Darkest Destiny

A Dark Romance Fantasy Fusion (Darkest Destiny Trilogy, Book 1)

By: PEPPER WINTERS

Narrated by: Noah Trent, Alexa Borys

From New York Times Bestselling Pepper Winters comes a Dark Romance with a twist...

For twenty years, Lucien Ashfall has been caged by the very men who profit from his blood.

He’s dangerous, uncontrollable, and deadly.

He’s also the only one carrying his bloodline and they need another.

Every six months, thirty girls are sent into his prison and tasked with one goal: Make him create an heir by any means necessary.

But everyone who goes in, never comes out.

Until Rook Snowdon is thrown into Cinderkeep by mistake.

She isn’t a seductress.

And she certainly isn’t there to save anyone.

In fact, she only has three goals in life:

One, hide her true identity for as long as possible.

Two, nap and self-medicate with wine.

Three (and most problematic) ignore the fact that stress is slowly killing her.

Lucien only has one goal: escape and burn everything to the ground.

Unfortunately, everyone has their secrets and these two have many.

They just don’t know it yet.

Because she might be the key to getting him free.

But if he gets out, it’s not the world that will burn.

It’s him.

This isn’t just a Dark Romance.

It’s fated, feral, and dangerous—until it becomes something else entirely.

Tropes: morally grey, caged & tortured, antihero, chronically ill heroine with a twist, emotional support pet (unalives for fun), captive / captor tension, touch-her-and-die energy, her touch terrifies him for a good reason, luxury palace built to cage a monster, slow-burn obsession, forbidden, fated bond, modern dark romance that mutates into fantasy

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Never disappointing ! Another dark fairytale Pepper leaves us in awe

A huge fan of Pepper Winters and this book 1 leaves you cringing for the next book! I love how she sets up Lucien and Rouke’s history and plunge both of them into a world of dark, possessive and cruel world! Major cliff hanger !

The story and narration.

Cannot wait for the next book on audio to come out. Both narrators were great and fit the mmc and mfc. perfectly.

Pretty good!

I’m always happy when a new Pepper Winters book is released and this was no exception. I really enjoyed dark romance/paranormal themes in the book. My only issue is the male narrator. They start out strong in the beginning of the book but the more the book and dialogue develops, the more the narrator sounds virtual and monotonous, even though the story is beginning to arc. Overall great and can’t wait for the next release.

Duet narration- Wow wow yes yes

These narrators are new to me but I can’t say enough good things about the quality of this audiobook. The story is complex and addictive.

Loved the story line! ❤️

Amazing storyline and wonderful voice actors! Definitely a recommended listen! Can’t wait to see what else happens.