Brainwashed by Nyla K (Paperback)

A dark MM doctor-patient romance from Nyla K — an interconnected standalone in the Alabaster Penitentiary series, following a new couple.

Monster. That’s what they call him. Lock your doors, hold your loved ones tight: the Carver is on the loose. Except he isn’t — he was caught. The days of letting his inner depravity run wild are over, and now he’s been sent away for good, something of a celebrity in the dark, dank hell-hole they call Alabaster Penitentiary. The only thing he has left to offer the world is his story, and the Warden has the rest of his life to get it out of him.

Being poked and prodded, examined and tested, isn’t something he enjoys. Until they send him. The new doctor has come to study the killer and his crimes — and little by little, he starts to think the two of them might not be as different as they first appear. The doctor craves knowledge the way he craves the blood of his victims, and for all his cold, robotic nature, there’s just something about him. Something he wants. He’ll only have to be very careful not to smother it to death. After all, that’s rather his thing.

Brainwashed has true-crime elements and a sociopathic protagonist that may make some readers uncomfortable. It’s a dark romance for mature readers; please check the author’s content warnings before reading. Best read after Volumes 1–2 to avoid spoilers.

Perfect for readers who love dark MM romance, a doctor-patient dynamic with a razor edge, a morally black serial-killer narrator and a slow burn between two people who shouldn’t fit — but do.