Honey and Pepper (When in Pheme #1)
A.J. Demas
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
3.80
· Steam/Spice level: 3 of 5
Open door [?]
· 10 ratings · 230 pages · Published: 27 Mar 2022

Kallion doesn’t need a rescue. What he really needs is a skewer of octopus fritters (with extra sauce) and a friend. Nikias can supply both, and maybe, with the help of Nikias’s skill in the kitchen and Kallion’s excellent collection of wine, they can fight past their misunderstandings and the disasters of their pasts to something deeper.
But when civil unrest roils the city and old threats resurface, the trust these two have built will be tested. And they’d both better hope that Kallion’s vicious former master will just stay dead.
Honey & Pepper is a standalone m/m romance and also the first book in the When in Pheme series set in an imaginary ancient world.
Tagged as:
- ancient times 4
- gay romance 4
- mystery 3
- historical 2
- friends to lovers 2
- queer romance 2
- dad-bod hero 1
- slavery 1
- sweet/gentle hero 1
- black mc 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- abuse 1
- past sexual abuse 1
- Format
- dual pov 2
- third person pov 1
romance tags
The 'When in Pheme' series
10 ratings 3.80 ·
past-sexual-abuse · open-door · third-person-pov · sweet-hero · ancient times · legends & fairy tales · historical · slavery · dual-pov · black-mc · m-m · length-short · mystery · friends to lovers · curvy-hero · queer · abuse
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