The Ruinous Love Trilogy Reading Order

The The Ruinous Love Trilogy series by Brynne Weaver is complete. Here are the 3 books we cover, in order.

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Reading order

  1. 1. Butcher & Blackbird

    Brynne Weaver · The Ruinous Love Trilogy #1 · complete series

    Spice 4/5 Darkness 4/5

    Book 1

    Two serial killers meet at a crime scene and start competing over who can take out the worst men. Funny, gory, and secretly sweet. The ideal first dark romance for horror fans.

    • Morally Gray
    • Found Family
    • Revenge
    Content warnings

    Gore, Murder, Torture, Physical or emotional abuse

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  2. 2. Leather & Lark

    Brynne Weaver · The Ruinous Love Trilogy #2 · complete series

    Spice 5/5 Darkness 3/5

    Book 2

    Lachlan Kane ends up in a forced marriage with Lark Montague, who would very much like to kill him. Same gory rom-com energy as Butcher & Blackbird, with less murder and more bickering.

    • Arranged Marriage
    • Enemies to Lovers
    • Morally Gray
    • Forced Proximity
    Content warnings

    Murder, Gore, Graphic violence

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  3. 3. Scythe & Sparrow

    Brynne Weaver · The Ruinous Love Trilogy #3 · complete series

    Spice 4/5 Darkness 3/5

    Book 3

    Fionn, the Kane brother who's actually a doctor, ends up stuck in a small town alongside Rose, a chaotic woman who refuses to be scared of him. The sweetest book in the trilogy, and still very weird.

    • Forced Proximity
    • Morally Gray
    • Found Family
    Content warnings

    Murder, Gore, Graphic violence

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