Headcase (Necessary Evils #4)
Onley James
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
4.18
· Steam/Spice level: 5 of 5
Explicit and plentiful [?]
· 139 ratings · 303 pages · Published: 31 Jan 2022
Zane Scott is a small-time crime blogger and amateur sleuth, but he dreams of a byline in a major paper someday. When he winds up at a boring fundraiser beside Asa Mulvaney, they share an intensely passionate encounter that leaves Zane with an ache in his chest and a story idea that could make his career dreams a reality.
At a nearby college, a cluster of suicides isn’t what it seems. When Asa’s father asks him to look into it, he sees the perfect opportunity to see his little crime reporter again. And Asa needs to see him again. Zane’s suspicious of Asa’s motives, but he won’t say no to a chance to peek behind the Mulvaney family curtains.
As the two unravel a sinister plot, Asa’s obsession with Zane grows and Zane finds being Asa’s sole focus outweighs almost anything, maybe even his career--which is good for Asa because loving a Mulvaney is a full-time job. Can he convince Zane that he’s worth navigating a family of psychopaths and his pathologically jealous twin, or will Zane learn the hard way that the Mulvaney boys always get what they want? Always.
Headcase is a high heat, intense, lovers-to-frenemies, psychopath romance with an HEA and no cliffhangers. It features an obsessive, calculating psychopath and a wannabe reporter who will stop at nothing to earn himself a major byline. As always, there’s gratuitous violence, very dark humor, enough killers to fill an auditorium, and enough heat to melt your kindle. This is book 4 in the Necessary Evils series. Each book follows a different couple.
TAGS: psychopath romance, Asa is bored, Avi is jealous, Zane is pretty, Adam is still a dick, August is... August, Aiden’s still missing, Lucas is concerned, Atticus plays den mother to a gaggle of murderous young adults, Asa wants Zane but knows he suspects he's a killer, Zane wants a story but can't keep from falling into bed with his target, extra dark humor, found family, So. Many. Murderers, mysteries abound, bad boys doing bad things and each other, high non-relationship angst, low relationship angst, shmoop, fluff, smut.
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Tagged as:
- bdsm 16
- gay romance 14
- dark romance 13
- insta-love 13
- primal/chase play 12
- contemporary 11
- mystery 11
- bondage 11
- possessive hero 11
- enemies to lovers 10
- rich hero 10
- anal sex 9
- queer romance 9
- breeding 8
- fetish 7
- cruel hero/bully 7
- bad boys 7
- praise kink 7
- found family 7
- working class hero 7
- consensual non-consent 7
- spanking 6
- alpha male 6
- forbidden love 5
- class difference 5
- forced proximity 4
- height difference 4
- vengeance 4
- ceo/tycoon hero 4
- funny 3
- angst 2
- grumpy & sunshine 2
- workplace/office 2
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- content warnings
- abuse 10
- graphic violence 6
- mental illness 6
- suicide / ideation 6
- death / grief 6
- self harm 5
- third party abuse 5
- mental trauma 5
- torture of side characters 4
- past child neglect 4
- child death 2
- geography
- usa 4
- north america 2
- Format
- audiobook
- dual pov 10
- third person pov 5
- male pov 2
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The 'Necessary Evils' series
4.15 · 1220 ratings
mental illness · queer · usa · third-person-pov · m-m · abuse · contemporary · bad boys · dual-pov · anal sex · mental-trauma · dark · insta-love · alpha male · audiobook · super rich hero · north-america · breeding · working class hero · explicit-plentiful
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