Razor
Power didn’t make me softer.
It made me dangerous.
More territory. More money. More eyes waiting for me to fail. I learnt fast that survival meant control—emotional distance, locked doors, no attachments.
Then Tristan Hale-Fitzroy came back.
Rich. Beautiful. Irresistible. Still looking at me as if I was something he wanted, not something he should fear. I knew exactly what he’d cost me last time. I wanted him anyway.
This wasn’t a fling anymore.
It was obsession.
We crossed lines I couldn’t uncross—dirty nights blurring into need, desire cutting deeper every time I touched him. I broke my own rules for him.
And in my world, weaknesses don’t go unnoticed.
Tristan
I rebuilt myself on ambition and restraint.
Pupillage. Prestige. A future I’d fought to earn.
Razor Slade was meant to be a mistake I’d survived.
A dangerous man I’d left behind.
But some loves don’t fade. They wait.
He was darker now. More powerful. More possessive. Everything I shouldn’t want, yet the only thing making me feel alive. I told myself I could handle it this time. That I could keep my heart separate from the fire.
I was wrong.
Because desire isn’t safe.
And loving a man like Razor doesn’t just consume you—it corrupts you.
This wasn’t a second chance.
It was a surrender.
Corrupt is Book Two in the Pretty Poison Trilogy—a dark MM romance packed with obsession, forbidden desire, second-chance heat, power imbalance, rich/poor tension, morally grey men, and dangerous devotion.
THE FACTS
📕Darkness at its finest
📗smoking hot forbidden romance
📘Made me want to throw my kobo (this is good)
📙visceral, messy, human
THE REVIEW
Tristan Hale‑Fitzroy is trying to settle into the silver‑spoon life he was handed at birth. The problem is that it fits like an uncomfortable costume, and there’s something lurking just outside his world that keeps luring him toward something very different. That something is Razor Slade… Richie.
These two men met in the first book in a strange twist‑of‑fate encounter. They caught fire the moment they touched, and now they are both in danger. The problem with finding someone you need like you need to breathe—someone who lives in a completely different world—is how exposing it is… how dangerous.
And if there’s one thing C.F. White does well, it’s dark and dangerous. I’ve been a fan for a long time; I’ll read anything White writes. I think White’s books should be at the top of everyone’s list of MM romance novels.
This series may be her darkest yet. You might think that’s because of the setting: rich boy set up to be a shifty lawyer falls for a drug lieutenant. You’d be wrong. The place where White truly excels is in the dirty, messy, hurtful, and confronting ways her characters are human. By nature, we are dark. We want what we want, and it often gets us into tremendous trouble.
Razor and Tristan are no exception. They know what they want, but they both remain entrenched in their own prisons. For almost a year, these two men have managed to stay apart… but when they come back together, the intensity is life‑threatening. As they manage to snatch some solitary moments together, they fall into something far more meaningful than they had expected. Together—in tiny, stolen moments—they can be themselves, who they truly are. The problem is that once that time is over, they both return to a vicious world they don’t want to be a part of.
These books have completely sucked me in. I’m so invested in them surviving however it is they can. And the thing is, I always have confidence that White will bring the story to a satisfying conclusion—I just know I’m in for a lot of emotions to get there.
I love C.F. White’s writing because of how emotional it is. It’s visceral, incredibly hot, and it catches me in a grip that is inescapable. Every. Single. Book.
Want dark romance with morally grey characters you’ll adore and want to strangle at the same time? Welcome to C.F. White’s world.
How dark do YOU like your romance?
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I was provided with an ARC of Corrupt (Pretty Poison #2) by the author in exchange for an unbiased review.
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