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Leaving Him Locked — Chara Croft 

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Holden finds himself in a bit of pickle. With nowhere else to go, Holden heads to his best friend’s house forgetting that he’s out of town. Things go from bad to worse when Everett’s older brother Fletcher answers the door and offers his help. 

Fletcher only intends to help get Holden free, but lines blue between the pair as their mutual attraction comes to light, and he realizes that maybe Holden is what he’s always been missing. 

Honestly could have kept on reading about Fletcher and Holden, their short & super steamy story had me hooked. 

Drawn to You — Colette Davison 

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Devin and Jools were each others first loves and promised they would always find a way back to each other after Jools and his family move away to Australia. 

Six years later the pair reconnect with each other in Amsterdam and have one night together, both knowing that making promises to each other this time won’t do any good. 

Three years later Devin is looking for a flatmate, and as fate would have it, Jools appears coming to see him place. 

I loved the idea of first loves finding their way back to each other after almost a decade apart, and the overall sweetness of their story/relationship as Jools explored kink with someone he trusted so implicitly. 

His Slutty Angel — EM Denning

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Kink newb Riley heads to Desires to find himself some fun, and meets the experienced Adrian who is more than happy to show him the ropes. 

Definitely my favorite read of the anthology. I need more of Adrian and Riley 😩 & that thigh riding scene 😮‍💨

A Step Too Far — Gianni Holmes 

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

When Iggy learns about the Naughty November list, he signs up to lose his virginity on camera at his older stepbrother Kieran’s adult entertainment company to finally get it over and done with. 

Kieran does not think any of his crew will give Iggy the first time he deserves, so he comes out of retirement to do the job himself. 

Honestly, I was just here for the stepbros 🤷🏻‍♀️

- grumpy x sunshine
- size difference
- mental illness rep

CW: grief/loss, characters with anxiety/depression + panic attacks and dissociation, traumatic flashback, blood, instance of homophobic language, mentions of parental death

After losing his first love, Jonah is not one for romantic attachments and prefers being one and done. All of that changes when he runs into one of his hookups roommate, and can't get the absolute ray of sunshine out of his head. For the first time in five years Jonah starts to feel something for someone and he's terrified, but sweet sensitive Alan is impossible to resist. 

Jonah and Alan are precious little angel babies, and I loved both of them so much. While I found their romance to be super sweet and steamy, it was also super emotional and hit me right in the feels. Both have suffered great losses, and struggle with anxieties that stem from that, Jonah most of all. There's a lot of misplaced guilt and trauma after losing Elliott, but seeing his character grow and get the help he needed so he could have a solid relationship with Alan was wonderful. 

I honestly wish their story had been longer, I just loved them so much and didn't want their story to end. 

“𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦, 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐧.” 𝐈 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠. “𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲.”
𝐈 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧. 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦. “𝐈’𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐧?”
𝐈 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲. “𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐧,” 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝. “𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈’𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲. 𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥.”

Maybe it's a bit presumptuous because Teddy and Gus's book isn't out yet, but I think Ada and Wes might be my most favorite couple of this series. 

“𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞’𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐥𝐟, 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐨𝐥𝐟, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐈’𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐈’𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭.” 
𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰. “𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮?” 
“𝐍𝐨,” 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝. “𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫.”

This series continues to wreck me in the best (and worst) way 😭

I love Robbie and Kelly so much 🥹