#mm novel

[the-danmei-multiverse-and-angst]

Danmei I've read & Love and My Ratings (mostly angst with happy endings)

MDZS/Mo Dao Zu Shin (Angst) /5🌟 TGCF/Heaven Officials Blessing (Angst) / 5🌟 Yuwu/Remnants of Filth (❤️‍🩹🥹 Angst) /5🌟 Sword Named No Way Out (Angst) /5🌟 Would You Like to Have A Drink /4🌟 Wu Chang Jie (Angst🥹) /5🌟 War Prisoner (Angst) /5🌟 Cold Sands (Angst/Bittersweet Ending/not a HE but not a bad ending) /5🌟 The Ugly Empress (Angst) /5🌟 Swallowing the Seas (Modern/Angst) /5🌟 Mo Du/Silent Reading (Modern/some decent Angst) /5🌟 Cherry Blossoms Upon a Wintry Sword ( Some Angst) /5🌟 Nan Chan (Angst) /5🌟 Misvil (Mistakenly Saving The Villain/Angst but with comedic tone...hard to explain but has TWs) /5🌟 Blind Concubine (Angst/No HE, Bittersweet? Haven't read in a long time) /5🌟 Spring Trees & Sunset Clouds (Angst) /5🌟 Huitian /5🌟 Ballad of Song & Wine (Qiang Jin Jiu)/ 5🌟 Peerless /Wushuang /5🌟 Can Ci Pin/ 5🌟 Kaleidoscope of Death/5🌟 Global University Entrance Exam/5🌟 Mist /5🌟 Copper Coins ( A little bit of Angst to me, but still a great story, HE)/ 5🌟 Governor's Illness /5🌟 Faraway Wanderers /5🌟 It's Not Easy Being a Master (Angst)/5🌟 Record of the Missing Sect Master (Angst) /5🌟 Stranger (KR novel) /4🌟 Thrive In Catastrophe /5🌟 The Legendary Master's Wife /4🌟 Rebirth of The Supreme Celestial Being /4🌟

I wrote a poem for Cold Sands danmei novel years ago, right after I finished the novel because I was so inspired by the story and it made my heart ache. Here is the poem:

Wings clipped by truth The fall swift and harsh Lies unveiled  Fate strung a web of deceit  A trap, snaring the victim This bird, tied down Voice cut-out -silenced Never to sing Never to cry out Never to sing its beautiful melodies once more Never to give sound to its pain The world itself, what a beautiful cage- A big and wide unknown, and sometimes deceitful place Freedom- is only a short illusory image  Unobtainable- A Mirage in the desert when one is dying from thirst Just out of reach, as though grasping at sand as it slips through your fingertips And as the dark begins to unravel Twist and unwind- Mighty is the weight thrust upon the heart, Subduing its pulse, the beating drum- a strangled ba-thump...ba-thump...ba-thump... An anchor drowning the soul, Just as as heavy as one that bears a crown upon their head,  No escape is possible now  As the strings of fate tighten, the birds wings are broken Fragmented and shattered Unable to never fly Never again to soar the skies

(End/ Extra below)

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Did you ever once hear the Greek tale of a boy, the boy who wanted to fly close to the sun?

His father created wings of made wax for his child and warned him, told him not to fly to high, to not fly to close to the sun.

However, the boy, Icarus, didn't listen to his father's words.

He flew, soaring higher, and higher, as close as he could get to the sun. His wings made of wax were melted away by the suns brilliance and Icarus fell to earth.

To his end.

And the Lotus flower, that blooms at the bottom of a lake, steeped in mud, struggles and craves, longing and yearning for the suns brilliance, but they can never touch the sun.

And a bird, born with wings to fly, can only fly so high, but never crossing that line, that boundary.

And sometimes love is just the same.

Not every story can have a happy ending, no matter the toil, the strife, the pain.

And some times, no my matter how much you love someone, you may forever be enemies, on opposing sides, love hidden deep in your heart, and all you can do, is to stare wistfully at the horizon, yearning until the end.

