Dante
My moral compass is broken. That’s why I need rules. They keep me from killing people I shouldn’t. They keep me from crossing certain lines. I’m possessive. Obsessive. Deviant. And I like to fight.
That’s what I see in Tristan when I spot him working in the swanky nightclub. His cool detachment is a mask. He’s angry, he’s lost, and he’s totally new to what he’s feeling.
I want to feel that anger. I want it to burn me. I want him to fight me—then I want to feel him submit. He won’t have any choice, not in my play room. He would look perfect there on the black sheets … with red blooming across his creamy skin.
Tristan
Okay, so I’m not as straight as I thought. I can deal with that, but I don’t know if I can deal with him. I could tell Dante was dangerous even before I saw him talking to a mobster connected to my brother’s death. I mean, Dante cornered me and bit me. I don’t even know him! He’s a thousand red flags. And yet … my body has never responded to anyone like it responds to him. That’s why I sit down with him one night after work.
Is this real? Are we actually about to discuss a sex contract? It looks so normal at first. He can’t hit me in the face. He can’t maim me. Why do we need rules for this?
“I don’t think you’re understanding this,” Dante tells me in his dark, sexy voice. “These are hard limits. Everything else—everything else—is fair game.”
He won’t tell me what that means. Half the fun, he says, is finding out.
*Books in the Dangerous Games series can be read as standalones, though some events are connected and characters may cross over. Please note that these dark MM romances have HEAs but contain potentially triggering content. Each book’s content list (which will contain spoilers) can be found in its ebook sample.
Review by Twinsie Tenise
Tristen starts a new job at an upscale bar. He thinks it is the best place to start to possibly get a lead on what happened to his missing brother. On night one he meets Dante. Dante has Tristen’s attention and Tristen is trying to figure out why he is so affected by the other man. I mean, after all Tristen is straight. Or is he really?
Dante is not a good man but he is good for Tristen- if that makes sense. As I read and slowly figured out Dante’s story, it made me want to fight someone. There is a reason hes the way he is and when Dante meets Tristen for the first time, he is addicted to the other man. He couldn’t stay away if he tried. Tristan turns out to be Dantes perfect match.
This one grabbed my attention from the get go. It was hot af with so much sexy time. The book is labeled as dark but I would also add that everything between the men was consensual. Everything the men did to one another was within the parameters of the contract. 2 consenting adults with some crazy kinks. Yeah things were violent at times but nothing that made either man want to stop. Please proceed with caution and read the warnings if you have triggers.
Rina loves her romances dark and dirty. Her books take you into the erotic lives of her complex, morally gray characters. If you love high intensity and fabulous smut, Rina’s got you covered.