Damaged (Necessary Evils #3.5)
Onley James
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
4.06
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 58 ratings · 123 pages · Published: 02 Jan 2023

Arlo Miller was born a victim, raised as his father’s punching bag and his mother’s scapegoat. Dimitri was his only protection, and they took him away.
As children they clung to each other. As adults, they pretend neither remembers, while both harbor secret crushes. Dimitri hides his feelings behind a mask of indifference. Arlo hides his by falling for very bad men.
When one of those men confronts Dimitri, this time Arlo commits a felony. Murder. But Dimitri won’t allow Arlo to take the fall. With the help of Dimitri’s mother and seven psychopaths, they now have twenty-four hours to fake an alibi, hide a body, and confess their true feelings for each other once and for all. Which is harder? Falling in love or getting away with murder?
NOTE: This can be read as a stand-alone but these characters do make a cameo in Headcase (Necessary Evils, #4).
Tagged as:
- gay romance 7
- dark romance 7
- contemporary 7
- friends to lovers 7
- suspense 6
- new adult 5
- workplace/office 3
- insta-love 3
- college 3
- hurt/comfort 3
- queer romance 3
- height difference 2
- mystery 2
- dual pov 2
- third person pov 2
- childfree 1
- forced proximity 1
- anal sex 1
- found family 1
- survival 1
- alpha male 1
- bad boys 1
- possessive hero 1
- working class hero 1
- male pov 1
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- content warnings
- abuse 4
- mental illness 3
- graphic violence 2
- mental trauma 1
- queerphobia 1
- torture of mcs 1
- third party abuse 1
- past abuse 1
- death / grief 1
- geography
- usa 1
- north america 1
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The 'Necessary Evils' series
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