His Death Bringer

The District, Book 1

De: Courtney W. Dixon

Narrado por: Harley Chase

He calls me his dark angel, but I’m merely a killer. A bringer of death.

Luca Davenport: He is my angel, sent to be my death bringer to save me from my tormentors and betrayers—those who sold me into slavery when I was only eight years old. Angel came in with guns blazing and black wings that were made to crush his enemies and envelope me in love. He belongs to me, and I belong to him. We are destined. After he saves me from my captors, we hunt down the remaining men who had abused me for eleven years to make them pay in blood.

Dante Varga: He is a broken boy of no more than nineteen. He sees me as an angel, but I’m simply a killer. An assassin for hire. I can’t save him. I can’t take care of him. There’s no room left in my dying soul to care about someone. Not anymore. But I can’t turn him away either. I should kill him. He’s a witness. But I feel compelled to protect him at all costs. Saving him will either shatter the ice around my heart or destroy me. Either way, Luca is dangerous.

©2023, 2024, 2025 Courtney W. Dixon (P)2025 Courtney W. Dixon

Dark MM Perfection

This book was amazing. I loved Luca. He was so broken and yet so strong. Seeing Dante fall for him despite not wanting to was amazing. Reluctant love story. Also the narration was amazing and did these characters so right.

Epic Revenge & Healing Love

What a story and Harley Chase did a great job bringing Luca and his Dark Angel to life.

Luca has been through absolute hell and still managed to be the sweetest, open lovable little bean ever. Dante, the dangerous assassin, is the very definition of touch him and die. Dante's past rips your heart out as well but these two broken boys find healing and a future in each other.
There is a lot of much deserved revenge in their story and I was here for it all. Dante is a badass and sigh, swoon I am so glad he hesitated when he found sweet Luca. I have such respect and admiration for Luca's inner strength and the light he held on to. No wonder Dante felt an immediate (yes but very reluctant) pull to protect him.
LOVED Cleo as I have an epic weak spot for Cane Corsos.
Found family was prevalent within their story. Definitely looking forward to more from The District.

His Death Bringer

This is a great story and Harvey just makes so much better. Brining so much emotion to the story. Highly recommend to listen to this!

My poor baby Luca

Wow. This story was so gut wrenching.

By now you would think I’d be used to Courtney’s stories , but noooo. She keeps pleasantly surprising me.

Luca and Dante were two broken souls who learned to heal together. They were both deeply hurt and though their scars were different, they were just as deep.

Dante is a mercenary who was hired to take down a monster of a man. In the process, he encounters Luca whom attaches himself to Dante.

Luca was the victim of child trafficking and was treated as a property by the man Dante was sent to kill. To say that Luca went through hell and back, it’s a huge understatement.

But despite all that, Luca’s sweet and tender nature remained intact. And it’s this simple fact that Dante has no defenses against. Dante just can’t help falling for the broken boy who in the end saves him as well.

This is book one of The District series and it started with a bang.

Love it

I enjoyed listening to this audiobook. The narrator was amazing and I enjoyed listening more than reading as the narrator did amazing job on reading this book.

Heed the Trigger Warnings!

Dante is a deadly, well-trained assassin who works for the assassin group "The District". He's somewhat cold and detached until, during a job, he finds a young man who had been kept prisoner since he was a child.

Luca is a 19-year-old man who has been kept prisoner since he was 8 years old, forced into "servitude" for older, rich men. He's been kept as child-like as much as possible, having been kept undereducated and ignorant about the world outside the mansion..Until Dante arrives to carry out a job and stumbles across Luca.

Dante knows he should "end" Luca, but instead decides to save him with the intention of letting him out into the world...until that pesky cold detachment begins to melt.

This book is the first in The District series, each following a different assassin. It has some very very dark subject matter, with heavy emphasis on brutal underage SA and physical, mental and emotional trauma. HEED THE TRIGGER WARNINGS.

