NEW RELEASE
Book Title: The Dark Before Dawn
Author: Thom Collins
Publisher: Entwined Publishing
Cover Artist: Kelly Martin
Release Date: July 7, 2026
Tense/POV: Third person
Genres: Contemporary MM Romance, Mystery/suspense/thriller
Tropes: Friends to lovers, cop, stalker
Length: 68 500 words
Heat Rating: 4 flames
It is a standalone story that is part of a wider series
(book four in the Basic Instincts series)
and does not end on a cliffhanger.
Buy Links
Universal Link | First For Romance
A brutal killer. An unwitting witness. A cop caught in the middle of a deadly pursuit.
Blurb
A brutal killer. An unwitting witness. A cop caught in the middle of a deadly pursuit.
Jude Kalvert is glad to be back in his home city and playing gigs around his favourite bars. Blyham is a dangerous place, and things seem only to have got worse in the time he’s been away. It’s not safe to be out alone at night, but when Jude runs into an old school friend after one of his shows, things don’t appear so bad after all.
Danyal Nadir has changed a lot since they knew each other. He’s a cop for one thing, newly appointed to act as liaison between the police and the LGBTQ+ community. And he’s come a long way from the shy, bullied kid Jude remembers from school. The adult Danyal is strong, confident and very attractive. Both men jump at the chance to get reacquainted.
But that first night is not as safe as it appears. Jude discovers that he’s one of the last people to have seen a murder victim alive. Soon the killer has Jude and Danyal in his sights. On the run and desperate, there’s no limit to what he’ll do. As their friendship turns to passion, their new beginning could be the end of them.
Reader advisory: This book contains scenes of violence, gore and murder, as well as homophobia and racial slurs.
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