
Book guide
The Damsel and the Daggerman
A fearless journalist targets a deadly knife-thrower’s secrets—and risks becoming part of his act.
About The Damsel and the Daggerman
Journalist and adventurer Jacinda Harville arrives at a travelling carnival determined to expose the dark past of knife-thrower Marco Taresque, whose previous assistant vanished in bloody circumstances. Marco agrees to an interview only if Jacinda lets him strap her to a spinning table and throw knives around her. Their dangerous game turns intimate, but the truth about his missing assistant could overturn everything she thinks she knows.
Reading signals
- Spice
- High
- Darkness
- Balanced
- Pacing
- Fast
Series
A Blud Novel · Book 5 of 7
Content warnings
- sexual trauma
- parental abandonment
- police pursuit
- threat of arrest
- threat of imprisonment
- attempted rape (past)



