Hunt Me Darling

The Darling Games, Book 1

By: Maree Rose

Narrated by: Lucy Rivers, Jameson Adams

FBI forensic profiler Agent Alexandra Darling is known for her unsettling affinity for murderers and their victims.

As she joins a task force assigned to capture a notorious duo of killers, her forbidden fascination with the twisted motivations behind their crimes takes a dangerous turn.

Delving deep into the darkness, she finds herself entangled in a dangerous game that blurs the lines between hunter and hunted, love and obsession. One that would forever redefine her understanding of desire and the depths of her own soul.

She quickly learns nothing is what it seems. Alexandra's journey will test the limits of her sanity at the same time as it challenges her perceptions of justice.

Will she be just another victim? Or do they have something different in mind for their little Darling?

Hunt Me Darling is a why-choose MFM dark contemporary romance. It contains explicit sexual content and straight-up smut. The male leads are not Prince Charming. They are villains with psycho tendencies, and therefore there is stalking, obsessive and possessive behavior, unaliving people, and lots of dark and twisted content. Intended for mature listeners.

©2023 Maree Rose (P)2024 Podium Audio

So good!

This was a slow start but strong finish. It had the perfect amount of thrill and spice and always left me wanting more. The whole time I was left guessing on who the stalkers were when I had an idea of who they were, I was wrong. The tension between the characters draws you in from the start. Come the end you get a better understanding of why the characters are the way they are and you only want more. Audible paired well with the book!

HOTTEST.BOOK.EVER!!!!!!

Oh my gaaaawd! CHECK THE TRIGGER WARNINGS! Dub/non con, knife play, stalking, drugs, psychotic possesive MMC, human trafficking, Primal play, graphic violence, graphic murder, forced pregnancy, child abuse (the bad guys, obv not the good...ish? guys) and that's not even the tip of the iceberg. SO, if you are overly sensitive and/or easily triggers then this book is not for you, save your money and walk away. If you're looking for a sweet bubbly romance... then I honestly don't know how the hell you ended up here but you need to do a 180 right now because this isnt your cup of tea dearie, this is the good russian vodka your mom tried hiding in a mt dew bottle and pass it off as such so she can get through a 12 hr workday then deal with you lil'tude when she got home. I usually dont react or even blink with these types of books, but oh this one gave me a run for my money. This book 🥵🤤❤️‍🔥🔥🔥 I loved the Haunting Adeline books and never thought I'd find something to compare, until this book! I've lost count of how many times I had to pause and smack my face to calm myself down. I love how messed up they are. Judge all you want, it's hot 🔥🔥🔥🔥 and I know what I like. Usually the FMC is a timid lil pretend rebel who is actually a major push over. Alex was a badass even when the MMCs were in control she kept up a fight,.. and then proceeded to make the smut even more intense 😋. When the first stalkers mask came off I paused immediately when she said his name and lost my shit. I definitely am planning to have a round 2 with this book!

Loved it!

This was such a thrilling story that kept me on edge. For a moment, I almost lost my mind with the female character name Alex/ Alexander Darling. This is a dark mystery romance with a delicious plot twist. I absolutely recommend it. Lucy Rivers and Jameson Adams did a fantastic job narrating this story.

It’s okay

I listened to this because of a review by someone else but it wasn’t all that. It’s a good listen, the male narrator better than the female, but overall okay. The story didn’t pull me enough so that I wanted to listen to the second

Good but wished it had been better

Definitely mixed feelings about this one. I’m glad I listened to it and it wasn’t a waste of a credit.

Pros:
- I enjoyed the story, the suspense, the stalking, etc.
- the spicy scenes were excellent and often. 🔥 🔥 🔥
- the killers/stalkers were well written.
- there were some touching moments between the MMC’s and the FMC.
- the MMC’s had a good balance of being dominant, scary, possessive and thoughtful.

Cons:
- too many descriptive shower scenes that the FMC took. We get it, the author is big on hygiene and cleanliness but the scenes felt copy and pasted throughout the book.
- the FMC did t have a lot of common sense and went along with whatever the serial killers asked. It would have been nice for her to have more defiance and not go along with everything.
- the female narrator and partly the way it was written was very awkward and robotic. It was distracting.
- there were only a couple chapters from the MMC’s point of view. I would have liked more.
- it felt like the author was overdoing the criminal minds and CSI lingo.

I wish there had been a better editor to catch some of this, that there was a different female narrator and it was duet narration. Still I enjoyed it and have re-listened to certain parts as they were well done.