The Scent of Crazy
by D.A. Valerian
This book is intended for adults 18+
Summer
I manipulate.
I deceive.
I seduce.
I steal.
I kill.
I'm not a bad person!
And I’m definitely not a stalker, though some could argue that shadowing Atlas Holt and his friends for months, casing his business, or measuring him in his sleep out of boredom is the definition of stalking. I call it preparation.
I need Atlas’s love as a means to a blood-soaked end. But playing carefully curated, sick and twisted games with this delusional psycho is pushing me dangerously close to the trap I set.
Simple plans rarely stay simple.
Atlas
Summer Night is like a rollercoaster: exhilarating, unpredictable, and every once in a while, it leaves me wondering if it’s passed the routine maintenance and I’d be getting off alive. That only makes me want her more.
Whether her ways of flirting would land me in a straitjacket or a grave is not the real question.
Who is she, and how many body bags does her real name drag behind it?
Hopefully, fewer than mine does.
I have a feeling the truth won’t just hurt.
It will kill.
The Scent of Crazy is D.A. Valerian’s debut novel and the first book in the Red Flags series—a collection of interconnected dark romance installments with a sharp edge of wicked humor.
This dark romantic comedy features dual POV, a guaranteed HEA, and morally gray characters locked in unhinged power games where obsession, manipulation, and revenge-fueled murderous intent collide with killer banter and twisted humor. While each book in the Red Flags series can be read as a standalone dark rom-com, an overarching story unfolds across the installments, making the journey even more rewarding when read in order, as all the red flags begin to align.
Tropes:
- Morally gray FMC and MMC
- Mutual stalking
- Strong, vengeance-driven FMC
- Obsessed and unhinged MMC
- Predator-vs-Predator power games
- Secret identity
- He falls first
- Dark humor
Neither the “romantic” nor the “comedy” labels should fool you into thinking there isn’t plenty of darkness bleeding from the pages of The Scent of Crazy in the form of graphic themes, morally corrupt characters, and adult content throughout.You can find a comprehensive list of content warnings below.
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