Pre-order Affinity for Pain- Links in bio! 😁 If you want sexy, dark, trauma-healing, and snarky as fuck, Affinity for Pain is for you! 😈 Perfect for fans of J.R. Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood series & Keri Lake’s Nightshade, Affinity for Pain is a dark paranormal romance that's steamy, action-packed, & full of emotional intrigue. Hope Turner is the ideal human-hunting assassin, & she is damn good at her job. A daughter of the Chakal, a race of hybrid demons lacking physical sensation & emotion, Hope was always brutally efficient in her work. She never struggled with a case, that is, until she was assigned to take down Ciaran O'Connor – a stubborn, strong-willed bodyguard w/ a dark past & severe PTSD. He also happens to be her soulmate. When the omaeriku – an inescapable soulmate bond – takes hold of her, Hope is hit with a wave of emotion & physical sensation for the first time in her life. Finding herself unable to kill Ciaran & ending up on her former boss’s hit list, Hope & Ciaran must escape into hiding. Immediately, the chemistry between Hope & Ciaran is electric. However, they must try to direct their focus on finding a way to take down Marcus Dentry, their newfound common enemy, who was both Hope’s former boss & Ciaran’s former captor & torturer. As they spend more time together and succumb to their physical desire for each other, the newfound emotion & pain brought forth by the soulmate bond begin to overwhelm Hope. Can Hope learn to handle her sudden emotions, both the good & the bad, before it drives her away from the only person who can make her feel? And can Hope & Ciaran track down Marcus and exact their revenge before he gets to them first? Inspired by the works of authors like Robin McKinley & Neil Gaiman, Affinity for Pain is a great next read for smut-lovers seeking a romance that includes action, intimate vulnerability, & electric chemistry. #books #bookaddict #adultfantasy #steamybooks #smuttbook #spicybook #paranormalromance #enemiestolovers #romancebooks #paranormalromancebooks #spicybookrecs #bookstagram #darkromance #AffinityForPain #rejohnson #fantasy #demons #assassin #sexualtension #soulmates #dark #antihero (at The Forgotten Realms) https://www.instagram.com/p/Chk7dDUv5a9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=