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The Damsel and the Daggerman

by Delilah S. Dawson

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)

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