u/Boysenberry_2401

Whenever I watch a slasher movie, I always imagine the killer falling in love with the final girl and letting her live because of it. I NEED to read something like this.

• Psychopath/sociopath serial killer with a defined MO (wearing a mask is a plus lol)
• FMC is either on his kill list, or she accidentally crosses paths with him
• His initial plan is to kill her, but he holds on to her because she intrigues him, or she says something that makes him pause
• There needs to be a romance element, but I need a heavy part of fear and tension (the scary part of the slasher movie should still be present and not totally shadowed by the romance)
• She is scared shitless of course, but as they spend more time together, she comes to understand him - his motives, his story (this does not necessarily mean she accepts him)
• For MMC, this is the first time in his life he feels something like this - maybe because of his diagnosis. He is obsessed and doesn't understand why.
• I loved it in Friday the 13th when Whitney yells "Jason stop!" and he stops killing the guy because she is the only one he will listen to
• I don't necessarily need a conventional HEA. For example, she can come to care for him because she got to know him, but she is not willing to stay with a murderer, so she leaves. If there is HEA, good; otherwise I can go without.

Triggers: I would prefer that IF the book is non-HEA, that there is no MC death, but if it fits everything else, I will accept it.

Please do not recommend {Dead of Summer by AJ Merlin}, {Haunt by AJ Merlin}, or anything else she's written, because I've already read 90% of her catalogue lol. I LOVE her books, but sometimes her serial killers are a bit too fluffy. I need MMC to be believable as serial killers.