What We Burn : a dark why-choose romance (Hangmen Trilogy Book 2)

What We Burn : a dark why-choose romance (Hangmen Trilogy Book 2)

Eve Riche
4.5 (1 ratings)
Sep 8, 2026 · English · eBook (742 pages)
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Format eBook
Pages 742
Language English
Published Sep 8, 2026
Publisher Velvet & Vice Press
Edition Book 2 of 3: Hangmen Trilogy

Description

My psychos want to lock me in a cage. I’m ready to break out. I survive being hanged. Barely. Now my Hangmen have decided I’m never leaving the house again. One rope scar. One medically induced coma. My beautiful, broken men taking shifts beside my bed as if death might come back the second one of them blinks. I wake up unable to speak. That doesn’t mean I’m without a voice. The Hangmen think keeping me safe means barred doors, twenty-four-hour surveillance, and never letting me out of arm’s reach. They want to shelter me from the dark. But surviving didn't make me fragile—it gave me teeth. I don’t want to be locked away while they hunt the rat bastard who strung me up. I want a mask. I want a blade. I want to watch them bleed. The only problem? My possessive killers are coping with my brush with death by losing their minds. Micah still holds me together in the dark, but behind the sweet smiles, his own cracks are starting to show. Holden hides behind law and order to mask his panic, a control freak who wants to lick my wounds clean. Milo turns stalking into a love language and trauma into a punchline—right up until the joke stops being funny. Knox puts a knife in my boot, strength back into my body, and himself between me and every threat. And Eli? The less said about him the better. Somewhere between recovery, revenge, and a bed big enough for giants, the boundaries about who belongs to whom are going up in flames. But someone is still sending threats from Brock’s phone. Brock is dead. I know because I killed him. Whoever is using his number knows what happened beneath the jetty. They know how the Hangmen hunt. And they know exactly what it takes to make five killers afraid. They almost killed me once. They won’t get another chance. Some secrets stay buried. Others need to burn. What We Burn is book two of the Hangmen Trilogy and ends on a cliffhanger. It's dark contemporary why-choose romance—meaning she doesn't pick. She keeps all five.

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A fantastic second book in this series!

There were SO many emotions and new characters introduced in this one, and they added some really interesting vibes to the overall story. It was especially fun watching the guys embrace this why choose situation, figure out what it means for them, and grow both individually and together around Sage.

This one definitely keeps you guessing about who the big bad scary is. I had my suspicions from book one, but Eve Riche threw enough red herrings throughout this book to have me convinced I was wrong more than once. I really enjoyed that! I love when a book makes me question my own theories instead of immediately confirming them.

One thing I did find in this one was that I found this one dragged a bit got me. There were definitely moments where I felt like we could have gotten to some of the bigger plot points a little faster and like we were taking the scenic route when I was ready to GET THERE 😂. And, as much as I enjoy the spice...because phew some of those scenes were HOTTTT.... there were a few moments where I thought we had maybe one too many smut scenes that didn't add a whole lot to the story. I know, blasphemy 😅

Overall, though, I really enjoyed book 2 and after another devastating cliffhanger, I'm absolutely invested in seeing how everything plays out in the finale!

September 5th 2026
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