The Devil’s Carousel

Laura Victoria

The circus appears without warning, a cathedral of smoke and torn canvas. Inside, the audience sits frozen, forced to bleed terror, lust, and sorrow into the ring.

Basten rules the show, half hellhound, half tyrant—his body a mass of black fur and claw, his eyes burning red through the haze. Every scream feeds him, every shudder a feast. He does not perform. He devours.

Corneel, a demon of lust bound in chains, is paraded as spectacle. Yet even shackled, he radiates temptation—every movement dripping with ruinous promise, every glance a slow undoing. His body is enslaved, but his desire remains untamed, dark and undeniable.

Then comes Mercy, blindfolded by choice. To Basten, she is possession. To Dallas, a rival. To Corneel, she is recognition—an impossible, forbidden desire.

And beneath it all, Doubt and Desire whisper through the turning wheel: Will you resist, or will you crave? Will you flee, or will you feed? Round and round the carousel spins—choose your torment, and let it bleed.

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IAC Main Tropes:

Morally Grey, Captivity & Rescue, Revenge, Supernatural Creatures, Second Chance

Detailed Tropes:

Lovers to enemies, Morally grey, Captivity & rescue, Bisexual, Circus, Revenge, Demons x angels, Macabre/horror, Past life/amnesia, Second chance romance

Representations in This Book:

LGBTQA+

Age Groups:

Adult

Spice Level:

Level 5

Available Formats:

Paperback, eBook

Content Information:

Level 4

• Abuse (emotional, mental, physical, and sexual)
• Anal sex (without lubrication)
• Assault
• Blood
• Body mutilation (Including self-mutilation)
• Cannibalism
• Death
• Degradation
• Dismemberment
• Dub-con
• Forced nudity
• Gore
• Graphic sexual content
• Horror elements
• Humiliation
• Hypnotism
• Kidnapping
• Memory loss/memory wiping
• Non-con
• Murder
• Slavery
• Spiders
• Swearing
• Threats of bodily harm
• Torture (physical and psychological)

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About the Author

Laura Victoria

Laura Victoria is a Yorkshire-born care worker who basically runs on Yorkshire Tea (90% of her bloodstream, give or take).

Collector of night shifts, because who actually wants to see the sun anyway? Drawn to everything dark and twisted—curses, haunted castles, and monsters you probably shouldn’t kiss (but definitely would).

She’s addicted to the deliciously macabre: death, gore, shadows, and that eerie feeling you get when you hear footsteps behind you but there’s nobody there. (She probably wrote it into a WIP, don’t worry.)

With more unfinished manuscripts than spoons in her kitchen, she thrives in chaos. Each night she swears she’ll stick to one project, and each night another scarecrow, demon, or cursed lover kicks down her imagination’s door demanding their own book.

Part-time carer of humans, full-time wrangler of characters, and a firm believer that life is best lived on the dark side—with a dangerously large mug of tea in hand.

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