Sweet Venom

A Dark College Hockey Romance (Vipers, Book 2)

By: Rina Kent

Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Mackenzie Cartwright

From the New York Times & USA Today bestselling author Rina Kent comes a dangerously dark stalker hockey romance.

Can I outrun his merciless obsession?

I accidentally witnessed a brutal murder. I froze, pretended I saw nothing, hoping I could leave it behind. But my plan backfired, and my life spiraled downward. Now, I’m the target of cold-blooded revenge.

Jude Callahan isn’t just a hockey god—he’s a devil no one dares to cross. My existence disrupts his stardom, prestige, and possible serial killer career choice. And he’s set out to make me pay for that moment of silence.

No matter how much I run or hide, he finds me, watching from the shadows. Like a predator. I thought he’d stop at the stalking. Or even better, he’d kill me and finally end my misery. But Jude has other plans.

He says I can’t die. I have to pay for my sins. And just like that, he drags me into his depraved world, kicking and screaming.

This book is a dark romance. Please check the author's website for content warnings before listening.

This book can be listened to on its own, but for a better understanding of the world, it's recommended to listen to Beautiful Venom first.

©2025 Rina Kent (P)2025 Rina Kent

Sweet Venom Ruined My Sleep Schedule (Thanks, Rina)

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟏, 𝐢𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡. 𝐀𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝, 𝐬𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭.

𝐕𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐬 (𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲, 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞). 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 🥹😮‍💨 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫?

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 😂 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭.. 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭, 𝐧𝐨, 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭.

𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩.

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝟏𝟗 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝟏𝟎. 𝐓𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐞, 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 - 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐎 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲!

𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐳𝐢𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐕𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞.

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫.

RINAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

I knewwwww it!!!
I knew better than that.
Can't do my boy like that!!!
This book was absolute chefs Kiss!
I'm soooo excited for the next book!!!!!!!

Jude & Vee 🩵

Small spoiler I loved Pres's nickname for Violet. Poor Dorothy didn't catch a break on her name pronunciation 🤣.

Now I understand why Jude's book was not book 1 of the series. The back story was very intriguing, and cute idk how this classified as enemies to lovers but it's worth the reading and listen. Rina did it again!

Looking forward to Preston's book.

Amazing

How can anyone not like Rina Kent’s book? I’ve devoured every book of hers. And this book is the same. From Jude’s stalking, and Violet’s form of crazy. It’s amazing how I can get wrapped in their world and not want to stop reading or listening. Teddy was amazing as always w his narration and so was the female narrator. Great job! Wonderful!

violet

I love violet she isn't some strong female character and I absolutely love that she is real she feels real as someone who has been through it and is like violet it makes me feel seen cause not every woman is going to be a strong fmc after trauma and it feels so real