Fragile Tender Series by Hope Zane

Teenagers. Best Friends. Tragedy.​​​​​​​There are two boys. One wants others’ hands and eyes on him at all times, skips meals, goes to tireless extents to be the most beautiful thing anyone has ever seen. The other worships the ground he walks on, wants nothing more than to cherish this person forever, to be anything he needs... moreTeenagers. Best Friends. Tragedy.​​​​​​​There are two boys. One wants others’ hands and eyes on him at all times, skips meals, goes to tireless extents to be the most beautiful thing anyone has ever seen. The other worships the ground he walks on, wants nothing more than to cherish this person forever, to be anything he needs.An unending, dizzying road trip choking on cigarette smoke and your own jealousy in all the funhouse mirrors of the heart, doing your best for the boy you love, even if it kills you.A bittersweet m/m love story. Cinnamon roll meets cinnamon roll, but make it toxic. less

This is the hottest thing that's ever happened to Nice, and it's going to kill him.Nice always wants it, even when he doesn’t want to want it, but he’s never needed it this bad—not sucking the fingers of a guy he’d just met in public, about ten seconds away from doing something indecent in the bar. Touching him feels like his skin is burning. Like he’ll die if he doesn’t.Rook thinks he’s cute, but Rook has seen a lot of cute. 600 years worth of it, and people are all the same... moreThis is the hottest thing that's ever happened to Nice, and it's going to kill him.Nice always wants it, even when he doesn’t want to want it, but he’s never needed it this bad—not sucking the fingers of a guy he’d just met in public, about ten seconds away from doing something indecent in the bar. Touching him feels like his skin is burning. Like he’ll die if he doesn’t.Rook thinks he’s cute, but Rook has seen a lot of cute. 600 years worth of it, and people are all the same. He’s an incubus that needs to feed, making running from the past look professional. He doesn’t mind playing with Nice for a little while.Until they wake up accidentally mated after three straight days of passion, and Rook’s cool composure cracks. This shouldn’t be possible. He shouldn’t care about this person, let alone want to protect him. And are their feelings real or a side effect of the bond?Nice feels like he’ll die without Rook, but he’ll definitely die if they keep this up. And all the while, he talks to his old lover on the phone, Wait for me, please. Don’t ask questions, I’m sorry. He needs to go back, but he can’t get further than six feet from Rook without wanting to scream.Is there a cure for Nice’s sickness, a way for them to be apart? What will they do if there isn’t?And what if they don’t even want that anymore?Fate Line is a high-heat m/m novel and the second book in the Fragile Tender series. It is part of Modern Witchblood, a collection of books that take place in modern times several hundred years after the events of The Witchblood Heir series. less

Love is torture.Nice has a mate he loves with all his heart—a mate he can’t even touch, because Nice is getting sicker. The longer he goes without Rook’s touch, the more it hurts, but Rook would rather see Nice suffer than die, no matter how he begs, and June’s sanity is slowly fraying from all the crying.Nice’s only comfort is spending his days napping with June—the ward who hopes he dies, given to him by the woman he got killed—and sunning himself in the garden of Rook’s family estate... moreLove is torture.Nice has a mate he loves with all his heart—a mate he can’t even touch, because Nice is getting sicker. The longer he goes without Rook’s touch, the more it hurts, but Rook would rather see Nice suffer than die, no matter how he begs, and June’s sanity is slowly fraying from all the crying.Nice’s only comfort is spending his days napping with June—the ward who hopes he dies, given to him by the woman he got killed—and sunning himself in the garden of Rook’s family estate.But news has spread since the Burned Lady’s death, of a lost child of the white court running around with an incubus, one with an uncanny resemblance to the white court’s fearsome king; and Nice is summoned before the Seven Courts in the North to answer to thinly veiled charges.In a court where lies are impossible and only the inhuman can survive, can Nice keep his most dangerous secret? And can Rook bear to stand by and watch?Winter Sun is the third book of Fragile Tender, a high-heat M/M contemporary fantasy series. less

Can Nice face the lover he left behind?When caught between two great powers, all Nice can do is run. After his ordeal at the sixth court, Nice asks Rook to take him away, and his bondmate happily obliges. On a summer isle, Nice can rest and recover… until a ghost from his past shows up at the door, bringing more trouble in its wake.Nice has always been tender and very, very selfish... moreCan Nice face the lover he left behind?When caught between two great powers, all Nice can do is run. After his ordeal at the sixth court, Nice asks Rook to take him away, and his bondmate happily obliges. On a summer isle, Nice can rest and recover… until a ghost from his past shows up at the door, bringing more trouble in its wake.Nice has always been tender and very, very selfish. But when Ren is kidnapped, will Nice risk himself—and the wrath of the white court—to save him?Coming Home is an m/m novel and the fourth book in the Fragile Tender series. It is part of Modern Witchblood, a collection of books that take place in modern times several hundred years after the events of The Witchblood Heir series. less