Because You’re Mine is an extreme horror romance. It was originally published in April 2024 as part of The Dark Embrace, a limited, special edition collection by me and Mona Kabbani, author of The Bell Chime and Vanilla. Now the novellas the book contained are having their own individual releases.
Mona’s The Color of Blood came out June 2nd.
Because You’re Mine comes out on my birthday, July 16th. You can preorder the signed paperback bundle now, exclusively at TRIANAHORROR.COM. Wide release will follow on August 16th, in paperback and ebook. This is your chance to get the book a month in advance!
Bundle comes with:
A signed paperback copy
An exclusive red variant "Read Kristopher Triana" button
Bloody syringe pen
"Read Kristopher Triana" sticker
Two bookmarks (styles vary)
PREORDER. Items expected to ship 7/16, if not sooner.
The stunning cover art and interior design for Because You’re Mine was done by Scott Cole of 13Visions, who is also the author of Headless and Crazy Times.
Here is Because You’re Mine’s synopsis.
Bryan’s elderly mother is terminally ill, and that’s the way he likes it. Mom comes from old money, making it easy for Bryan to hire an in-home nurse, but he’s looking for someone to provide a special kind of treatment, something he’s long fantasized about.
Shelby is a nurse with a horrible secret. When she begins caring after Bryan’s mother, the two strike up an unlikely kinship, bonding over their troubled pasts and hidden desires. Together, the older Bryan begins teaching Shelby classic methods of diabolism, and she teaches him about the modern tools of their terrifying trade, making them a duo to die for.
When I call this book an extreme horror romance, I use the word “romance” in the darkest sense possible. Think Natural Born Killers or The People Under the Stairs, only more sadistic. Think Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka, the real-life Ken & Barbie Killers who raped and tortured teenage girls in the 1990s, including Homolka’s own sister. Think Fred and Rosemary West, who are probably the most evil couple in American history.
Because You’re Mine has its eroticism and is about a budding romance, but it is also filled with the same sort of dark, transgressive, taboo content readers have come to expect from the author of Gone to See the River Man and They All Died Screaming.
So… are you ready to be mine?
Until next time, keep reading, and try to be happy.
Your pal,
Kris
I've recently discovered you as an author and have been enjoying all your books. I enjoy the grittiness of your horror and appreciate the complexity of the characters, many horror books fall flat on that. Thank you!