Toxic: A Dark Romance

Some men wear their darkness like a warning. He wears his like a crown.

When prison nurse Sloane takes a position inside one of the most fortified facilities in the state, she tells herself it's just a job—a chance to rebuild the quiet, controlled life she's carefully constructed around her wounds. Then she meets him. A ruthless, calculating inmate with the kind of eyes that strip a person bare and a smile that promises nothing good—and everything forbidden.

He shouldn't notice her. She shouldn't let him. But from the moment he looks at her like she's the only real thing in a world built on violence and lies, the professional distance Sloane clings to begins to crack. He sees the scars she hides beneath her scrubs, the ones no one else has ever bothered to look for. And somehow, that terrifies her more than his reputation ever could.

What unfolds between them is dark, consuming, and completely against every rule that exists. He is possessive, unpredictable, and morally twisted in ways that should repel her—and yet his touch feels like the most honest thing she's ever known. As their volatile connection deepens, the mafia shadows trailing his past begin closing in, and Sloane realizes the truth of why he's really behind bars may shatter everything she thought she understood about danger, survival, and desire.

Sometimes the most toxic things are the ones we can't survive without.