Ruined & Real Duet
Love was never meant to be simple—not when it comes laced with danger, obsession, and choices that could cost everything. The Ruined & Real Duet follows Zane Thorne, a powerful man tangled in a world of crime, and Robin Blackwood, a woman who wanted nothing more than a quiet life. What begins as an unexpected collision spirals into a bond neither of them can deny, even as betrayal, violence, and fate rip at the edges of their story.
This duet explores what it means to lose yourself in someone, to love against all odds, and to discover that sometimes survival means sacrificing the very thing you can’t live without.
Book One: Loss of My Life
Robin Blackwood lives quietly, surrounded by books and routine, until one night shatters her safety. Shadowed by men who mean her harm, she’s saved by Zane Thorne—a man who’s every bit as dangerous as the world he rules. Zane never meant to get involved, but Robin draws him in, pulling light into a life carved from blood and power.
Their connection is undeniable, fierce, and terrifying. But as Zane’s empire closes in around them, Robin finds herself caught between the safety she’s always known and the ruin Zane promises. And Zane—who’s never believed he could have more than control and violence—realises the one thing that could destroy him isn’t an enemy, but a woman with too much heart.
In the end, love might not be enough to save them. It may be the very thing that breaks them.
TRIGGER WARNINGS:
Themes of death and mortality
Emotional, physical, and psychological abuse
Graphic violence or murder
Trauma and PTSD
Anxiety, panic, and high-stress situations
Grief, loss, and bereavement
Toxic relationships and controlling behaviour
Manipulation and coercion
Injury, blood, and bodily harm
Kidnapping and abduction
Sexual fantasies
Detailed Attempted sexual assault and sexual assault
Torture and extreme violence
Sexual references
Mentions of Child abuse
Book Two: [Title kept under wraps]
[Details are kept under wraps for now.]
Begged the Gods
Love had a way of finding everyone except Iris Calloway. It drifted through her life like a breeze she could feel but never hold, brushing past her in the form of friends clasping hands, whispered confessions, lips meeting in quiet corners.
Iris watched it all with a smile she’d perfected over years of pretending she wasn’t waiting for her own moment, her own spark, her own story. She told herself she wasn’t asking for much. Just one person who might see her and choose her. Just one reason to believe the gods SHE’D BEGGED hadn’t forgotten her name.