Reviewed by True
TITLE: Specter
SERIES: Crestvale Killers #1
AUTHOR: Mia Monroe
PUBLISHER: Self-Published
LENGTH: 284 pages
RELEASE DATE: March 18, 2026
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He’s my obsession and I own him. Whether he knows it or not.
Colson
Specter is danger personified and pure sex. He tempts me to break my own rules every time he comes into the club, but I’ve learned my lessons the hard way, and somehow I manage to keep my distance.
Until I can’t. When a stalker gets too close, the only place to run is straight to Specter. Instinctively I know he can help me, but am I trading one dangerous man for another?
I’m about to find out.
Specter
Colson’s face is permanently embedded in my mind. His sultry moves, sensual smile, and relentless teasing drives me to the brink of madness and I can’t get enough. He’s hands off, for reasons I don’t understand, and I plan to wear him down until he accepts what I already know.
He’s mine.
And I’ll do whatever it takes to keep him.
Crestvale Killers is a contemporary MM romance series featuring morally gray hitmen and the men who fall in love with them.
REVIEW:
Cashmere is Colson’s stage name, he is sex on a stick. Specter can’t get his eyes off the dancer. Colson is so beautiful and mesmerizing.
Specter is an assassin. He’s part of and lives with a close ‘family’ who kill bad people.
Every night, Colson performs, Specter is there, in the same chair, super focused on the beautiful dancer. Specter tried to connect with Colson, to show him what he can give him, but the man keeps him at arm’s length.
Gosh, he could make him happy and protect him where necessary.
Ha! Colson does need a protector, but will not give in.
When Colson got attacked on the street, he turned to Specter for help. He did the right thing because Specter and his colleagues/chosen family will protect him.
Specter worships the ground Colson walks on, but he’s still kept at arm’s length.
Specter offers him everything, day after day.
While Colson has an independent strike, Specter is irresistible. Finally!
Both have a hurtful history, but Colson’s darker past collides with the present.
I won’t give away too much of this story, but it was enthralling as f*ck.
My goodness, this was a super duper intense story. I loved the concept and certainly the execution! The author did a wonderful, convincing job, combining dark elements, excitement, and angst with a super smexy romance and sweetness. The characters were excellently crafted.
I was plastered to the pages. I loved everything about this story.
Can’t wait for the next one in this series.
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