Arrows and Apologies (Monsters & Muses, Bk. 4, Deluxe Edition)
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Overview
From USA Today bestselling author Sav R. Miller comes a dark, opposites-attract romance steeped in myth, blackmail, and a chase neither of them saw coming.
Mayor Alistair Wolfe needs an assistant. Someone polished. Someone scandal-free. Someone who will absolutely not complicate his carefully managed public image. He does not get any of those things. Instead, he ends up blackmailing his one-night stand into the role — a blue-haired, tattooed thief named Cora Astor who is the last person anyone would picture standing beside a British mayor.
Cora wasn't looking for a job, and she definitely wasn't looking for a boss. But when the position offers her access to the island where her brother vanished without a trace, she decides the gamble is worth it. She just didn't count on her new employer being the same stranger she hooked up with the night before her interview.
Now she's trapped in close quarters with a man who is far too brazen about what he wants — and that's her. Alistair isn't subtle, isn't apologetic, and has absolutely no intention of making this professional arrangement easy. Scandals begin stacking up faster than either of them can manage. Secrets surface. Power shifts. The line between boss and obsession blurs in ways neither of them planned for.
Inspired by the myth of Apollo and Daphne, Arrows and Apologies is a story about a man who thrives on the chase and a woman who isn't sure she wants to keep running.
Series Information
Series Name: Monsters & Muses
Series Reading Order
The Monsters & Muses series consists of interconnected standalone dark romances that can be read in any order. However, for the clearest sense of shared-world continuity and a chronological timeline, the author recommends starting with the prequel novella Sweet Sin, followed by the main series in publication order.
Prequel Novella, 0.5 - Sweet Sin
Book 1 - Promises and Pomegranates
Book 2 - Vipers and Virtuosos
Book 3 - Oaths and Omissions
Book 4 - Arrows and Apologies
Book 5 - Souls and Sorrows
Book 6 - Liars and Liaisons
Topics and Key Themes
Narrative Tropes
Enemies to Lovers
Forced Proximity
Opposites Attract
Blackmail Romance
One Night Stand to More
Key Themes
The chase as control — a mayor who pursues obsessively meets a woman who refuses to be caught.
Blackmail rewriting the rules — coercion creates intimacy neither of them planned for.
Scandal as a power shift — public image crumbles as desire overrides careful management.
Secrets driving the stakes — a missing brother pulls Cora deeper into dangerous territory.
Myth echoing through desire — Apollo and Daphne's chase reframed as something neither can outrun.
Who is this book for?
Primary Genre: Dark Contemporary Romance
Spice Level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 4/5: Very Spicy
Turning up the heat! Multiple steamy scenes with clear, descriptive detail and strong chemistry. Romance and spice share the spotlight here.
Fans of Penelope Douglas will enjoy the dark power dynamics, blackmail-fueled tension, and slow-burn enemies-to-lovers chemistry between a brooding British mayor and a rebellious heroine hiding dangerous secrets.
About the Author
SAV R. MILLER is an international bestselling author of dark and contemporary romance. She prefers the villains in most stories, and thinks everyone deserves happily-ever-after. Sav lives in central Kentucky with two pups named Lord Byron and Poe. She loves sitcoms, silence, and sardonic humor.
Similar Authors
Penelope Douglas, Katee Robert, Ivy Smoak
Reader FAQs
The book sits at the heavier end of dark contemporary romance. It features blackmail, obsessive pursuit, and coercion-driven intimacy, with a spice level of 4 out of 5. Readers comfortable with morally grey heroes and power-imbalanced relationships will find it familiar territory.
Both share dark power dynamics, a brooding male lead, and slow-burn enemies-to-lovers tension. Arrows and Apologies adds a mythological framework and a missing-person subplot that raises the external stakes beyond what most Douglas titles typically include.
The romance is the dominant thread. The political setting and missing-brother subplot add tension and external stakes, but the emotional core is the relationship between Alistair and Cora. World-building is grounded and contemporary, not complex.
The setup moves quickly — the protagonists share a one-night stand before the forced proximity begins — but the romantic tension develops through an extended push-and-pull dynamic. The pursuit element keeps the pacing active rather than drawn out.
The book is written for adult readers, generally recommended for ages 18 and up. It contains explicit sexual content, coercive dynamics, and mature themes including blackmail and obsession that are not appropriate for younger or younger-adult audiences.
Info
ISBN: 9781464229046
Published Date: April 15, 2025
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Language: English
Page Count: 382
Size: 8.50" l x 5.50" w x 1.25" h
Category
Fiction