Book Title: After Midnight: A Fallen Fairytales Dark M/M Romance
Author and Publisher: Blake Allwood
Cover Artist: Samrat Acharjee
Release Date: January 26, 2024
Genre: Dark M/M Romance
Tropes: Fairytale Retelling, Hurt/Comfort
Themes: Self-discovery
Heat Rating: 3 flames
Length: 91 585 words/332 pages
It is a standalone story and does not end on a cliffhanger.
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In the shadows of Denver’s comedy scene, a bartender named Dominique becomes the unexpected star of his own twisted Cinderella tale. Is love strong enough to save him from his wicked stepmother?
Blurb
After Midnight is an enchanting tale that reimagines the classic Cinderella story as a dark and passionate gay romance. In this modern retelling, Dillon, a talented and aspiring comedian, finds himself drawn to Dominique, a sexy bartender at the local comedy club.
Dominique, whose unfortunate life mimics the story of Cinderella, selflessly cares for his younger stepsisters while facing a treacherous stepmother.
Amidst the glittering lights of the comedy club, Dominique and Dillon’s love slowly grows as they overcome the challenges created by a willful and selfish adversary.
After Midnight is a captivating journey of resilience and the power of love; but is love enough to save Dominique when his hateful stepmother tries to end him once and for all?
Fallen Fairytales is a dark M/M romance, multi-author series. Each book may be read as a standalone, but why not load up your Kindle, kick back, and enjoy sexy men, shenanigans, and deliciously dark fairytale retellings.
Content warning: This is a dark romance, and readers sensitive to certain content should make note of the following triggers: racism, homophobia, child neglect, kidnapping, false allegations, lawsuits, embarrassment, loss of parent, grief and loss, manipulation by a parent figure, MC close to death.
I shrugged off any lingering concerns. Where was the harm in going for a swim? It’s not like we were even skinny-dipping. Besides, wasn’t this one of the reasons I’d gone out with Dillon tonight? To get out of my own head for a while?
I did everything I could to ignore the grand palace surrounding me, which made my house look like a country cottage by comparison, and focus on Dillon. After I’d changed into a pair of trunks and jumped into the pool, it really felt like hanging out with a friend, and everything else went by the wayside.
All the noise, stress, and chaos that’d swirled in my brain since Margarette filed the lawsuit quieted. My nerves over being a stranger in this palatial house calmed. My entire body relaxed. I’d wanted a distraction and Dillon had found yet another perfect one for me.
We floated, raced each other, and roughhoused by splashing and dunking each other for a few minutes, just enjoying being together in the water. When things began to settle down, Dillon swam up and backed me against the side of the pool before leaning in for a kiss. I sighed inwardly as his hard, half naked body pressed against mine and his hands roamed over my bare skin. When he ground his crotch into mine, I thought I might explode from want and need then and there. I don’t think I’d ever desired someone like I did Dillon. Not that I’d had that much experience, but even if I had… Dillon was special.
When he began to suck on my neck, I moaned. God, how badly I needed to be touched by someone who cared. The fact he was my dream boyfriend just made his attentions that much better.
Blake Allwood was born in west TN, then moved to Kansas City MO after attending college in Lamoni, Iowa. He met his husband in 1995 and they officially married in 2015, once gay marriage was legalized. In 2017, he and his husband sold their home, purchased an RV and began traveling the country with their two dogs. Their travels provide the inspiration and settings for many of his novels.
Typically, Blake can be found relaxing in the RV or by the fire with his laptop and their Jack Russell Terrier, Buddy, curled up between his legs demanding attention. Denver, their Siberian Husky mix is often asleep at his feet or playing tug of war with Blake’s husband.
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