by A.G. Harris
Community rating: 2.5/5 from 1 rating.
She spent her whole life as prey. Until the day she decided to hunt back. A dark romance where surviving him means becoming what you fear most.
Perfect for readers who love: high-stakes, dark romance, possessive antiheroes, and high-tension cat-and-mouse games like the works of Rina Kent, Navessa Allen, and K.M. Moronova
Tropes: Insta-love, Revenge Plot, Enemies-to-Lovers, Forced Proximity, Hacker Heroine vs. Possessive Antihero
Rylan slips through firewalls like a ghost, cracking open every digital lock in her path. But in her own life, every escape is barricaded, and Frank, her stepdad, guards the keys.
Frank stole fifty million from the founding families and left her to take the fall. Rylan did what desperate people do: she turned him in, erased herself, and ran.
She believes she slipped away. But the families don't lose what belongs to them.
She opens the door to find a masked figure waiting, his electric blue eyes burning with intent. In a single heartbeat of hesitation, her world unravels.
Steffen, heir to the world’s most dangerous family, was raised to hunt. Tracking Rylan was effortless. She never truly escaped. For years, he watched from the shadows, waiting. He claims he’s her protector.
He’s lying.
Revenge consumes him, and Rylan is his final pawn. Trapped in his remote Norwegian mansion, she becomes his bait, his bargaining chip, the obsession he cannot let go of.
But the longer he keeps her, the more she transforms into something he never expected.
Rylan listens. She adapts. She becomes a vault, silently gathering the secrets of his world and evolving into a danger he never anticipated.
He wanted a weapon to aim at his enemies.
He never expected she would see him as one—and set her sights on his heart.
Unlocking Ruin is a full-length standalone dark romance.
Genres: Dark Romance, Romance
Tropes: Instalove, Enemies to Lovers, ghosts, Forced Proximity
Published: 2026-10-18