past is threatening them both. Can two damaged people overcome their history to save not only themselves, but a second chance at love?
Reviews for Bond of Passion:
“Strong male & female leads, fun world building, excellent storytelling. Have been reading this series for years & anxiously await when a new installment is coming out! Highly recommend!” A. Bumpers, Amazon Reviewer
“Excellent story telling. I love the Demonica world. This was another wonderful installment in the series.” Rene, Goodreads Reviewer
“Sparks fly (kind of literally) and the best planned vengeance ends up as a HEA. I really had fun with this one.” Carrie, Amazon Reviewer
March 17, 2026
I'm so addicted to this series. I have all of her books in this series, and I still want more. Tavin and Deja, two tortured People. Tavin a Seminous Demon and Deja a Needthal Demon. Coming together together after many years. Tavin killed her in an earlier life, and now she wants revenge, but somebody wants them both dead. Will not go into anymore details, you will just have to read it. I would suggest starting with the first book of the series called Pleasure Unbound and go from there. Once you...
November 28, 2022
Excellent return the Demonica World! This is the 21st installment of the Demonica series & is about Tavin, a former assassin turned paramedic who works at Underworld General Hospital helping heal the less evil demons among us. He lost his true love years ago & has been beating himself up for years but trying to atone by doing good since his assassin contract was up 50 years early b/c a a fluke in a previous book (not necessary to enjoy this stand alone book, it just helps w/all the other side...
November 13, 2022
4 stars - It was really good Tavin has been a background character in this series since Sin and Lore were introduced. He was a member of their assassin’s guild and had a pretty rough time there. Now that he is free of that contract, he is working at Underworld General trying to do some good to repay all the death he inflicted. Unfortunately, his victims have been reincarnated and are out for revenge, including the love of his life. Tavin and Deja’s story was really good. I love a good second...
April 19, 2026
I love Tavin and Deja,and the fact that they not only loved each other once but twice. She came for revenge, but got a mate instead. Really fun story. )
November 23, 2022
I pray this series never ends! It blows my mind at how intricately entwined each book of the series is with each other. How characters from the first books pop up and even get their own story...Tavin! This is one of my new favorites, the story is incredible and I love that so many people from former stories are in here. I absolutely love the plot of this book. A scorned/ murdered former lover, back from the dead to avenge herself... how could this not be an amazing story?! It's funny, sad,...
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