Beautiful Carnage (Book 1 of the Dark Empire Books) by Peckham & Valenti: Hardcover; 480 pages, English

Book Title: Beautiful Carnage
Author: Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti

Book Description:
She was meant to be his ruin… and he might just be hers. In a world ruled by cruel games, power struggles, and dangerous alliances, Beautiful Carnage drags readers into a dark, addictive romance full of twisted passion and deadly stakes. When the heroine is forced into the orbit of a merciless antihero, what begins as animosity and resistance quickly spirals into obsession, heat, and a love story that thrives in the shadows. With raw angst, violent beauty, and scorching intensity, this book blends romance with danger in a way only Peckham & Valenti can deliver.

💞 Tropes:

• Dark romance

• Enemies to lovers

• Antihero x morally gray heroine

• Obsession / possessiveness

• Power dynamics

• Found family in a brutal world

• Angst and emotional turmoil

🔥 Spice Rating:
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ / 5
The spice is unapologetically dark and explicit. Expect multiple graphic scenes with rough intensity, obsession-driven passion, and a constant undercurrent of danger. These encounters mix dominance, desperation, and vulnerability, blurring the line between love and destruction. The intimacy is heavy on physical chemistry, but laced with emotional breakthroughs that make the romance as captivating as it is explosive.

🏷️ Subgenre:
Dark Contemporary Romance

📆 Publication Date:
October 22, 2021

📚 Standalone or Series:
Book 1 in the Street Kings series (each book follows a different couple but shares the gritty interconnected world).

✨ Vibe Snapshot:
Dark, dangerous, and deliciously addictive enemies-to-lovers with brutal angst and fiery, graphic spice.