hurtcomfort

Marked in Blood

by Emmett Vance

Tropes: forcedproximity, darkromance, dualpov

He cut his own hand instead of mine. It was the kindest thing he ever did to me. They sold me to the Sasso syndicate to seal ninety days of peace — a hostage, a clause in a contract, blood witnessed across two open palms while two armies watched. The new boss was supposed to be a monster. Kiril Sasso is worse than that, and better: a wreck of a man with shaking hands and a cruel mouth, so certain he ruins everything he touches that he'd rather bury me than risk keeping me. He locks the doors. He swears he'll end me when the ninety days run out. And when he reaches for me in the dark, he does it rough, like a man taking the one thing he's sure he isn't allowed. I was thrown away once, a long time ago. I learned the wrong lesson from it: I don't leave. Not when he's cruel. Not when he shoves me toward the door. Not when there's a debt in a ledger neither of us has seen, waiting a very long time to come due. So I'll do the one thing that terrifies a man who's never been kept. When the doors finally open — I'll stay. ═══════ WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT ═══════ ✦ Dark M/M Mafia Romance — Enemies to Lovers, Blood Vow ✦ Self-destructive boss × hostage who won't break (he cuts his own hand instead of yours) ✦ Forced Proximity — ninety days, one locked house ✦ Hurt/Comfort, Dual POV (Kiril + Eli) — broken man held, not fixed ✦ Explicit, on-page, 18+ — rough turning tender ✦ HEA guaranteed — Book 1 of a trilogy ═══════ CONTENT NOTES ═══════ Explicit on-page M/M sex (18+ / rough turning tender) / self-harm at the blood vow (he cuts his own palm) + blood / captivity + hostage / organized-crime violence / past child abandonment / HEA — not a cliffhanger, but one open season-thread. ═══════ FOR ARC READERS ═══════ If you're here for the dark, welcome home. Marked in Blood is for readers who want the broken one held instead of fixed. Book 1 of three. The Tally trilogy. HEA guaranteed. — Emmett Vance [Read More]

The Rule He Broke

by Wes Prewitt

Tropes: small, town, hurtcomfort

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Fifteen years. One rule. Never fall for his own crew. Captain Callum Rhodes has run Station 6 the same way since the fire that took his husband: love the crew like family, but never in love. He already buried one man he sent into the smoke. He won't do it twice. Then Gabe Delgado transfers in — quick-mouthed, reckless, and running from a rookie he couldn't save — and charges into a burning boardwalk shop on his very first shift. No backup. No fear. Nothing left to lose. And Callum breaks his one rule in front of the entire crew to haul him back out. What starts as forced proximity — same firehouse, same twenty-four-hour shifts, same desperate fight to keep the county from shutting Cutter Cove down — turns into something neither man is brave enough to name. A grumpy captain who's forgotten how to want. A sunshine lieutenant who's forgotten how to stay. And a coastline that keeps trying to take them both, from fire to rip current to the storm bearing down on the cove. Falling is easy. Staying is the part that could get you killed. The Rule He Broke is a slow-burn, grumpy-sunshine M/M firefighter romance with hurt/comfort, a found-family crew you'll want to move in with, explicit heat, and a guaranteed happy ending. Book 1 of The Cutter Cove Crew — every book a complete standalone. [Read More]