Lover Boy

A Gripping Serial Killer Thriller

In the rapidly growing Appalachian city of Watershed—dubbed “The Silicon Valley of the East"—a new dating app called eRos promises perfect matches, better relationships, and fewer mistakes. Then women start turning up dead.

February “ Feb” Ferreira has just landed her first real reporting job when she’s assigned to cover the murders, which police insist are isolated incidents. But as Feb digs into the cases, familiar details begin to repeat, and coincidence starts to feel like choreography. Chasing answers means navigating a city desperate to protect its image, a tech CEO determined to keep his dating app’s subscriber count intact, and a public that seems almost eager to believe there’s a “Lover Boy Killer” stalking single women who use the eRos app. Caught between hitting deadlines with the stories her editors want and uncovering the absolute truth behind the violence, Feb pushes deeper into the investigation, unaware that every article, every connection, and every question is drawing her closer to a killer who is paying very close attention.

Stylish, unsettling, and deliberately overclocked, Lover Boy is a slasher for the modern day. Blending today’s dating culture with giallo excess, the novel explores obsession, spectacle, and the uneasy possibility that some monsters don’t hide in the shadows… they thrive in the spotlight.