Double Dared
Raquel Riley
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
4.30
· Steam/Spice level: 5 of 5
Explicit and plentiful [?]
· 10 ratings · 548 pages · Published: 23 Jan 2026
Truen "Tru"
I was twelve when I realized I loved him.
Thirteen when I kissed him.
And the next day, he made me hate myself for it.
Darien turned our friendship into a weapon.
Now he calls me his stepbrother and looks right through me like I’m nothing.
He pretends he doesn’t remember that night in the closet.
But I do.
I still taste him like blood in my mouth.
I remember how he kissed me back—and how he made sure I paid for it.
If Darien taught me anything, it’s that love isn’t a game.
The first dare broke us. The second dare might set us free.
Darien "Dare"
I kissed him back.
Because I wanted to.
Because it felt like falling, and I wanted to crash.
But wanting him meant admitting too much, so I crushed it.
I burned the bridge and left him on the other side, holding the match I lit.
He thinks I forgot. I didn’t.
I remember everything—his mouth, his breath, the sound he made when our lips touched.
I’ve hated him ever since for making it matter.
But I hate myself more for wanting it again.
And God help me, I do.
This isn’t a love story.
It’s a reckoning.
Double Dared is a standalone M/M romance packed with longing, banter, emotional gut punches, and heat that burns.
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- enemies to lovers 2
- step siblings 2
- friends to lovers 2
- gay romance 2
- contemporary 2
- forced proximity 2
- new adult 2
- queer romance 2
- secret relationship 2
- forbidden love 2
- angst 2
- sports 2
- second chances 1
- slow burn 1
- cruel hero/bully 1
- sweet/gentle hero 1
- virgin hero 1
- teenage mmc 1
- high school 1
- college 1
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- queerphobia 2
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- audiobook