[kmscb]

What would it feel like to be murdered then brought back to life so you could kidnap and rape men before feeding them to an alien's spaceship? That the only reason you're alive is to terrorize and kill men for a monstrous extraterrestrial? Well...Warren is in that position, and he thinks it's cool.

Feeding the Beast

In ebook only.

[kccarmine]

💐🧡✂️The Flower Arrangement - MM romance

Flirting by means of flower bouquets doesn’t guarantee success, and Brendan learns that the hard way.

🔗 mybook.to/TheFlower

☀️✂️ sunshine hairdresser 🐻💐big bear florist 🌲 pining 🧡 friends to lovers 💦 steamy tub 🍆 piercing 🏳️‍🌈 MM 🥰 HEA

Heartbroken after a bitter divorce, Brendan finds solace in running his beloved flower shop. His vow to think twice before jumping into a new relationship becomes hard to keep when he meets Hugh, a flamboyant hairstylist with skilful hands and a cheeky smile.

Hugh has finally succeeded in opening his own salon, but the glow of his success is overshadowed by not having anyone to celebrate it with. When brawny, six-foot-three Brendan appears on his doorstep with a bouquet of exquisite flowers, Hugh is tempted to break his no-dating-clients rule. Their Friendship blooms fast, and Hugh resigns himself to another straight-boy crush.

One kiss changes everything though. Hugh’s world is set on fire, and even if Brendan gets cold feet, Hugh isn’t about to let go of what could be love.

A story of second chances, idiots in love, and steamy jacuzzi scenes. A standalone book 1 (novella) introducing the series of MM books from the contemporary Pursuit of Love series. 💐🧡✂️

[kmscb]

When we broke in to have some fun,

We knew that he would be the one

To bring us joy, until the sun

Rose in the east, and day's begun.

[kmscb]

John Wayne Gacy raped and murdered 33 young men and boys like this. That we know of. He was found guilty and executed for it 30 years ago. I remember reading about it at the time, it being just a few years after Elmer Wayne Henley and Dean Corll had been revealed as having raped and murdered 27 boys in Houston. Soon after came William Bonin and Randy Kraft, and then things seemed to calm down.

I'm completely, totally, and absolutely anti-death penalty. I'll joke about there always being exceptions...usually dealing with right wing scum or dictators like Putin or Xi...but in truth my aversion to it even extends to them. Innocent people have been executed, and I believe it's better to let 99 evil men live than let 1 innocent man be murdered by the state.

Gacy is usually included in the group I joke about there being an exception for...and considering the hideousness of his crimes, it's hard not to give in to the idea that he deserved it. But I also keep in mind that he did not kill all his victims. Some of them he just plain let go. Took them back to where he'd picked them up and gave them his contact information, as if it had just been a sexual encounter and not a kidnapping and sexual assault.

Several went to the cops and were brushed off. One, Jeff Rignall, wrote a book about what happened and testified at Gacy's murder trial, detailing the brutality for the record. What's wild about that is, he was testifying for the defense to try and prove that Gacy was mentally ill. Others also told of their assaults and how the police ignored them...until 15 year-old Robert Piest was kidnapped and killed under circumstances that, in retrospect, seemed like a cry from the man to stop him, it was so stupidly done.

Well...for some reason all day I've been thinking about how Gacy did not kill all of his rape victims. And how, considering rape is very rarely reported by men or women, it's likely the majority of his victims were simply released. And wondering if that might be a way into his story to bring sympathy to him.

Or understanding.

Which is why I wonder if I'm crazy. Considering writing a story that explains a vile, vicious serial killer as just another messed up dude. A guy who lost control of his inner demons. And I'm pretty sure a lot of that stems from seeing just how vile and vicious and depraved human beings have been to each other in just this century.

I'd once read a commentary that back when wars were far more common serial killers went off to battle and satiated their bloodlust with slaughter covered by battle, invasion or genocide. Russians' actions in Ukraine sort of support that idea, considering how barbaric they've been in places like Bucha and the east of Ukraine. Even considering what little I know about WW2 and the fighting between Germans and Russians in Poland and the rest of Eastern Europe...that almost bears it out.

