Pretty When He Bleeds: A Dark MM Hockey Romance (Sinners of Blackthorne U Book 1)

Some men are built to be worshipped from a distance—Roman Bishop is one of them, until the one person who wants him destroyed gets close enough to finish the job.

Roman is Blackthorne University's golden boy, the kind of hockey player whose name echoes through packed arenas and earns reverent silence in locker rooms. But behind the effortless smirk and immaculate stats, Roman is a man quietly rotting from the inside out—consumed by guilt over the death of his first love, Caleb, and addicted to the only thing that makes him feel real: pain.

When Caleb's brother Damon arrives on campus, he isn't here to grieve. He's here to burn Roman's carefully constructed life to the ground, brick by brick, with cold precision and simmering fury. Damon blames Roman for everything—and Roman isn't sure Damon is wrong.

What neither of them expects is how quickly hatred can curdle into something far more dangerous. As their rivalry bleeds through practice sessions and darkened hallways, the line between vengeance and obsession begins to dissolve entirely. Damon came to break Roman. Instead, he discovers that Roman has already broken himself—and that the most terrifying thing isn't hating someone, but needing them.

*Pretty When He Bleeds* is a scorching dark MM hockey romance that doesn't flinch from its shadows. If you love morally complex men, slow-burning obsession, and love stories that cut before they heal, Roman and Damon are waiting for you.