Crown Me Dead: A Dark Fantasy Romance (Heartstring Duet)
Liv Zander
by Sephyrra
There was nothing left for me. Only judgment.
St. Dymphna's is where they lock up women like me. The ones who killed their husbands. The ones who won't stop screaming. The ones nobody wants to remember exist.
But this place is wrong. Something lives in these walls — something ancient and hungry.
Then I saw him. Eight feet of scarred muscle behind a metal mask. Red eyes that burn through the dark. A nightmare that shouldn't exist but does.
I was supposed to be another broken woman for the doctors to play with. Another meal for whatever feeds on guilt and madness here.
I should have been his perfect victim too.
But I didn't break.
I bit back.
And he saw something in that darkness — something that made him stop. Something that made him watch instead of strike.
Now in this asylum, something ancient demands blood. A masked monster decides who lives and who dies.
And I am not the helpless one.
Devoured is Book 3 of The Primal Sins Collection. Each book can be read as a standalone. MF dark monster romance. HEA. No cliffhanger.
Tropes: asylum horror, possessive monster, enemies to lovers, plus-size FMC over 35, feminine rage, morally gray heroine, who did it worse.
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May 10, 2026
I advise you to read the TW and go into this book as a HORROR romance not a dark romance. Amazing storyline. The gore and trauma were on point and perfect! Story hooked me in from the start. This was my first book by this author but wont be the last! )
February 15, 2026
This book was disgusting, disturbing, horrifying, dark, and deeply DEEPLY beautiful. I cried, I cringed, I gagged. This author has done this to me twice now (highly rec reading Drenched from this same series)! Zahra and Helmet Head™️ are a match made in hell and I loved every second of them together. I wish I could’ve been hanging from those meat hooks watching them bang it out! 😩🪝 My one beef was the undoing of the Judge. I feel like I didn’t buy that he just died so easily after a...
February 23, 2026
Love it love it!!! Dark but super satisfying!! It’s like silent hill if it was. Romance. Love the twists and turns and the ending super satisfying )
December 26, 2025
I liked the unflinching look into the horrors that dwell within us. I enjoyed the story and it swept me along and I enjoyed the ride! )
August 29, 2025
Every book I've read so far is this series is amazing! I especially loved this one. Spiced is awesome. Definitely more plot but makes for a great book. )
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