Scythe & Sparrow

By: Brynne Weaver

Published by Zando, 2025-02-11

<b>From the #1 <i>New York Times</i> and <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author of the genre-breaking international TikTok sensation <i>Butcher & Blackbird</i> comes the final book in the Ruinous Love Trilogy--a friends-with-benefits dark romantic comedy packed with murder, mayhem, and spice.</b><br> <br> <i>God, I want to kiss her. I want to feel the heat of her lips against mine. Would she want that? Would she melt against me if she did? Or would the tension I feel between us snap and release something feral inside her? Inside me? </i><br> <br> Doctor Fionn Kane is running from a broken heart, one he hopes to mend in small-town Nebraska, far away from his almost-fiancé and his derailed surgical career. It's a simpler life: head down, hard work, and <i>absolutely no</i> romantic relationships. He wants none of the circus he left behind in Boston. <br> <br> But then the <i>real</i> circus finds him. <br> <br> Motorcycle performer Rose Evans has spent a decade on the road with the Silveria Circus, and it suits her just fine, especially when she has the urge to indulge in a little murder when she's not in the spotlight. But when a kill goes awry and she ends up with an injured leg, Rose finds herself stuck in Nebraska, at the home of the adorably nerdy town doctor. <br> <br> The problem is, not every broken heart can be sewn back together. <br> <br> . . . And the longer you stay in one place, the more likely your ghosts are to catch up.<br> <br> Tropes:<br> Friends with benefits<br> Small-town romance<br> Fish out of water<br> Forced proximity<br> Hurt/care<br> Touch her and die