SERIES DESCRIPTION
The Lone Family is a dark and gritty M/M mafia romance series featuring the enemies to lovers trope and the forced proximity trope between dangerous men in the criminal underworld.
This steamy trilogy is best read in order.
Genre: Contemporary M/M Dark Romance
Overall Heat Rating for the series: 5 flames
The books are best read in order.
BOOK DETAILS
BOOK 1
He’ll rebel at every chance he gets, even if it means sleeping with the enemy.
Book Title: His Playmate (A dark M/M enemies to lovers mafia romance)
Author and Publisher: Ace Fawn
Cover Artist: The Book Brander
Length: 21 054 words/90 pages
Release Date: February 1, 2023
Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, Forced Proximity
Themes: Mafia, Gangster, Kidnapping, BDSM, Age Gap
It is a standalone story and does not end on a cliffhanger.
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Blurb
One mistake has twisted Diego Montosa’s world into darkness.
He kidnapped Wolf Lone’s only son, and the same thing has now happened to him.
Diego has been taken captive by an irresistible yakuza boss, broken down, and turned into his personal plaything …
Wolf is ruthless, subjecting his new pet to painful punishments and addictive pleasures. But Diego is a vicious young gang leader and will rebel at every chance he gets … even if it means sleeping with the enemy.
Content Warning: This book contains BDSM, spanking, impact play, dubious consent, collaring, restraints, age-gap relationships, kidnapping, and violence. Reader discretion is advised.
BOOK 2
Book Title: His Bodyguard
Author and Publisher: Ace Fawn
Cover Artist: The Book Brander
Length: 21 014 words/89 pages
Release Date: March 1, 2023
Genre: Contemporary M/M Dark Romance
Tropes: Bodyguard Crush, Forced Proximity
Themes: Mafia, Forbidden Love, Age Gap
It is a standalone story and does not end on a cliffhanger.
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Blurb
Levi never wanted a bodyguard, but when he has a run-in with the police, his father hires a bodyguard to keep him out of trouble. Nick is handsome and protective, and Levi develops a crush on him. But Levi isn’t allowed to date his bodyguard, let alone sleep with him.
Nick isn’t supposed to be attracted to the boss’s son. They have to keep their relationship professional, and Nick can’t let his feelings get in the way of his duties. But when Levi kisses him, Nick doesn’t want to hold back anymore.
One thing leads to another, and Levi gets Nick into his bed. They must keep their forbidden affair a secret, but that’s not easy to do when Levi has already let Nick into his heart and isn’t willing to let him go … even if they get caught.
BOOK 3
Book Title: His Challenger
Author and Publisher: Ace Fawn
Length: 19 130 words/82 pages
Release Date: March 31, 2023
Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, Forced Proximity, Found Family
Themes: Mafia, Kidnapping, Age Gap
It is a standalone story and does not end on a cliffhanger
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Blurb
Trained to be a lethal assassin since he was a child, Mathew is assigned one final test from his boss: to kill his brother, Diego. But when Mathew fails the mission and is caught, he is held captive by the enemy for questioning.
All Rex needs to do is make sure Mathew doesn’t escape. But Mathew fights back and proves he is a force to be reckoned with. Rex is consumed by a strong desire to dominate Mathew and to make the enemy his own. Rex must stay in control, but the longer he and Mathew are alone together, the harder it is for Rex to resist the sexy assassin.
Dangerous men, especially killers, are not supposed to love each other. Mathew knows he shouldn’t be attracted to the enemy, but he develops a hunger for his captor that he hasn’t experienced before … and Mathew can’t deny himself any longer.
Trigger Warning: This book contains explicit sexual content, spanking, age-gap relationships, kidnapping, dubious consent, self-harm/attempted suicide, and violence. Reader discretion is advised.
Excerpt for His Bodyguard:
“You like me … don’t you, Nick?” Levi asked, his voice a murmur in the darkness.
“I like working for you.”
“No … I mean more than that.”
They watched each other for a while, and Nick felt a strong inclination to lean in and kiss Levi, but he held himself back. As though Levi had read his mind, he snuggled close and pressed their lips together. There was a tug-of-war in Nick’s mind. He should have stopped Levi, but now that he had him in his arms and had those soft lips on his own, he couldn’t pull away. The voice in the back of his head had told him to not do it, but Nick had already made the mistake of getting into bed with Levi. Now, he allowed his emotions to take control. There was no point in resisting when he wanted Levi so badly, and Nick didn’t want to ignore how he felt anymore. He pulled Levi to him and deepened the kiss.
Levi relaxed, his mouth moving in unison with Nick’s. There was a faint, low purr that seemed to reverberate from Levi’s throat, and his smaller body pressed tighter against Nick.
As much as Nick wanted to continue, he knew that Levi was still feeling the effects of the incident. He knew that he shouldn’t have allowed Levi to kiss him in the first place; he shouldn’t have reciprocated. Finally, Nick pulled his mouth away.
Levi whined before his lips grazed against the stubble on Nick’s jawline. Then Levi slowly kissed his neck. Releasing a breath, Nick enjoyed the soft caress. Levi was tempting him, and it was getting harder for Nick to hold himself back. It took everything in him not to press Levi into the mattress and take him. To make him his. Levi seemed so willing, and he even crawled halfway onto Nick’s body.
Every time Nick felt like he was getting used to Levi’s effect on him, Levi did something to tilt him off his axis. He had not expected Levi to kiss him, and it struck him that the younger man wanted them to be intimate. Nick loved the feeling that thought generated in him, but he knew that it was wrong. Although Nick had feelings for Levi, he didn’t want to lead him on if the reality was that they couldn’t be together.
Instead of letting Levi continue, Nick took ahold of the back of Levi’s hair and gently pulled his face away. “We can’t.”
Levi looked up at him. “I want you.”
Nick wanted the exact same thing. But now wasn’t the time. Levi was vulnerable and must still be in shock over the shooting. He was probably looking for a distraction. If Nick pursued this tonight, then he’d be taking advantage of Levi.
Levi stayed still and silent for a moment. Then his hand lightly trailed over Nick’s stomach, descending until his fingers brushed over Nick’s crotch. Electricity shot through Nick’s body at Levi’s touch, and he reacted from instinct.
“Hey,” Nick said as he caught Levi’s wrist.
Ace Fawn writes sometimes dark and always steamy contemporary M/M romance featuring mafia and billionaires.
An avid reader of M/M romance, she loves books about D/s relationships, the enemies-to-lovers trope, and the forced proximity trope, and tends to involve these themes in her own writing.
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