Beautiful Venom

A Dark Hockey Romance

De: Rina Kent

Narrado por: Corvin King, Michelle Sparks

From New York Times & USA Today bestselling author Rina Kent comes a sizzling dark hockey romance set in a new glamorous secret world.

In a den of vipers, revenge is the deadliest venom.

They shattered my world; now, I’ll bring down theirs.

The problem? I have virtually no way to trace the puppet master.

My only lead: The Vipers.

An elite college hockey team that rules the ice—and the shadows beyond it.

To infiltrate their secret society, I set my sights on their weakest link.

Kane Davenport.

The charismatic captain and the lone green flag in a nest of serpents.

But too late, I realize I’ve enticed the most venomous snake.

Kane’s friendly façade hides a predator more dangerous than I imagined.

He quickly unveils the monster lurking beneath the surface.

A monster who lured me in only to trap me in a lethal game with no escape.

This book marks the start of a new chapter in the #Rinaverse. No other book should be listened to prior to this.

©2025 Rina Kent (P)2025 Rina Kent

OBSESSED

Rina Kent giving us a dark hockey romance….YES PLEASE! And I devoured this book like it was my job. Dahlia is on a mission to find out who attacked her sister…but in order to get these answers, she is determined to infiltrate Vencor, a secret society. After Kane discovers her on a little stake out, she decides that he might be her best option to get answers. The twists in this book will have you turning pages to figure out what would happen next! If I had to pick a couple words to describe Dahlia & Kane, they would be scorching hot! The chemistry and banter is literally chef’s kiss! I absolutely love them to pieces!

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Narrated in duet by Corvin King and Michelle Sparks - they both did a phenomenal job with this book! They both were perfect as Kane and Dahlia! I literally did not want to stop listening to it and it was so freaking good!

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🖤 dark hockey romance
🖤 secret society
🖤 enemies to lovers
🖤 revenge
🖤 primal play
🖤 touch her and die

Kane has dethroned Eli!

OH my freaking hockey stars! Words cannot express how OBSESSED I am with Kane Davenport. And the fact that Corvin King narrated this character? Chef's kiss! Eli, sorry my man, you have been dethroned. Beautiful Venom is intense from the first page and until the last one and honestly, has me salivating for more within this world. It is passionate, intense, questionable and OH so spicy. While Kane can bring the cold, Dahlia brings the heat to melt him. The way these two clash off of each other leaves you cheering for every interaction between them.
The story that is threaded within this world and about Vencor, is classic Kent. Mysterious, but all knowing. Gritty yet somehow sweet at moments with the guys. Not just with Kane either, but with Jude and Preston as well. They add so many different layers and leave you begging to know more about them and Vencor as a whole. Kane is a very complex character and watching his growth in this story has you swooning for him. Dahlia is such a fighter. What started out as her wanting answers turns into a rabbit hole of twisty moments, fighting Kane but in the hottest ways and so much more. She gives as good as she gets and she fights tooth and nail for who she loves. Michelle Sparks gives such a great performance as Dahlia too! She 100% gives you all the feels during the whole book.
Overall, I really lived for this book. Honestly devoured it from start to finish devoured the audio in a day and I am still reeling! Kent delivered with this book and I cannot wait to see what the rest of this series will bring to the table. If it is anything like Beautiful Venom, we are in for one WILD ride that no one will want to get off of!

Everything I expected & more

The wait was soooo worth it. After the Legacy of Gods I’ve been waiting for another mmc that makes me love them like Killian did. He’s OBSESSED and I love it. Dahlia is not a push over and it gives such a good platform for the enemies to lovers. I didn’t see the end ending that way but, gosh it was good. The spice is spicy. 🥵 the narration is 100/100. Loooove this story. Can’t wait for the next books

Spice 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Narrators ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Story ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Soooooo gooooood!!!

I may be bias, Rina is my favorite author and she always delivers for me! The story was refreshing, I can see the lil crumbs for the following books and I love that but I hate it at the same time because I can’t wait for the next book already.
Performance by both narrators were outstanding. I love all this new characters and I cannot wait to hear from them again. I love how the MFC was consistently strong throughout the whole story! Spicy as always! Great awesome excellent job Rina Kent!

