A Knightly
Heat Lightning [PREORDER September 2026]
$45.00 AUD
Max
Wearing nothing but a towel—because why not add embarrassment to an already horrifying situation—my life turned upside down the night a masked vigilante alpha broke into my apartment and ripped away all sense of safety. He swore he’d never hurt me, and surprisingly, he kept his word—and told me to put my clothes back on—before wiping my tears with leather-gloved hands coated in someone else’s blood and disappearing back into the shadows.
Who was this blue-eyed masked man who looked at me like I already belonged to him, and why did I so badly want that to be true?
It doesn’t matter. The best thing for me to do is move on. Return to my normal job, decidedly nonthreatening friends, and uneventful life. Except, too many sleepless nights fueled by a completely rational fear, thank you very much, and my heat approaching faster than an oncoming train have clearly scrambled my brain because all I crave is him.
The arms of a vigilante killer should not be where I feel safest—it’s ridiculous. I don’t even know his real name or what he looks like. There’s absolutely no way, at all, whatsoever, I’d ask him to help me through my heat, and certainly no way I’d fall for the man. Nope. Not happening.
Yeah, right.
Heat Lightning is an omegaverse romance that is dark, funny, and full of heat, featuring a morally gray, masked vigilante alpha and the omega he will protect at all costs—even if it means breaking into his apartment. More than once. It’s for safety, okay? This is a non-shifter story with no Mpreg (but possible in world).
Tropes: Masked vigilante stalker / Morally gray MMC / Hidden identity / Touch him and die / Obsessed alpha
Heat Lightning [PREORDER September 2026]
$45.00 AUD
Max
Wearing nothing but a towel—because why not add embarrassment to an already horrifying situation—my life turned upside down the night a masked vigilante alpha broke into my apartment and ripped away all sense of safety. He swore he’d never hurt me, and surprisingly, he kept his word—and told me to put my clothes back on—before wiping my tears with leather-gloved hands coated in someone else’s blood and disappearing back into the shadows.
Who was this blue-eyed masked man who looked at me like I already belonged to him, and why did I so badly want that to be true?
It doesn’t matter. The best thing for me to do is move on. Return to my normal job, decidedly nonthreatening friends, and uneventful life. Except, too many sleepless nights fueled by a completely rational fear, thank you very much, and my heat approaching faster than an oncoming train have clearly scrambled my brain because all I crave is him.
The arms of a vigilante killer should not be where I feel safest—it’s ridiculous. I don’t even know his real name or what he looks like. There’s absolutely no way, at all, whatsoever, I’d ask him to help me through my heat, and certainly no way I’d fall for the man. Nope. Not happening.
Yeah, right.
Heat Lightning is an omegaverse romance that is dark, funny, and full of heat, featuring a morally gray, masked vigilante alpha and the omega he will protect at all costs—even if it means breaking into his apartment. More than once. It’s for safety, okay? This is a non-shifter story with no Mpreg (but possible in world).
Tropes: Masked vigilante stalker / Morally gray MMC / Hidden identity / Touch him and die / Obsessed alpha
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