Christmas isn’t about presents—it’s about choosing the perfect victim to unwrap.

It’s a game. A deadly one, where the player has no idea he’s about to become the star of a twisted version of the 12 Days of Christmas. But will he survive?

Not all predators wear their intentions on their sleeve, and some prey are far more dangerous than they seem.

Welcome to a holiday season, where the only thing that shines bright is the edge of the blade.

Marees Note: Warning, The Darkest Gift is a whychoose MMF dark contemporary romance. It contains very explicit 18+ very dark, sexual content, and straight-up smut. The main characters are not good at all, there is lots of dark and twisted content.

Taking a break and getting away from her life had felt like a dream come true to McKenna. Visiting her great grandmothers homeland of Ireland, seeing the countryside and just getting to paint is what she needed after a bad breakup.

Until she starts having strange dreams of a handsome stranger… who gives her pleasure like she has never felt before.

Dreams that feel so real.

But that all changes on one night.

When the Wild Hunt comes for you, what do you do?

The very thing that Ashley fears, the reason she left the men she loved behind, comes back to haunt her.

But she is tired of living without them, tired of going through life like a ghost. She has let fear stop her for too long.

Everyone knows her secrets now, everyone knows just how much she isn't the sweet and innocent girl she used to be.

Will she stand and fight for the life she wants? Will she show everyone that in the end, she is unstoppable?

When I lost my mother, I didn't know that my stepfather would turn into a monster. Forgetting the thoughts of freedom, every day turned into a battle to survive. To make it to the next day, no matter what abuse he inflicted in me.

When he takes me to a remote cabin in the snow, all I can think of is the worst ending for me. But I wasn't going to let my life end there at his hands.

Fighting back I'm able to get away, but what greets me isn't paradise. It's a snow storm that almost finishes the job my stepfather started.

Until they arrived. Killian, Rayth and Damon save me. They say they want to always be there for me, to make me stronger, to destroy anyone who hurts me.

But do they? Can I really trust them? Will I be free of my stepfather, or is there something even darker going on?

Detective Hydessa Darling has grown up following in her mother's footsteps, always feeling like she is in the shadows of those around her. Her mother is infamous for her affinity for murderers and their victims, and she didn't raise her daughters with delusions of how the world truly is.

When Hydessa stumbles across a blog describing what could only be a series of murders she feels drawn to investigate them. But when the identity of the blogger evades them she must travel undercover to a tourist island hotspot to find out the truth behind the blog and catch the mystery killer.

Not everything is what it seems and soon Hydessa is entangled in her own dangerous game.

Is it a game she can win? Or had she lost before she even arrived on the island