Title: Darling Savage Sins
Author: DV Fischer
Publisher: Love N Books Press
Genre: Dark Romantic Suspense, Curvy Girl Romance, PTSD, Cult
Release Date: 21st April 2026
BLURB
Dolly never met a red flag she didn't want to fix.
As a therapist, she knows better than to chase the dark, dangerous man watching her from the shadows of the bar. But when Jagger touches her, all mystery and coiled violence, reason doesn't stand a chance. One night in a parking lot becomes an obsession she can't shake. He's every warning sign she's ever ignored, and exactly the kind of broken she's drawn to.
Jagger came back to Ashwood, Oregon for one reason: to save his sister from the Savage Temple cult he barely escaped alive. The brutal compound shaped him into something he can't forgive. A soldier with too many kills on his hands and PTSD that won't let him sleep. He doesn't deserve Dolly's soft hands or her determination to make him whole. But when she inserts herself into his life, refusing to walk away from his darkness, he can't resist the hunt.
Now his father stands between him and his sister's freedom. The law wants him gone. And the deeper Dolly falls into Jagger's world, the more she realizes some souls can't be saved, and some monsters wear the faces of victims. When the final confrontation comes, survival will demand a sacrifice neither of them saw coming.
As a therapist, she knows better than to chase the dark, dangerous man watching her from the shadows of the bar. But when Jagger touches her, all mystery and coiled violence, reason doesn't stand a chance. One night in a parking lot becomes an obsession she can't shake. He's every warning sign she's ever ignored, and exactly the kind of broken she's drawn to.
Jagger came back to Ashwood, Oregon for one reason: to save his sister from the Savage Temple cult he barely escaped alive. The brutal compound shaped him into something he can't forgive. A soldier with too many kills on his hands and PTSD that won't let him sleep. He doesn't deserve Dolly's soft hands or her determination to make him whole. But when she inserts herself into his life, refusing to walk away from his darkness, he can't resist the hunt.
Now his father stands between him and his sister's freedom. The law wants him gone. And the deeper Dolly falls into Jagger's world, the more she realizes some souls can't be saved, and some monsters wear the faces of victims. When the final confrontation comes, survival will demand a sacrifice neither of them saw coming.
REVIEW
I love the dramatic dark cover and the hands holding a crucifix which hints at how strict the Savage Temple Cult really is.
This book is a plus size dark romance between a tortured soul with a dark past in a cult and a curvy therapist who can't resist wanting to fix him. But can Dolly really tame the monster he was made into and does Jagger really want to be fixed?
Dolly is the curvy female therapist who is divorced yet still best friends with her ex-husband, Rollo who happens to be a police officer. The two are good friends and Rollo worries about the kind of people that Dolly meets within her job as a therapist, so much so he gives her pointers on self-defence. Both Rollo and Dolly’s best friend Sadie know Dolly has a weakness when it comes to men with tortured souls and troubled pasts, so its no great surprise to them when Dolly becomes involved with Jagger Valentine.
Jagger had a highly troubled childhood at the hands of his own father who is also the Savage Temple Cult leader. One night a teenaged Jagger and a young teen girl neighbour make a run for it and escape the cult. Jagger ends up in the army where he is singled out for special violent missions further adding to his tortured soul. When the army abandons him when he is no longer needed with only ex-army buddy Blake to look out for him.
Jagger has been dealing with his demons and his guilt of leaving his sister behind in the cult by turning to drink. Jagger doesn’t just have a social drink he drinks, and drinks himself into oblivion. This alcohol induced oblivion giving him a little respite from his guilt.
The only thing that has kept Jagger going is his desperate need to go back to the Savage Temple cult to rescue his younger sister Isabelle and get revenge on his father, its all he has lived for. As for women, he’s always settled for one-night stands until he meets Dolly, one night just isn’t enough with her. Dolly allows his damaged, savage side to exist and be part of their sexual encounters. What starts out as an outlet and a fascination for Jagger turns into something else, he cannot put a name to. Jagger even tries to put distance between himself and Dolly when he thinks she may be drawn into his issues with the Savage Temple Cult. However, Dolly doesn’t give up easily and it seems that Jagger can’t stay away from her either despite vowing to himself he would.
After a rather violent confrontation with his father, it becomes apparent that there is another person heavily influencing the cult and its direction. Jagger doesn’t care who is in charge, he wants his sister out and he doesn’t care she is married and pregnant. Once out of the clutches of Savage Temple Cult, Jagger thinks that Dolly can fix his sister and everyone can continue with their new lives. However things are not as Jagger first thinks when it turns out that Tyron a man he remembers from his childhood in the cult as being abusive is the man who is married to his sister, Isabelle.
When a hostage situation occurs and Sadie has to face her past in order to help best friend Dolly, she doesn’t hesitate to act. When Jagger arrives on the scene to rescue those held captive he is faced with an impossible decision. A choice between past and future.
I really enjoyed reading this one, it kept you on the edge of your seat and certainly kept you thinking and guessing who was the power behind the Savage Temple Cult other than Bryce Valentine. The ending is quite explosive in more ways than one. The twists were very well written though I did have a slight inkling as to where things were going but perhaps that because I have read other books by this author!
I loved the moment when Jagger realises the feelings he has for Dolly that he can’t put a name to are feelings of love, that he can experience this type of love. I adored the way Dolly was willing to do anything and even sacrifice herself for Jagger. It was a shame one of the characters was killed off but it really did fit into the story for that character to sacrifice themselves. There are quite explicit sexual scenes in the book, though they are in context and show how Jaggers past have influenced every aspect of his life. There are also quite detailed violent scenes too, though in the greater plot you understand why these scenes are within the book and they are believable for the characters involved in them.
The character I fell immediately in love with was of course Jagger, the troubled guy who just needs to be shown love and learn how to love. I wanted to reach into the book and give him the biggest hug, though I don’t think it would have been received well.
I adored Blake, the army buddy who stuck by his friend and the motto of “never leave a soldier behind” despite Jaggers path of self-destruction via alcohol and his intention of walking into the Savage Temple Cult to free his sister no matter the consequences. I thought Dolly was a complex character herself and I wondered if perhaps she had experienced troubles in her own past before becoming a therapist.
My immediate thoughts upon finishing the book were, what a twist! And that it was a shame Jagger had to face the difficult choice but perhaps he had to make that choice to be able to move on with his own future.
Summing up, this was another great book by DV Fischer!
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