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Essence of Power

by A.J. Valenti

Tropes: slowburn, forcedproximity, dualpov

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He married her to settle a debt. Neither of them knew what the marriage would awaken. Eliza Merritt has spent her life preserving what remains of her family’s legacy. When her brother’s mistakes threaten Whitcomb Marine Terminal, marriage to Adrian Kodra offers the only solution that leaves the inheritance in her hands. Adrian gets access to a port his powerful family has wanted for years. Eliza gets the protection—and leverage—she needs to keep Whitcomb from being dismantled around her. It is a calculated alliance between two people who have no intention of confusing business with love. But Adrian Kodra has never been an ordinary businessman. And Eliza is beginning to understand that she was never an ordinary Merritt. For as long as she can remember, there have been moments she was taught not to question. Instincts too precise to dismiss. Sensations no one else seemed to feel. A force inside her that became dangerous whenever she stopped holding it back. Her mother taught her to suppress it. She never told Eliza what it was. Now, as Adrian’s world draws her deeper into the rivalries surrounding Whitcomb, the secrets her mother buried begin to surface. Eliza discovers that her family history does not begin with shipping fortunes and Newport estates—and that the power awakening inside her belongs to a bloodline older, rarer, and far more dangerous than anyone allowed her to know. There are others who recognize what she is becoming. Some have been waiting for it. As old family histories collide with modern criminal empires, Eliza and Adrian’s marriage becomes something neither of them accounted for: a partnership built on trust, desire, and a connection that seems to affect the power growing between them. Adrian married her for her inheritance. Eliza married him to protect it. But the deeper they go, the clearer it becomes that Whitcomb was only ever the surface of what her family left behind. [Read More]

Past The Whistle

by Lorraine H

Tropes: slowburn, forcedproximity, characterdriven

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An MM sports romance between two closeted wrestlers, the world champion and the man he beat. Alex Carter doesn't lose well. He lost the world final to Daniel Morgan anyway. Morgan held him down for forty seconds when twelve would have done it, and Alex stopped fighting and let him. Then a thumb on the inside of his wrist, the whistle, and Morgan walked off like nothing had happened. Nobody had ever checked his pulse on a mat. Alex hasn't been right since. He wants to beat him. He wants him more. Daniel Morgan is the world champion, and nothing he does on a mat is an accident. He says everyone's reading into it. He can't say why an American's number is still in his wallet. He wants Alex's hands on him again. It scares him more than losing ever has. Then a league signs them as rivals. Three cities, same bracket, cameras on all of it. On the mat they can have their hands all over each other and get paid for it. Everywhere else it's secret hookups in hotel rooms. Alex has a family that can never know. Daniel has nobody he'd tell. If they both keep winning, they meet in the final. An explicit MM rivals-to-lovers wrestling romance with dual POV. Book 1 ends on a firm happy-for-now, and Alex and Daniel's story continues in Book 2. Content notes: explicit sexual content (M/M), sports injury, emotional unavailability, long distance, closeted characters. [Read More]

Carve Me Golden

by Mara J. Ova

Tropes: forcedproximity, firstperson, characterdriven

18 readers reading

Trapped alone with your ultimate daydream crush while a storm rages around you… do you dare take the chance? Forced proximity · She’s also an athlete · Celebrity athlete and his fan · European alpine settings · High‑stakes sport · Overcoming traumatic past · Exotic settings and fresh sports After seven years with a toxic ex, Czech language teacher Zlata knows a new relationship is the last thing she needs. She’s finally thrown herself into ski racing, the real kind, with after-hours training and no rewards but the rush. But a girl is allowed to dream… and sometimes, dreams come true. A broken gondola. A violent storm. And Fabio Baier, her untouchable, world-famous ski racing crush, close enough to feel, to touch, to make her feel alive, if only for an hour. This was never supposed to be real. But when fantasy collides with reality, it doesn’t come softly. It burns. Because Fabio isn’t just every woman’s dream. He has demons of his own to outrun. And until they both face their pasts, all they have is craving. Carve Me Golden is a standalone in the Carve series, a high-heat sports romance filled with forced proximity, emotional scars, explosive chemistry, and a compelling couple who know that love must be earned. If you crave intense attraction, high-stakes passion, and a fantasy that refuses to stay just a fantasy, this book is for you. [Read More]

His Captive Luna

by Sophi Liddell

Tropes: slowburn, forcedproximity, firstperson

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When the Alpha King pins me to the ground, declaring that I will be his new bride, I know I must obey. But if this brutal King ever discovers my secret life, he’ll kill me instantly. Which means my only choice is to run, and unfortunately, the King’s son, Auden, is hot on my trail. But Auden and I? Yeah. We know each other. Auden doesn’t remember the Midwinter night we spent together, and I’ve spent years making sure the secrets I carried away from that evening stay hidden. Now the Prince I’ve avoided ever since is the one chasing me down, intent on dragging me back to a marriage I cannot survive. Will I be able to keep my secrets safe? Or will the forbidden chemistry between us make Auden crave the one thing he can never have: his father’s bride? ★★★★★ For readers who love: Wolf Shifters Forbidden Royal Romance Forced Proximity One-Night Stand Secret Children ★★★★★ Full Disclosure: SLOW BURN book 1 within a series -- NO SPICE until later books!! (But worth it when it comes!) [Read More]

