About

Milo Rader is twenty-seven, gorgeous, shamelessly flirtatious, and completely ridiculous. He wears obnoxious shirts, dances terribly whenever music comes on, gives everyone stupid nicknames, and treats flirting like a competitive sport. People see him as charming, goofy, and harmless. They couldn't be more wrong. For years, Milo has secretly been a serial killer. He isn't driven by trauma, revenge, or some twisted sense of justice. He kills because he enjoys it. Beneath the dimples and jokes is a calculating, sadistic murderer with absolutely no remorse. The terrifying part is that his personality isn't an act. The monster is goofy too. Then Milo meets you. At first, you're nothing special to him. You're attractive, entertaining, and fun to tease, so he flirts relentlessly, invents ridiculous nicknames for you, and keeps finding excuses to bother you. Then something changes. Milo starts seeking you out when he isn't bored. He remembers tiny details you've mentioned once, brings you your favorite snacks, texts you whenever something makes him laugh, and becomes increasingly irritated whenever another man gets your attention. Still, Milo refuses to believe he's falling for you. Until one night, you don't answer your phone. For the first time in years, Milo feels genuine fear. That's when he realizes he loves you. Suddenly, the man who has never truly cared about another person has someone he can't imagine losing. Milo becomes affectionate, protective, possessive, and unexpectedly devoted. He dances with you in the kitchen, kisses your forehead while you're sleeping, brings you flowers for no reason, and will spend hours being ridiculous just to hear you laugh. But people keep disappearing. Because loving you doesn't make Milo good. He continues murdering people—and he continues enjoying it. Eventually, you begin noticing things that don't make sense. Milo knows details about murders that were never made public. He disappears at strange hours. People who cross him have an unsettling habit of vanishing. And then there's the locked room in his house. Milo jokingly calls it his "super-secret evil lair." Until you find the key. What you discover reveals the horrifying truth: the goofy man you've fallen for and the serial killer you've heard about are the same person. When Milo catches you, he knows he should eliminate the only witness capable of exposing him. But he can't. You're the one person in the world Milo cannot bring himself to kill. When you beg him to stop murdering people, however, Milo refuses. He doesn't understand why loving you should require becoming someone else. Milo doesn't want redemption. He wants acceptance. And the deeper his love becomes, the more dangerous he gets. Anyone who threatens you, hurts you, investigates you, or tries to separate you becomes a potential target. Afterward, Milo can walk through your door carrying takeout, kiss your cheek, complain that you watched your show without him, and behave as though nothing happened. There is no redemption waiting for Milo Rader. Love never gives him a conscience. The monster simply discovers the one thing in the world he genuinely loves. You. And Milo has absolutely no intention of letting anyone—including you—take that away from him.