First but not last by Rina

This was my first Rina Kent book but I will definitely be reading the next two! I really enjoyed the story and all the characters drew me in. I do feel like the first half was a little slow to build, but by the second half I was all in.

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Always love when they don’t grow a heart for anyone but her. Kept me enthralled from start to finish.

narration

absolutely loved it. dark and spicy. loved Kane. he is dark and hard but a softy on the inside. Daliah is my new fav fmc. she is a fighter. together they are the perfect couple

This audiobook was a MASTERPIECE!!!

Rina’s audios always make me feel like I’m watching a movie fr! Corvin King as Kane Davenport was an actual dreammm omg!!! His voice is so deep and powerful o could *and did* listen for hours. Michelle Sparks absolutely slayed her part as Dahlia Thorne, you could hear the sassiness and rawness of Dahlia’s character and I fell in love honestly.

I loved this book SO much. Dahlia was such a bad*** and I loved her “I have nothing left to lose so BRING IT ON MFS” attitude hehe that’s my girllll

and Kane??? agh I just knowww that if he had been raised by better parents that man would be the cutest golden retriever bf like hello??? the way he’d cook for Jude, Preston and Dahlia was adorable. his love language fr

rina in her hockey era was so iconic. Dahlia the troll had me CACKLINGGGGG 💀💀 and I can’t mf wait for Jude and Preston’s books oh mY GOD I NEED THEM BADDDD

The spice!!!!

You can’t go wrong with this duet narrating! The story. The spice. It’s All wrapped in one bow.

5/5🐍🖤 Welcome to your new obsession!!

- I had the incredible opportunity to listen to the ALC, and the narration was perfect. The voice actors brought Kane and Dahlia to life in such a powerful, emotional way—I was completely immersed from beginning to end. The pacing, the tone, the subtle emotion—everything hit exactly as it should. Obsess is an understatement!

- I fell in love with Kane when he did his cameo in Kiss the Villain, and he did not disappoint. This book absolutely wrecked me in the best way. Kane was everything I dreamed of since that moment—dark, dangerous, and addictive. And Dahlia? A total surprise and a new favorite heroine. One of my top Rina Kent books now! ( ꈍ◡ꈍ)

- Dahlia is that girl. Feisty, clever, loyal to a fault—and completely unforgettable. She’s not just surviving, she’s hunting. Playing a dangerous game. She’s chasing answers, and the only lead she has is a secretive brotherhood hiding behind the façade of a college hockey team. The Vipers.
When her sister Violet falls into a coma after a brutal and mysterious attack, Dahlia refuses to play the victim. Her fierce love turns into action. She starts digging—and ends up stumbling into something way darker than she could’ve imagined. A cryptic black ring. A web of secrets. And a secret society called Vencor, where loyalty is blood-deep and betrayal can cost you everything.

- Enter my baby Kane, Vipers’ ice-cold captain. Calculated, unreadable, and carrying enough secrets to drown in. He’s always ten steps ahead, constantly toeing the line between protector and predator. His backstory gutted me. I was on the edge of my seat every time he was with his dad.

- Their dynamic? Off. The Charts. The tension between Kane and Dahlia is straight-up electric—love and hate, desire and danger. Their banter is savage, their chemistry feral, and of course, I love the primal play. ◟( ˃̶͈◡ ˂̶͈ )◞

- Last thing I have to say is that Preston, Jude, and Kane are little shits, and I'm here for them! The make me laugh at their unhinged antics, specially Preston and his future boo Marcus.

I get a feeling that I am going to break with the rest of this series!

TROPES:
🌹 DARK ROMANCE
🌹 SECRET SOCIETY
🌹 ANTIHERO X GIRL WHO BITES BACK
🌹 ENEMIES TO LOVERS
🌹 HOCKEY ROMANCE
🌹 PRIMAL PLAY
🌹 SHE’S OUT FOR REVENGE