Leather & Lark

The Ruinous Love Trilogy, Book 2

De: Brynne Weaver

Narrado por: Samantha Brentmoor, Eric Nolan

“I don’t just want to hear her laugh, I need to earn it. Every time I gain a little ground, I want more. I want to break out of the shade and back into her light. Without even realizing it, I’ve become addicted to it. To her.”

From the author of the genre-breaking international TikTok sensation Butcher & Blackbird comes the second book in the Ruinous Love Trilogy—a hate-to-love dark romantic comedy packed with danger, chaos, and heat.

Contract killer Lachlan Kane wants a quiet life working in his leather studio and forgetting all about his traumatic past. But when he botches a job for his boss’s biggest client, Lachlan knows he’ll never claw his way out of the underworld. At least, not until songbird Lark Montague offers him a deal: use his skills to hunt down a killer and she’ll find a way to secure his freedom. The catch? He has to marry her first.

And they can’t stand each other.

Indie singer-songwriter Lark is the sunshine and glitter that burns through every cloud and clings to every crevice that Lachlan Kane tries to hide inside. The surly older brother of her best friend’s soulmate, Lachlan thinks she’s just a privileged princess, but Lark has plenty of secrets hiding in the shadows of her bright light. With her formidable family in a tailspin and her best friend’s happiness on the line, she’s willing to make a vow to the man she’s determined to hate, no matter how tempting the broody assassin might be.

As Lachlan and Lark navigate the dark world that binds them together, it becomes impossible to discern their fake marriage from a real one. But it’s not just familiar dangers that haunt them.

There’s another phantom lurking on their doorstep.

And this one has come for blood.

Tropes:

Hate-to-love

Marriage of convenience

Grumpy/sunshine

He falls first

Groveling, but make it psycho

Touch her/him and die

©2024 Brynne Weaver (P)2025 Penguin Audio

L &L or B & B?

Haha, wasn’t expecting that in the bonus chapter. I know there was some questionable things. However, I think it’s the way she writes these relationships, I really enjoy. I honestly don’t know if I like B & B more or L & L. Hopefully, S & S is just as good. Yeah, it’s predictable but it’s still satisfying. The plot may have been questionable as well as the forced mirage, although I enjoyed the mirage and what it led to. It’s the tension between the two that did it for me and the inside jokes. Because I truly don’t know which one I like better I got to give it a 5 star to match what I gave B & B. I really enjoyed Larks character in this story. The phantom I understand and he gave the book the twist it needed, but he didn’t make the book. The love between the two is what made this story great!

Perfect but I could have stopped before the bonus chapter.

I'm not great at leaving reviews. I just know that this was a great book just like the first one! Pretty similar to the first one but just enough differences. but that bonus chapter was disgusting. I literally almost vomited. I had to fast forward through most of the ending. that's just my own opinions though.

That one crafty . . . well you know . .

Another great book book in the series!

and can I say . . . Heeeellllo Eric Nolan!!!! I would like you to read me a VERY long Irish fairytale.

The story was great and everything about this was just as great as book one. No disappointment in any way.

Plan on running to read Scythe & Sparrow right after!

THE NARRATION MADE THE BOOK

The performance of these two narrators is what made this book such an amazing experience for me! They did a phenomenal job! The casting was absolutely perfect.

The performance was spectacular!

I loved the whole story, the character growth was great. The voice acting was my favorite and it brought the story to a new level 💕

Wild ride

All the elements of the top-tier enemies lovers romance, with intrigue and a few murders thrown in. I really enjoyable and well developed.

twisted and funny

loved the banter that happened between both main characters it was funny and hot 🔥

Wasn’t sure at first but ended up really liking it!

At first, I wasn’t sure if I was going to like the characters. But as the story evolved and the more you learned about each character, the more you start to appreciate their past and how it intertwines with the current story. By the end, I truly believed that they were in love. It kind of reminded me of a rated R happily ever after. I can say the bonus scene made me gasp and excitement!

Kept My Interest

I admit that when I read the book, it didn’t blow me away like the previous one in the series. I enjoyed it, don’t get me wrong, but it just didn’t grab me and make me wanna read without sleeping this audiobook on the other hand seemed to bring more to the story than just the written words. both narrators did an excellent job of portraying their characters and I can see myself re-listening to this audiobook in the future.

Multiple Stars for a Multiple Deleter

This was another great story in the Ruinous Love Trilogy. This was an enemies to lovers trope, unlike our first in the series, but the sweetness in how they fall and how they love each other is still very much there. Incredible spice, AGAIN. And very cute banter. This wasn’t my favorite in the series so far, but I still really enjoyed it!