Branded

A dark western romance perfect for fans of Pen Pal and Yellowstone, this obsessive love story follows a college student who uses a fake identity to send forbidden, spicy letters to a prison inmate—only to be hunted down when the dangerous cowboy is released.

It started with the letters—raw, intimate, addictive.
Every word he wrote branded itself onto my skin, sinking deep into places I didn’t know existed. I was never supposed to fall for him, but how could I not?
Even if those letters came from a maximum-security prison.
Even if they weren’t actually meant for me.

He wasn’t supposed to know I existed.
I’d never planned on meeting the blue-eyed cowboy who wrote about the sky above the ranch he lost.
I certainly never expected to crave the rough hands I could only imagine touching me the way they did in my fevered dreams.

But when he’s finally released, the fantasy ends—and the nightmare begins.
Because the man I’ve spent months falling for isn’t the man standing in front of me now.
He’s harder. Colder. Beautiful in a way that bruises.
And he’s been waiting for me.

My lies were dangerous.
His are deadly.
And by the time I learn the truth, it’s far too late to run

Content Guidance (Trigger Warnings):

This dark romance contains explicit sexual content and a morally gray, obsessive hero.
Themes include: false identities, stalking/obsession, revenge, abduction, drugging, blackmail/coercion, forced marriage, violence, bondage, knife play, gun play, dubious consent, non-consent, off-page domestic abuse (past), off-page murder (past), and parental grief.