I have no idea where I'm going with this, if anywhere. It's just something that took hold of my brain, today, and makes me a bit nervous...and fascinated...and probably nuts.

[kmscb]

I started posting a story on GayDemon.com -- SciFi/horror with a completely amoral POV.

After a young man is murdered by a cop, a monstrous alien that's stranded on earth brings him back to life with a proposition. Its spacecraft is a living thing and needs sustenance...preferably young men. If he will help them, he will live. But as the number of missing men rises, how can he keep the alien hidden until it has repaired its craft and is gone?

Topics: Abduction, Sci-Fi, Rape, Aliens, Horror, Monster, Violence

[kccarmine]

🔥🖤🙏 The Sinner's Penance - MM romance

Even disguised as a priest, Mat can’t resist a man kneeling at his feet, begging to be punished. 🔗 mybook.to/SinnersPenance

🙏 mafia MC in disguise as a priest 🧡 submissive parishioner MC ✝️ blasphemous use of religious artifacts 💦 kinks 🔥 steamy scenes 🏳️‍🌈 MM 🥰 HEA

Being a bodyguard for London’s Polish Mafia had its benefits. Fast money, fast cars, and an endless stream of hot men fuelled Mateusz’s insatiable lust for life. But when he takes out the son of a rival Mafia boss, he is forced to flee to a remote island in the West of England. Posing as a priest, Mateusz hopes he found the perfect disguise. Until a handsome stranger shows up to confession, begging for punishment. Can Mateusz rein in his ferocious carnal desires? Or will his cover be blown to smithereens? As a newcomer to the island, Peyton’s social life is limited to a dram at the local pub. Everything changes when he attends a mass on a Sunday and his gaze lands on the man he can’t have. The one in a cassock.

A standalone MM book 3 from Pursuit of Love series.

Tropes/Themes: mafia, insta-lu$t, roleplaying, priest k!nk, wax play, flagellat!on, D/S, hurt/comfort, morally grey characters, bla$phemous use of religious artifacts, MM, HEA.

[kmscb]

After Warren Dircum, known as Dirc, is murdered by a cop, a monstrous alien that's stranded on earth brings him back to life with a proposition. Its spacecraft is a living thing and needs sustenance to repair itself...preferably strong, healthy young men.

Problem is, the remote location where the craft crashed means few men to take, and that is why it need Dirc's help. If he will bring them as many as it needs to rebuild itself, he will live. Dirc agrees, because now that he's alive, again, he's been freed of all human concern and decency, and likes it.

So for nearly three years he ranges far and wide to capture men to bring to what he calls the Beast...until he grabs a young man named Greg and then a jogger named Tom, and things begin to unravel.

In ebook on Smashwords

[stringcage]

They really said light haired freaks get in the back and look wistful in the sunlight

[linory1]

[beauvandalen]

Meet Kaiser, Elwood and Prince Hal from my spicy gay romantasy novella 'The Prince's Dearest Guards' about a trans Prince who romances his two guards! 😊💕🌸

Art by the wonderful @vita-divata ! 🥰✨

[christa-tomlinson-romance-author]

Lookit! Thanks to my love (*cough* obsession *cough*) for Soap and Ghost I wrote a romance novel inspired by them. So if you're a Call of Duty fan who also like romance, you might want to check out Alpha Awakened, my m/m paranormal military romance.

Available on Amazon and in Kindle Unlimited

Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DJS1727N

Amazon Int'l Links: https://www.christatomlinson.com/alpha-awakened.html

A masked special forces operator who believes he doesn’t need love. And the bold soldier determined to prove him wrong.

Captain Royce Anderson is a brutal terror on the battlefield. His cold demeanor off the battlefield earns him the call sign Ice. A lone wolf since he lost his family, he shuns being part of a pack and has no wish to take a mate - until handsome, green-eyed omega Corporal Dylan Mitchell joins his squad. Suddenly, Ice is tempted like he’s never been tempted before. He knows it’s wrong to desire a subordinate. But all he wants is to kiss the sweet curve of Dylan’s lips and breathe in his intoxicating scent. Although Ice tries to resist, his alpha instincts awaken, driving him to claim the omega with the gorgeous smile as his mate.

