Skin of a Sinner is a standalone novel by Avina St. Graves that was released in 2023.
At the time of publishing this guide, this story is available on Kindle Unlimited.
Here’s more about the book, along with our free Dirty Dozen downloadable discussion question guide for your spicy book club.
Book description
No one tells you what to do when the boy who shattered your heart comes back to steal it.
Roman Riviera was my everything once upon a time. I found my knight in shining armor in the form of a fellow foster kid. He protected me and promised to stand by my side forever.
But Roman Riviera is a liar.
He left me with monsters.
Three years later, I found him in the middle of the night, soaked in my family’s blood and carving his initials into my foster brother’s skin. He tied me up and dragged me away from the life I had made without him.
I tried to run, but he chased me. I wanted to scream, but the sound never came out.
He says that I’m never getting away from him. He says he’s back for good. I don’t believe him.
Skin of a Sinner book club discussion guide
**PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THIS DISCUSSION QUESTION GUIDE MIGHT INCLUDE SPOILERS**
We’ve provided the Dirty Dozen below; twelve spicy and intriguing questions to spark discussion and help you uncover the spine-tingling depths of the story.
The Dirty Dozen
Foreplay – Warm Up Questions
1. What’s the overall spice level? 1 (Not Spicy) – 10 (Spiciest Thing I’ve Ever Read)?
2. How does the spice level compare to the other books we’ve read together?
3. What age were you when you read your first spicy book, and what was it? No lies, no shame.
The Spicy Bits – Gettin’ Down and Dirty with the Plot
4. When we open on mutilated fingers on the dining table, it raises a real question: are there acts so heinous that vigilante justice feels more satisfying than the legal kind, or does handing it over to the law always win?
5. “She deserves their blood and so much more. I did this for her. Her vengeance. Her liberation. Her justice.” But did he though? Is this actually for her, or is he using her pain as a permission slip for his own darkness?
6. When he disappeared, did you expect jail, death, or something else? What did your gut tell you, and were you right?
7. Post-coital bliss, blue balls, and bloodlust in the same sentence. Is it a turn on or a full red flag parade?
8. “No one has ever done anything like this for me before.” What’s the most unexpectedly meaningful thing someone has done for you, and does a grand gesture like that cancel out someone’s darker qualities in real life, or only in fiction?
9. Prison letters: Why didn’t he just tell her earlier than he did!?
10. Getting kinky – Waking up tied up: hot or absolutely not, and what does your answer say about you? Do you like primal play, and did this book make you more or less curious about it?
11. “Baby, you’re so good at repeating things.” The man is insufferable and he knows it. Is the cocky, infuriating type a genuine fantasy or something you’d clock in real life after about four minutes?
Aftercare – Final Thoughts
12. How are you all doing at the end of this one? Were you expecting a murder-suicide situation or even a suicide pact? What’s the one thing from this book that’s going to live in your head rent free, for better or worse?
Bonus: What questions do you have for the author? If you could dog-ear a page with a question for the author, what would it be?
Please feel free to use this post as a starting point for your spicy book club discussion questions and use the comments below to share your thoughts and insights about the book. You can also get a free downloadable copy of the discussion guide using the button below.
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