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The Darkness Within Us by Tricia Levenseller
4.0

Absolutely delightful. In the first 30 pages, the heroine murders her lecherous elderly husband, seizes control of his estate, gives the servants a hefty pay raise, and then hits the brothels to learn what she likes in bed. Not dark romance, but certainly unique in the way the heroine (much like her sister in the preceding book) is allowed to connive and murder without judgment. 

Much like Mimi Matthews' Rules for Ruins, a tale of two people scrabbling for the same goal (in this case, control of the estate) and realizing they're a matched pair. 

Will definitely be looking out for Levenseller's next work.