Front cover of The Killing Rules by Bree Despain, hardback

The Killing Rules - Bree Despain

Bree Despain

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  • Pages · 432 pages
  • Publication Date · 06/08/2026
  • Genre · Fantasy
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BORN TO SLAY. FORCED TO KILL. 🪓 Dexter meets Bring it On in this supernatural slasher romance 🪓Don't miss out on the stunning DELUXE LIMITED EDITION while supplies last. This breathtaking collectible is only available on a limited first print run, a must-have for any book lover. PRE-ORDER now. -- Seventeen-year-old Harper Westbrook isn't afraid of monsters. . .she is one. For the past three years, she's been one of the Blood Bound-girls and women cursed with a bloodlust only satisfied by killing terrible men. Once every three months, she trades in her pom-poms for a lethal throwing axe. Her life is led by a strict set of rules to keep her dark secret as hidden as the bodies she buries. And her number one rule? Stay away from Grayson Jones. The boy she was totally falling for until the night her curse manifested, everything went horribly wrong, and she killed his father. It was self-defence. Or at least that's what she keeps telling herself. Grayson is an investigative reporter for their school paper, and he'll stop at nothing to find the truth behind his father's gruesome death. As his investigation leads him into a hidden world of monsters and Hunters, Harper must stop him before he uncovers her secrets-no matter the cost to her life or heart. Because who could ever love a monster like her?

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