A Dozen Dead Roses

Welcome to Havenwood, the "Cupid Capital," where the Sweetheart Festival is about to become a slaughterhouse.

Ben Vexley, blinded by his need for love, doesn’t realise a new killer is hunting him and his friends as gruesome murders bring a new player into The Cherubs disturbing game...

The Cherub doesn't just murder; she carves, poses, and displays her victims in sickening, precise parodies of affection. She is determined to complete her final, horrific gallery of: The Human Body.

If you like visceral gore, psychological dread, and holiday themes corrupted beyond recognition, this is your next read.
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In Havenwood, love isn’t just a feeling, it’s an industry. As the annual Sweetheart Festival approaches, the town is a fever dream of pink lace, heart-shaped pastries, and "Everlasting Roses." But behind the sugar-coated façade lies a rot that has been festering for decades, ever since a local woman’s cry for help was drowned out by the cheers and laughter.
Ben Vexley is the ultimate believer, moving to Havenwood and securing a simple job with a friend. He plans to propose to Clara, the ethereal florist’s assistant who represents everything pure in his world. He carries a diamond ring and a six-foot teddy bear, unaware that he is walking into a gallery of horrors.
Sasha Harvey is a famous news reporter for 'The Global Wire' with a nose for blood. She doesn't believe in fairy tales, and she certainly doesn't believe in Havenwood. She’s followed a trail of cold cases to the festival, convinced that the town’s "perfection" is a mask for a legacy of silenced victims and corruption.
When the local baker is found "plated" in her own shop window her stomach filled with jam and her body signed like a piece of art, the mask begins to slip. A killer known only as The Cherub is transforming the town’s citizens into grotesque "Exhibits," using the tools of their own trades to expose their complicity in a decades-old crime.

As the body count rises and the "art" becomes more ambitious, Ben and Sasha find themselves on a collision course with a truth more jagged than a rose thorn. In Havenwood, the secrets are deep, the residents are silent, and The Cherub is ready for her grand opening.

Before the curtain falls on the Sweetheart Festival, the town will learn that the truth doesn't just hurt...it bleeds.