That being said, Luca is adorable and while you do have to suspend a bit of belief as far as his non-aversion to intimate relations despite his severe se**al trauma, the story is good, with revenge as the main goal. Dante is so sweet to Luca after he thaws, and while cringy (to me) at first, I really loved their relationship by the end of the story.

The secondary characters are great, and we get to know them better in later books.

Harley Chase does an excellent job at the narration, and his Russian and Middle Eastern accents didn't make me cringe, unlike some other narrators do.

Amazing MM romance

" He called me his dark angel, but he was my angel of light, and I never wanted to see him dimmed." This is first book in the new series. Dante is surprise to find Luca on his last job. So, instead of leaving Luca who see him as his dark angel he brings him home. Luca has been an child sex slave since he was little, now he see Dante as the person who was sent to save him from the darkness he been in. Dante never need anyone but he feels an connection with Luca. He is protected of them. They will found love and light in each other. To see their journey together is heartbreaking, steamy and unexpected twists around every corner. Courtney did an incredible job with Dante and Luca story. Harley Chase is one of the best narrator who brought these characters to life.

You need this, trust me! So good!!!!!!

This book was fantastic! Courtney and Harley are like the MM romance dream team. Courtney writes these amazing stories and then Harley brings them to life. It doesn't get much better than that!

The Firm is one of those series where every single character is fascinating. I love the backstories that we get to glimpse as the plot unravels. Luca and Dante both suffered deeply at the hands of people who should have loved and protected them.

The instant chemistry was clear. Dante and Luca were magic together. I loved everything about them. Dante took this broken needy boy and helped him heal and become the man he was supposed to be. It was really cool to see the growth that Luca went through, amazing!

Harley Chase seems to get better with each book. I love the sound of his voice and how distinct each character is from the others. He is definitely one of my favorite mm romance narrators.

If you love the broken boys and the men that save them, I highly recommend not just this book, but this entire series!

This Was REALLY Good Yall

4.25⭐️
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Y’all, This Was A Really Good Start To This Series. I Wanted To Read More Courtney. Dante And Luca Were A Really Good Couple. Luca Was Just A Ball Of Sunshine And So Adorable And Dante Was Just Dark And Brooding And SO Protective And I Loved Them Together, Being So Protective And Loving Each Other. The Side Characters All Intrigue Me So Much And I’m Honestly More Excited For The Rest Of The Series Then Anything😂 So I Cannot Wait To Continue The Series. The Action And Plot Mixed With Romance And Spice Was Also Such A Great Mixture And Was Really Amazing. Definitely Recommend This For All The Dark Romance Girlies With A Great Mixture Of Everything. Courtney, You Are Just AMAZING Girl And You Never Miss And I Cannot Wait To Continue The Series💕🫶

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His Death Bringer is a dark romance with a morally grey, trained hitman and a 19 year old who spent most his life in slavery.
Dante was tasked to kill a bunch of people for a client and, there, he finds this boy (19 YO) tied and beaten up, with a collar around his neck. Against his better judgement, instead of killing him, he saves him and brings him home.
Luca has been a sex slave for 11 years. His “father” kept him looking like a little boy and he was surrounded with kids stuff. He was beaten and raped and this was his life. When Dante comes, he believes it was meant to be. Dante was his avenging archangel and is his.
Tropes:
MM romance
Grumpy/sunshine
Traumatic pasts
High angst
Hurt/comfort
Human trafficking
Torture
Noncon
Revenge
Guard dog that loves Luca
Found family

I enjoyed this book, I received the ALC, and this is the first time reading/listening. It was heavy at parts and light at others. You can get a glimpse of the characters you will see in future books of this series. Dante was great and I appreciated that he really wanted to do right by Luca, and put Luca first.
I respected that Luca had his own voice and, even with his history, knew when to speak up.
The narrator was Harley Chase, who does a great performance with both parts.