Kill Me Once, Darling

Riona Voss is the best assassin no one has ever heard of. The job is simple: get close to Celeste Mara, head of the most dangerous syndicate on the coast, and end her quietly. Three attempts. Three failures. One very large, very stupid golden retriever. When Celeste offers her a job instead of a body bag, Riona takes it — not because she has a choice, but because staying close is the only way to finish what she started. Or so she tells herself. Celeste Mara doesn't make mistakes. She doesn't trust bodyguards she didn't vet, or women who fell through her fire escape, or anyone who looks at her the way Riona does. But she knows exactly who Riona is. She's known since the first day. And she hired her anyway. What follows is thirty days of sharp suits, sharper conversations, one increasingly inconvenient dog, and two women trying very hard not to want what they can't afford. Kill Me Once, Darling is a slow-burn sapphic romance with dark mafia undertones, dry humor, forced proximity, and an ending that earns it. Content warning: violence, morally grey characters, adult content (18+).