Corporal Dylan Mitchell - call sign Hazard - is a skilled special forces operator. And he’s determined to show his new partner that he belongs on the team. Hazard expects it to be a challenge to prove his worth to the captain. What he doesn’t expect is to be attracted to the mysterious, masked officer. When Hazard looks into the dark eyes behind the mask, his body burns with desire for the tall, muscled alpha. And his Instinct urges him to give the lonely soldier all the warmth and love that has been missing from his life.

Ice and Hazard come together as lovers while pursuing a violent insurrectionist across the country. But when the dangers of the battlefield and the rules of the military try to tear them apart, they’ll ruthlessly fight to claim their destiny as bonded mates.

Alpha Awakened is Book One in a steamy military wolf shifter romance series.

[kmscb]

Adults only How to Rape a Straight Guy – Curt’s found the perfect way to get even with the world, one man at a time.             Paperback             Ebook AKA: Curt – Paperback Porno Manifesto –  When Alec was gay-bashed by a group of fraternity boys, he decided to get some revenge of his own.             Paperback             Ebook Rape in Holding Cell 6 – Antony just wanted to know why his lover was arrested and killed.             Paperback             Ebook The Vanishing of Owen Taylor – Did Jake’s uncle vanish to keep from being tried for statutory rape, or was he killed for opposing some powerful people?             Hardback Paperback             Ebook Underground Guy – Devlin has to stop a serial killer in London before he strikes again.             Paperback             Ebook The Beast in the Nothing Room – How do you stop a serial killer who kills no one and doesn’t even exist?             Paperback             Ebook Hunter – There’s always a market for the sale of good-looking men, and Hunter’s one of the best at supplying them.             Paperback             Ebook Blood Angel – A Blood Angel is a higher form of vampire, unaffected by daylight or             Léonidès – Ebook             The Prussian – Ebook Feeding the Beast – A young man is murdered by a cop but brought back to life to help a stranded alien and its ship feed on young men.             Ebook Demented Dreams (of guys in trouble) An adult coloring book for that wicked someone ion us all. Paperback     General Fiction Boys Will Be Boys-Their First Time – My novella, Perfection, when a young artist finds his muse, is included.             Kindle David Martin – A fable about a boy called to visit a heroic king, who may not be who he claims.             Hardback Bobby Carapisi – The story of three men who are sexually assaulted, and how each is treated by the world.             Paperback             Ebook The Lyons’ Den – A writer trying to write in the midst of chaos, a snowstorm and possible new love.             Paperback             Ebook The Alice ’65 – An English lad, an American lass, a lonely black panther, and a missing book that’s worth millions. Another day in LA.             Hardback Paperback             Ebook Carli’s Kills – Carli’s out for a brutal revenge on the biker gang that killed her daughter.             Paperback             Ebook A Place of Safety-Derry – Brendan Kinsella just wants to live his life, but history won’t let him.             Hardback Paperback (coming soon)             Ebook A Place of Safety-New World For Old – Brendan tries to start over in America but finds new issues that tear open old wounds.             Hardback Paperback (coming soon)             Ebook A Place of Safety-Home Not Home – Brendan returns home to find he both does and does not exist.             Hardback (coming soon) Paperback (coming soon)             Ebook (coming soon)

[cvhenia]

PLEASE WHERE IS THIS IMAGE FROM i’m so desperate to find the full picture

edit: the artist is prismatic_a_ on twt and insta :)

[nothwell]

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[blog-i-carry-your-heart-with-me]

Review : Swordcrossed by Freya Marske

From the bestselling author of A Marvellous Light comes the most aching, yearning, wanting, lust-filled romance I have read all year!

★★★★.5 From the bestselling author of A Marvellous Light comes the most aching, yearning, wanting, lust-filled romance I have read all year! Burdened with the weight of running his family business, Matti Jay is ‘happy’ to marry if it means his family can get by, name and reputation unscathed. Running from a mysterious past, Luca Piere is trying to build a new life on his one marketable skill:…