Yours, Mine (Playing with Fire #1)
Ajay Daniel
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars
3.33
· Steam/Spice level: 5 of 5
Explicit and plentiful [?]
· 3 ratings · 312 pages · Published: 31 Mar 2024
A foster brother who protected his sins.
From the people he hurt. From the crimes he committed.
Protection to the point of obsession.
A damaged man who ruined everything he touched.
And the one who desperately kept putting himself in his path.
No matter the consequences. No matter the hurt, the ruin, the sacrifice.
It became an addiction.
Zev needed to be hurt in order to feel loved.
Ben couldn’t stand to see him suffer.
Compromises had to be made—
—before they ruined each other.
Zev
My mother taught me about love. She sold me for it, used me for it, and told me how to do it just right. Love made her happy, and when she was happy, I was happy. Until she left me.
So, I had to learn to navigate a new family. Had to figure out what made them happy, so I could be happy again.
One of my foster brothers was an enigma I couldn’t figure out, but I knew I wanted his attention on me. No matter what I did, no matter what crime I committed, he was always there. Watching me. Protecting me.
When I wanted something, I knew how to use myself to get it.
And as it turned out, I wanted him.
Ben
My foster brother came to us as a broken boy who struggled to learn right from wrong, and never quite got it right no matter how many years I protected and covered for him. He was my weakness. When it came to him, the world was wrong. Only he was right.
I knew he didn’t mean to ruin everything he touched.
But he did.
And once he set his sights on me . . .
It was anyone’s guess if I would be ruined too.Yours, Mine is a slow-burn dark MM romance with morally grey characters, a forbidden/taboo relationship, and hurt/comfort and grumpy/sunshine dynamics. It is book one of the Playing with Fire duet but can be read as a standalone. This novel contains sensitive themes that some readers may find triggering. A list of content warnings is included inside the novel.
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Tagged as:
- gay romance 4
- queer romance 4
- contemporary 3
- dark romance 3
- forbidden love 3
- bdsm 3
- menage 3
- latinx mc 3
- possessive hero 3
- cheating 2
- bondage 2
- double anal 2
- exhibitionism 2
- mmm+ 2
- dual pov 2
- first person pov 2
- new adult 2
- hurt/comfort 2
- secret relationship 1
- spanking 1
- grumpy & sunshine 1
- multicultural 1
- forced proximity 1
- found family 1
- disabilities & scars 1
- neurodivergent mc 1
- grumpy/cold hero 1
- male pov 1
- anal sex 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- past child neglect 3
- past child abuse 3
- mental trauma 3
- self harm 3
- death / grief 2
- child death 1
- past sexual abuse 1
- geography
- new york state 2
- usa 1
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The 'Playing with Fire' series
3.33 · 3 ratings
length-medium · bondage · menage · contemporary · m-m · hurt-comfort · self harm · multicultural · male-pov · secret-relationship · grumpy sunshine · forbidden love · m-m-m · exhibitionism · explicit-plentiful · forced proximity · dual-pov · found-family · neurodivergent · child-death
Playing with Fire reading order and complete book list ❯
