{"id":35971,"date":"2026-02-27T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=35971"},"modified":"2026-02-26T14:03:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T20:03:41","slug":"review-darkromance-serialinalivers-dolls-daggers-serial-killer-book-club-book-1-by-d-l-darby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=35971","title":{"rendered":"#Review #DarkRomance #serialinalivers -Dolls &amp; Daggers, Serial Killer Book Club Book 1 by D.L. Darby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/228502806.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35972\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/228502806.jpg?resize=333%2C500\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/228502806.jpg?w=333&amp;ssl=1 333w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/228502806.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/synopsis.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25369 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/synopsis.jpg?resize=300%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/synopsis.jpg?resize=300%2C100&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/synopsis.jpg?resize=768%2C256&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/synopsis.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cSometimes\u00a0<i>monsters\u00a0<\/i>are just broken people, hiding their scars from a world that has hurt them.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Dove Carroway has two lives\u2026<\/p>\n<p>By day, she\u2019s the bubbly, pink-clad media journalist who writes sensational stories about a vigilante serial killer. By night, she becomes the\u00a0<i>Baby Doll Killer<\/i>, an avenger with a flair for punishing the worst of humanity\u2014men who prey on children. But her most formidable challenge isn\u2019t a criminal; it\u2019s her insufferably charming work rival.<\/p>\n<p>Wrenley Campbell is the perfect gentleman to everyone but Dove, the one person who grates on his nerves with her sunshine act. But Wrenley\u2019s secrets are darker than the articles they write, and when Dove unburies the truths he\u2019s hiding, she finds herself drawn to him in ways she never expected.<\/p>\n<p>When their battle of wits escalates into something that hits too close to home, Dove steps into his world as her deadly alter ego, intending to terrify him into backing off. As Wrenley pieces together who she really is, their rivalry turns into a fiery connection that neither can deny.<\/p>\n<p>Secrets this dark have a way of coming to light, and soon, they will have to decide whether their love is strong enough to survive the shadows or shatter under the weight of their haunted pasts.<\/p>\n<p><b>Perfect for fans of dark humor, sizzling tension, and morally gray characters, Dolls &amp; Daggers is a wickedly dark romantic comedy that\u2019ll have you laughing, gasping, and swooning in equal measure.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Tropes<br \/>\nRivals to Lovers<br \/>\nWorkplace<br \/>\nRevenge<br \/>\nForced Proximity<br \/>\nTouch Him\/Her and Die<br \/>\nFeminine Rage<br \/>\nMorally Gray FMC<br \/>\nShe\u2019s the Masked One<br \/>\nPink Obsessed<br \/>\nHeight Difference (she\u2019s 5\u2019 he\u2019s 6\u20192)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/goodreads.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25373 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/goodreads.jpg?resize=300%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/goodreads.jpg?resize=300%2C100&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/goodreads.jpg?resize=768%2C256&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/goodreads.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/228502806-dolls-daggers?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_17\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/buylinks.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25375 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/buylinks.jpg?resize=300%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/buylinks.jpg?resize=300%2C100&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/buylinks.jpg?resize=768%2C256&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/buylinks.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dolls-Daggers-Serial-Killer-Novel\/dp\/B0FLYNGQ26\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2X24OBIOKOAAA&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.vxp78LpnafxEZuv_AnDAYQ.raxNyMcpgt7ijyEfJUw-0jsMNmBl8GRGHCYq04NbEYY&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=dolls+and+daggers&amp;qid=1771019755&amp;s=audible&amp;sprefix=dolls+and+daggers%2Caudible%2C139&amp;sr=1-1\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/angie.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25377 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/angie.jpg?resize=300%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/angie.jpg?resize=300%2C100&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/angie.jpg?resize=768%2C256&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/angie.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Review by Twinsie Angie<\/p>\n<p>I purchased this audiobook.<\/p>\n<p>I am sold on a good trigger warning and one with serial killers to boot.\u00a0 This book had me laughing at the sexual chemistry between Dove and Wren.\u00a0 Wren knows he is the hottest thing this side of the Mississippi, and he figures he can get Dove&#8217;s job no problem.\u00a0 Little does he know she is all rainbows and sunshine until she finds out what you&#8217;re a bad person&#8230;AKA Pedophile.\u00a0 Then making you her dog&#8217;s favorite flavor of jerky is only the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>This book had me laughing and dry-heaving a few times, but all in all, if you loved Butch and Blackbird or Sinners Retreat, you will love Turtle Dove and Song Birds&#8217; love story.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/abouttheauthor.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25626 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/abouttheauthor.jpg?resize=300%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/abouttheauthor.jpg?resize=300%2C100&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/abouttheauthor.jpg?resize=768%2C256&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/abouttheauthor.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>D.L. Darby lives in Anchorage, Alaska with her husband, dog, and cat. When she\u2019s not working at her salon, she enjoys reading, hiking (when the weather is nice), and watching silly reality t.v. shows. She loves to travel and one day hopes to be able to attend all of the bookish conventions in one year.<\/p>\n<p>You can find her on TikTok @d.l.darby_author<\/p>\n<p>Or join her reader group on FB at D.L. Darby\u2019s Darlings<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSometimes\u00a0monsters\u00a0are just broken people, hiding their scars from a world that has hurt them.\u201d Dove Carroway has two lives\u2026 By day, she\u2019s the bubbly, pink-clad media journalist who writes sensational stories about a vigilante serial killer. 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