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Beautiful Venom

A Dark Hockey Romance

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Beautiful Venom

By: Rina Kent
Narrated by: Corvin King, Michelle Sparks
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From New York Times & USA Today bestselling author Rina Kent comes a sizzling dark hockey romance set in a new glamorous secret world.

In a den of vipers, revenge is the deadliest venom.

They shattered my world; now, I’ll bring down theirs.

The problem? I have virtually no way to trace the puppet master.

My only lead: The Vipers.

An elite college hockey team that rules the ice—and the shadows beyond it.

To infiltrate their secret society, I set my sights on their weakest link.

Kane Davenport.

The charismatic captain and the lone green flag in a nest of serpents.

But too late, I realize I’ve enticed the most venomous snake.

Kane’s friendly façade hides a predator more dangerous than I imagined.

He quickly unveils the monster lurking beneath the surface.

A monster who lured me in only to trap me in a lethal game with no escape.

This book marks the start of a new chapter in the #Rinaverse. No other book should be listened to prior to this.

©2025 Rina Kent (P)2025 Rina Kent Contemporary Romantic Suspense Sports Hockey
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This book was an easy read, with some dark romance themes. What really stood out was the audio performance, the story didn’t have major twists and turns or the thrill factor which was surprisingly nice.

Good spice scenes

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The following is in no particular order!!

Rina Kent CHECK
Duet narration CHECK
Genre hockey CHECK
Theme secret society cult CHECK
Corvin King CHECK
Michelle Sparks CHECK

Rina Kent novels are like a nice hearty soup on a dark night. Chunky well thought out plot, characters and steaminess..

EXCELLENT ALL ROUNDER

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As always, the story was fantastic. Nice twists, some I saw coming and some that were shocking. Love a good redemption arc that doesn’t feel forced.
I’ll admit I initially compared it to REU: Kane is Aidan, Preston is Cole, Jude is Ronan. However, while the personalities are somewhat similar, the storyline is so different that they took on a whole new caste.
Michelle Sparks is awesome as always. Fell in love with her from Haunting Adeline and love her in everything I’ve heard.
Corvin King has a great voice. He does dispassionate and cold so well and then fills the voice with heightened emotion when relevant, so brilliantly matching the main character. My only critique is that he didn’t differentiate the voices well. When he was talking with his father I struggled to figure out who was talking, as well as the inner monologue vs actual conversation.
Overall, a fantastic listen I’d highly recommend, can’t wait for the next one

Love Rina Kent

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Reading Format: Ebook and Audiobook
Stars: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice:🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Characters: Dahlia Thorne & Kane Davenport
Tropes: Dark Romance, Secret Society, Hockey romance, Primal Play
Narrator (s): Michelle Sparks & Corvin King

I’ll admit, the beginning felt a bit standard and slow, and Chapter 6 had me seriously wondering what is going on?! 😅 But once the romance between the characters started to deepen, it really drew me in. There’s a sweet, almost tender quality to the way their relationship unfolds even amidst all the dark and twisty moments. And the twists… I did not see some of them coming!
Also, I absolutely despised Kane’s father. On the flip side, the side characters were amazing—Jude and Violet especially caught my attention. I’m so curious about where their story is going and can’t wait for more.

I read this via Kindle and listened to the audiobook simultaneously, and honestly? No complaints. The narration was perfection. Corvin King’s voice is just chef’s kiss he brought the character to life in the best way.

corvin king? Yes please

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Honestly 5/5 STARS!!!!! Always love Rina Kent and her storylines, but man both VAs really brought the story to life!!! This book just made my top 3 RK books list.

THE VAS WERE PERFECT!

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I can honestly say I didn’t sleep, I listened overnight… I just couldn’t stop!!! I was captivated!
It was beautiful 🥹🫶🏾 👌🏾

Absolutely loved it

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The relationships in this book are main highlights for me and there are many people with complicated relationships. Through all of this the is a HEA and has set up other stories yet to come. I now want to get the other books in the series. Very enjoyable.

Push and Pull Love

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I love Rina Kent and have read and enjoyed all of her books. I went into this book expecting another great read but was really disappointed. The story was just so uninteresting and the characters just lacking. Hopefully the next one in the series will be better.

Very disappointing

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it was fun... a little predictable but overall enjoyable. the narrators did a great job as always

it was fun

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