Toxic by Nicole Blanchard

Toxic by Nicole Blanchard is a dark, forbidden romance with Joker-level chaos and Haunting Adeline vibes—where a prison nurse makes one catastrophic choice after another… and the most dangerous one is him.

She already escaped one nightmare by marrying the wrong man. Now she’s working behind bars, patching up criminals and keeping her head down—until one ruthless, twisted inmate starts paying a little too much attention. He’s brutal. He’s obsessed. And he’s the only person who notices the bruises she’s been hiding.

His touch is a mistake she can’t stop craving. His kisses feel like a drug she can’t quit. And when she learns what he’s really capable of—and why he’s locked up—she runs.

He doesn’t let her get far.

Now the game turns into a hunt… and she’s the prize.

Toxic is a standalone dark romance featuring a pierced, morally gray antihero, obsessive “touch her and die” protectiveness, and a dangerous cat-and-mouse dynamic. It includes explicit sexual content; trigger warnings are listed at the beginning of the book.

“Intense, filthy, suspenseful—Nicole Blanchard delivers all the goods in this addictive forbidden love story!” — USA Today bestselling author K. Webster