All's Fair Series by Rikki Leighton

If all's fair in love and dare, someone's heart will have to give, but how can we survive the fallout? Being a virgin is my well kept secret. Being straight is the lie I've hid behind for the last twenty-one years. The truth is, I don't know what I am. But when my best friend dares me to sleep with a guy, the floodgates of foreign desire open and threaten to bury me under their current... moreIf all's fair in love and dare, someone's heart will have to give, but how can we survive the fallout? Being a virgin is my well kept secret. Being straight is the lie I've hid behind for the last twenty-one years. The truth is, I don't know what I am. But when my best friend dares me to sleep with a guy, the floodgates of foreign desire open and threaten to bury me under their current. Messages sent in secret to a stranger wake up my heart and libido in newfound ways, and while we trade scorchingly dirty texts, the person I pretend is on the other side of the screen has my conscience in a tailspin: my best friend's brother. Blair Novak has been our protector for years, taking his father’s harsh words and harsher hands in stride as long as it meant me and his brother were safe. He’s always given us his everything and somehow, I never realized it. I see it now. In the shake of his hands as he pulls me close with a white-knuckled grip. In the ink that he wears on his skin like armor, like patches to the wounds he’s spent his whole life healing. Blair has given up so much of himself for his brother. I want to be his balm, not the final shard that rips him apart. Our connection has bloomed from words on a screen to a galaxy of emotions I can never rein in, and I'm not sure I want to. Even at the expense of my best friend's heart. less

Two years ago, something inside me changed, and I've been punishing the people I love ever since. Last semester, I nearly torched my relationship with my best friend. Destroyed the only frame I've ever truly fit into. I caught feelings where they didn't belong and drowned myself in the only comfort I’ve known: numbing my mind with pills and alcohol. The aftermath? A stint in rehab and university probation... moreTwo years ago, something inside me changed, and I've been punishing the people I love ever since. Last semester, I nearly torched my relationship with my best friend. Destroyed the only frame I've ever truly fit into. I caught feelings where they didn't belong and drowned myself in the only comfort I’ve known: numbing my mind with pills and alcohol. The aftermath? A stint in rehab and university probation. There’s no lifeline strong enough to keep my head above water, but that doesn’t stop Corvin Morales from taking the reins and forcing me to shore. The man whose eyes haunt my dreams from a dangerous mix of terror and desire. Corvin promises he can tame my destructive tendencies, quell the excruciating pain deep inside if I submit to one simple request: give my body and pleasure over to him. It’s intoxicating, and for an addict like me, the more euphoric marks he covers me in, the more comfortable in my pain I become. If all the love in the world can't save me, maybe some cruelty can. Or maybe we'll end up right back where we started: one man at the end of his rope and another powerless to stop the noose from catching. Dare & Domination is a forced proximity, trans MM romance, and the second book in the All's Fair series. While best read in order, it can be enjoyed as a standalone. Heavy content warnings apply. less