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Jul 2023
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S2E16 Heartless Heathens - Santana Knox

Trigger Warning Romance: A Dark Romance Podcast
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Grab those headphones… Corvin King is back! And this time he brought us his latest project: Heartless Heathens by Santana Knox – A Why Choose Gothic Romance! Please head the trigger warnings as this book really pushes the boundaries between “sane and sin” and the

story itself is anti-religion, taboo and touches uncomfortable topics. This is a corruption story, there are no heroes here… and Corvin and Nat get into the nitty gritty. As always, check the triggers and enjoy!

 

*** THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS***

 

✅ Why Choose romance, dystopian romance, enemies to lovers, gothic romance, touch her and die, billionaire romance, DP, DVP, University Romance, Hunchback of Notre Dame adjacent

 

🚩 Explicit language, death of parents, history of trauma, murder, gruesome deaths, suicidal thoughts, traumatic adoption, disembowelment, dismembering, drowning, sexual asphyxiation, choking, dubious consent, non-consensual sexual acts, physical assault, sexual assault, coercion, unprotected sex, light degradation, coerced attempted suicide, blood play, knife play, bomb threat, bodily mutilation, child abuse, neglect, fictional satanic worship, fictional occultism, non-consensual drug use, virgin heroine

 

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Upcoming episode:

Dark Romance TBD with Mr. Savage

 

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Find Our Guest Host:

Corvin King

Instagram: @corvin.king

TikTok: @corvin.king

Discord: @corvin.king

Email: covinkingvo@gmail.com

https://www.corvinkingvo.com/

 

 

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Titles mentioned:

Fifty Shades of Grey – E.L. James

 

Ravens Cry – Charlie Nottingham

 

Rowe – Dylan Page

 

Pucking Wrong Number – C.R. Jane

 

 

 

 

Authors After Midnight Book Convention

https://www.authorsaftermidnight.com/

 

Fated Mates Podcast

https://fatedmates.net/

 

Libby App (Virtual Library)

 

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A list of abbreviations and terms frequently used in relation to dark romance novels can be found at https://triggerwarningromance.com/glossary/ 

 

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Intro and Outro music:

We Ascend Instrumental by Michael Briguglio

 

 

 


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