The Seasons of Carnage Trilogy #1: Tourist Season by Brynne Weaver (Hardcover)

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brynne Weaver comes a wickedly delicious new series where dark romantic comedy meets thrilling suspenseand where falling in love can be a killer.

Welcome to Cape Carnage! Visit Once, Stay Forever.

You can hide in the farthest reaches of the deepest hell, and I will still drag you out. Even the devil cant save you from me.

Cape Carnage is a seaside town of colorful houses, quirky shops, and an unusually high body count. But with tourists comes trouble, and Harper Starling wont let anyone ruin her picture-perfect home. A skilled gardener with killer instincts, Harper protects her sanctuary at any costespecially for her aging mentor with a fading memory. Troublesome tourists dont check out of Carnage. They compost beneath Harpers award-winning flowerbeds.

But Nolan Rhodes isnt your average tourist. Devilishly handsome, disarmingly charming, and skilled with a blade, Nolan is relentless in the pursuit of revenge. On every anniversary of the hit-and-run accident that fractured his life, Nolan slays another target. And hes saved the best for last: the undeniably beautiful Harper Starling. The problem? Harper isnt the monster he expected. And she wont go down without a fight.

When an amateur true crime investigator comes to Cape Carnage on the trail of a long-lost serial killer, Harper and Nolan strike an uneasy truce. If Nolan helps Harper protect her town, shell keep quiet about his hunting habits . . . for now. But their alliance soon spirals into obsession, one that threatens to shatter every secret in Carnageincluding their fragile love.

Tourist Season is a darkly funny, slow burn enemies-to-lovers romance where destruction and desire are balanced on the edge of a bladeand where love is the most dangerous battleground of all.

Tropes:
Small-town romance
Fish out of water
Grumpy/grumpy
Forced proximity
He falls first
Touch her/him and die
Groveling