Trapping His Assassin: The Femme Fatale Who Missed Her Shot—On Purpose
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- May 25
- 4 min read
Trapping His Assassin: The Femme Fatale Who Missed Her Shot—On Purpose
She wasn’t supposed to hesitate.
She was trained not to feel.
But the moment she saw him—she flinched.
In Trapping His Assassin, the heroine isn’t a pawn, a pet, or some misguided girl who stumbled into the wrong room. She’s a weapon, trained since adolescence at The Academy to seduce, manipulate, and kill without question.
This was supposed to be just another job.
One bullet. One body.
Instead, she let him live.
And started a war she can't walk away from.
A Black Femme Fatale Trained to Kill—and Taught Not to Want
She’s Black, brilliant, and beautifully dangerous.
A walking contradiction in a crimson dress. A girl sculpted by violence and vengeance, molded by a crime school that breaks girls down and remakes them as killers.
But her mission isn’t business—it’s personal.
Her uncle, the last blood relative she has left, orders her to eliminate Roman—a powerful, older enemy from a rival mafia faction. Disobeying him could mean death.
But she doesn’t pull the trigger.
Because something about Roman—his calm, his control, his eyes—makes her want to break the rules she’s been bled into.
And now she has to decide:
Obey the man who owns her future…
Or protect the one who might just give her a way out.
He Wasn’t Meant to Survive. Now He Won’t Let Her Go.
Roman notices her before she says a word.
She’s too composed. Too still.
And her silence tastes like strategy.
She says she’s there to negotiate.
But she’s dressed like a trap—and her eyes give her away.
When the shot rings out and misses on purpose, Roman doesn’t panic.
He smirks.
She’s not just dangerous.
She’s conflicted.
And that makes her vulnerable in all the right ways.
Now he’s not trying to eliminate her.
He’s trying to unravel her.
A Romance Built on Betrayal, Bloodlines, and the Long Game
This isn’t a fantasy where he saves her.
This is the kind where she was taught to destroy him—and wants him anyway.
Trapping His Assassin unfolds in a modern-day mafia world where femme fatales don’t fall—they calculate. And Roman? He’s not a hero. He’s the ice-cold heir to a criminal empire who’s seen too much to be shaken—until now.
She was raised to follow orders.
He was raised to give them.
But when a bullet misses and a secret slips, they both become targets.
Why We Need More Femme Fatales Who Don’t Flinch
Not rescued.
Not redeemed.
Not reduced to backstory trauma.
We need women who make danger look elegant.
Who survive by outsmarting men taught to kill them.
Who weaponize desire like a loaded gun—and know exactly when to pull the trigger.
Assassins aren’t just for men in tailored suits.
They’re for women with red lips, razor minds, and trauma they’ve turned into power.
Representation Matters: Especially When She’s the Threat
When was the last time you saw a Black woman as the one holding the rifle?
Not crying over a man.
Not begging for forgiveness.
But holding the room with just a glance and a plan to ruin everything?
It matters.
Because visibility isn’t just about softness.
It’s about letting women be sharp. Unforgiving. And utterly, gloriously lethal.
What You’ll Find Inside Trapping His Assassin
A gorgeous, Black femme fatale trained at a brutal crime academy
A reverse age gap romance between her and the older mafia heir she’s ordered to kill
A slow-burn cat-and-mouse where the mouse has claws
Seduction-as-strategy, betrayal-as-bonding, and obsession-as-foreplay
A romance where she doesn’t ask for love—she dares him to give it anyway
Three Books That Celebrate Female Assassins Who Don’t Miss—Unless It’s Intentional
🔥 Trapping His Assassin by Selena Michaels
She was raised to kill him.
She chose not to.
Now they’re both a threat to the people who trained her—and the lies that built them.
Read if you want:
A deadly Black heroine who disobeys the rules that made her
A slow-burn, forbidden, reverse age gap romance
Mafia danger, secret orders, and one bullet that changed everything
🕷 Her Name is Knight by Yasmin Angoe
She’s an elite assassin raised by a covert African organization.
When the mission turns personal, Nena Knight doesn't ask for justice—she delivers it.
Read if you want:
A fierce Black assassin dismantling the system that built her
Action, vengeance, and emotional depth
A thriller where the heroine doesn’t run—she leads the charge
✒️ Killing Sarai by J.A. Redmerski
She was raised inside a drug lord’s compound.
She escapes with a hitman—and becomes something even more deadly.
Read if you want:
A girl-turned-killer learning how to wield her power
Slow-burn attraction between two broken weapons
A journey from victim to villainess
These Women Don’t Get Second Chances—They Take Control
If you’re ready for women who don’t wait for permission…
Who don’t flinch at the sound of a gun…
Who turn survival into seduction and walk away untouched—
These are your books.
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