His Captive Luna

by Sophi Liddell

Tropes: slowburn, forcedproximity, firstperson

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When the Alpha King pins me to the ground, declaring that I will be his new bride, I know I must obey. But if this brutal King ever discovers my secret life, he’ll kill me instantly. Which means my only choice is to run, and unfortunately, the King’s son, Auden, is hot on my trail. But Auden and I? Yeah. We know each other. Auden doesn’t remember the Midwinter night we spent together, and I’ve spent years making sure the secrets I carried away from that evening stay hidden. Now the Prince I’ve avoided ever since is the one chasing me down, intent on dragging me back to a marriage I cannot survive. Will I be able to keep my secrets safe? Or will the forbidden chemistry between us make Auden crave the one thing he can never have: his father’s bride? ★★★★★ For readers who love: Wolf Shifters Forbidden Royal Romance Forced Proximity One-Night Stand Secret Children ★★★★★ Full Disclosure: SLOW BURN book 1 within a series -- NO SPICE until later books!! (But worth it when it comes!) [Read More]

His Little Witness

by Kindra Cress

Tropes: slowburn, forcedproximity, firstperson

35 readers reading

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He was sent to make me disappear. He wasn't supposed to want me for himself. I recorded a murder. One shake video, one VIP room I should never have served, one man who looked straight into my phone and smiled, and now the most powerful men in the city want me erased before sunrise. Then he found me first. Silas doesn't ask. He doesn't comfort. He shows up like a blade in a tailored shirt and tells me I have ten seconds to choose: walk away and die, or come with him and lose every piece of the life I used to have. Cold-blooded, ruthlessly efficient, and absolutely not allowed to touch me, he's the man Blackwater sends when there's nothing left to save. But he touches me anyway.. Every safehouse gets burned. Every alias gets cracked. Someone inside his own organization is feeding me to the wolves, and Silas just promised he'd torch Blackwater to the ground before he let them take me. God help me, because I want to watch him do it. A dark, possessive, slow-burn romantic suspense for readers who like their heroes lethal, their heroines sharp-tongued, and their tension thick enough to cut. Forced proximity. One bed (eventually). A man who was supposed to be untouchable until he met her. HIS LITTLE WITNESS is Book 1 in the Blackwater series. Reader note:Steamy, explicit, and intense. Contains on-page violence, themes of stalking and surveillance, and a hero whose protective instincts run very, very dark. [Read More]

Bayley Falls Summer

by Kath L. Hall

Tropes: slowburn, forcedproximity, characterdriven

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Eve Weston has spent years keeping Bayley College afloat, one grateful donor at a time. What she hasn't kept afloat is her marriage and she knows exactly why. Her husband is cheating, and if that weren't enough to unravel her, she’s starting to suspect it might connect to something far worse: the disappearance of one of his students. Then Jason Jackson comes home. Once the boy who couldn’t wait to leave Bayley Falls, Jason is now the action star every gossip site can't stop talking about. He’s back for one summer to headline the town's theater season. He knew exactly who he'd find waiting in Bayley Falls. What he didn't expect was how little time it would take for everything to feel unfinished again. Eve and Jason find themselves drawn back into each other's orbit. One summer evening, one unplanned moment, one kiss, and everything Eve thought she knew about her life, her marriage, and what she deserves starts to shift. Set against the lake, the trees, and the golden light of small-town Vermont, Bayley Falls Summer is a story about the courage it takes to want more and a mystery that won't let anyone look away until the truth comes out. [Read More]

Little Wild Thing

by Freyja Dunkirk

Tropes: slowburn, forcedproximity, firstperson

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An adult paranormal romance set in a gritty early medieval world. When a solitary wolf shifter is injured and forced into the care of a fiercely protective clan warrior, survival gives way to trust, healing, and an intense slow-burn romance. [Read More]

The Traitor’s Game

by Vanessa Jayde

Tropes: slowburn, firstperson, dualpov

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Camila The night I bonded with my Alpha should have been the happiest night of my life. Instead, it was the night I was accused of betraying the pack. I didn’t run because I wanted to. I ran because staying meant death. For a year, I’ve lived in the shadows, hiding from the man the blood bond ties me to. Every step away from him feels like a lie the bond refuses to believe. But I know he’s coming. And when he finds me, he won’t be looking for forgiveness. Thaddeus My Omega ran. For a year the blood bond has burned beneath my skin, demanding I find her. Demanding I drag the truth from her lips. She thinks she escaped me. She’s wrong. The pack answers to me now. The world bends to my will. And when I finally find the woman who betrayed me, I’ll take back everything she stole. Her secrets, her lies… and the heart that still belongs to me. [Read More]

Marked in Blood

by Emmett Vance

Tropes: forcedproximity, dualpov, darkromance

14 readers reading

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]