Hunt the Villain
- Published
- 24 March 2026
- Pages
- 544
- ISBN-13
- 9781464261756
- Type
- novel
About this book
Hunt the Villain followed on 24 March 2026, running 544 pages as a standalone M/M dark college-mafia romance within the same world -- a departure from the largely M/F pairings elsewhere in Kent's work.
Key facts about Hunt the Villain
Rina Kent wrote Hunt the Villain, a novel on our list. It has been out since 24 March 2026. The book has 544 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781464261756 to find the main one.
Hunt the Villain is book 2 of 3 in the Villain series. The series has 2 published books, while 1 more has an announced date. However, the series starts with Kiss the Villain (2025).
It is also the latest book in the series with a full release date. Meanwhile, Crave the Villain comes next, with an announced date of 1 March 2027.
Additionally, Rina Kent writes Royal Elite, Team Zero and Kingdom Duet, plus 8 more series. Those series sit on our dark romance, mafia romance and romance shelves. Meanwhile, Tempting Venom is the latest published Rina Kent book on file, from 30 June 2026.
About Rina Kent
Rina Kent is a New York Times bestselling author and a major name in the dark romance boom driven largely by BookTok, known for interconnected new-adult series built around enemies-to-lovers dynamics, morally grey anti-heroes, and twisted power games. See every Rina Kent book in order.
Its place in Villain
Hunt the Villain is book 2 in the Villain series. It follows Kiss the Villain. It is followed by Crave the Villain. See the full Villain reading order.
Villain is a dark romance series set in the world of Rina Kent's Legacy of Gods, following characters on its darker, more dangerous fringes. Hunt the Villain, the series' second book, is a standalone dark M/M college-mafia romance about rivals drawn into each other's orbit within the same mafia-adjacent world as Legacy of Gods -- a genre and pairing departure from most of Kent's other series, which are predominantly M/F. Kiss the Villain opened the series in 2025, with Hunt the Villain following in March 2026. A…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781464261756