PIER FRANCESCO. GRASSELLI

Hi there! I'm Pier Francesco Grasselli, and I write dark romance that digs into the messiest, most uncomfortable corners of human relationships. (Fair warning: If you're looking for sweet, swoony romance, you might want to slowly back away now...)

Growing up in Italy surrounded by passionate storytelling and complex family dynamics, I always knew I'd end up writing about love—just not the kind you find in fairy tales. My own complicated journey with relationships has shaped how I view romance, and trust me, it's far from conventional. After years of hit-and-run relationships and wondering if I'd lost my ability to fall in love altogether, I started pouring those raw emotions onto the page.

You know those thoughts you have that make you question your sanity a little? The ones you'd never admit out loud? Yeah, those are exactly what I write about. My debut novel "Psycho Love" came from that dark place where attraction meets obsession, where love and madness dance a dangerous tango. It's not pretty, but it's real. And sometimes the most honest stories are the ones that make us most uncomfortable.

I write characters who are broken, twisted, and probably need several years of therapy (don't we all?). My heroes aren't heroes at all—they're complicated men with darker impulses and questionable morals. My heroines? They're just as complex, often walking that fine line between victim and villain. Because let's be honest: in real life, no one's purely good or evil. We're all some shade of gray, usually closer to charcoal than silver.

When I'm not writing stories that would make my grandmother blush (and possibly disown me), I'm usually people-watching in Italian cafes, collecting snippets of conversations and wondering about the secrets behind strangers' eyes. Every intense glance, every nervous tick, every subtle interaction between lovers—it all feeds into my writing.

My stories aren't for everyone, and I'm completely okay with that. If you enjoy authors who push boundaries and aren't afraid to explore the psychological warfare of toxic love, we'll get along just fine. But if you're looking for safe, comfortable romance where everyone makes good decisions and communicates healthily... well, I'm definitely not your guy.

What can you expect from my books? Intense psychological drama, morally gray characters who'll make you question your own ethics, steam that'll fog up your e-reader, and endings that might not be traditionally "happy" but are always honest to the story. I don't believe in sugarcoating the darker aspects of desire or the way love can sometimes twist us into versions of ourselves we don't recognize.

I'm relatively new to publishing (my debut "Psycho Love" just released in 2024), but I've been carrying these dark stories inside me for years. Now that I've started letting them out, I can't seem to stop. I've got more twisted tales lined up, each one exploring different facets of obsessive love and psychological manipulation. (My therapist is having a field day with all this, by the way.)

To my readers: thank you for being brave enough to explore these shadowy corners with me. Your messages about how my stories have helped you process your own complicated relationships with love mean everything. Even when you tell me my characters are terrible people who should probably be in jail—especially then, actually.

Fair warning: I don't do trigger warnings (life doesn't come with them, after all), and I won't apologize for the darkness in my books. These stories aren't meant to be comfortable. They're meant to make you think, feel, and maybe question everything you thought you knew about love.

Want to join me in this exploration of love's darker side? You can find me on Instagram where I post probably too many brooding photos of Italian architecture and share the music that inspires my writing (hint: it's as dark as my books). Just remember: once you step into my world, there's no guarantee you'll want to leave.

Welcome to the dark side of romance. We have espresso, questionable life choices, and characters you'll hate yourself for loving.