Dark Romance
Ah, this is a comfortable location for me. I love dark romance, well, most of it. There are some tropes in dark romance I don't do, so never fear. The bad guy never gets the romance, and the abusers never win. The couples or groups that end up together are the ones that help and heal each other more than anything else and it's always a happy ending no matter how dark the story gets.
Joe Town Bound is a new series of books, dark romance, that take place in the moderately sized town of St. Joseph, Missouri. This series explores a lot of concepts unique to the area, including bigotry of being in a primarily straight leaning area of the country, and the small town attitude of the residents. As with Chains of Fate, there will be original locations that I use, and it will be a unique experience. By the name, of course, kink will be involved, so be ready for a wild ride.
A young man heads to California to live his big dreams, and decides to spend some time working as a cam boy to make ends meet. He meets some great people but one sets off alarm bells, and he knows something's not quite right. His cam show is rather brutal, and it has to be a question as to why someone would do it. Maybe he'll find the truth and help him, he's got to at least try.
Blair is secretly in love with his best friend, Trace, but he fears losing the friendship if he tells him. Instead, he leaves for college where he meets Quintin. They form a relationship and move in together, forming a happy home for both. Then, someone starts leaving gifts and stalking Blair online and off. Their apartment is rearranged no matter what fancy locks, and they can't figure out what to do to stop it. They get the police involved, but the stalker leaves no clues behind, and he keeps getting into their place. Then, things come to a head, and Blair goes on the run until one day Trace finds him and wants to know the truth. Blair tries to force him away, fearing for Trace’s life because he’s still on the run from the stalker that’s after him. Trace, though, refuses, Blair has to wonder if he can truly have a life with the man he loves beyond all else in the world.
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CW: Non Consensual Sexual Violence, Blackmail
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A private investigator is drawn into an investigation by the owner of a strip club. One of his boys has a stalker, and he's worried that the boy has no care about it. The investigation starts out undercover, with the investigator showing what he can do in that scene, playing a gay stripper and bartended. As things go forward, the line between what's an act and what's reality begins to blur.
​Alexis Baldwin doesn't realize the trouble he's getting himself into when he flunks out of college and returns home to the small suburb of St. Charles. It all started so simply, as a way to relax and have fun with others, but things quickly got out of hand. A drug problem leads to these issues, but he can't communicate with his friends or family out of fear of judgement. He fears that they will look at him differently if they know the truth, but despite wanting to, he can’t give up the drugs he’s come to depend on to make it through each day. A new supplier promises what he needs, but when he goes there, he wants something different out of Alexis. Traumatized by the encounter, he manages to go home, running into a friend, making him curious about what happened. His friends know something more is going on and want to help in any way they can.
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CW: Non Consensual Sexual Violence, Blackmail
Sidney is alone, and no one believes him that he's being attacked and tormented nightly at a private psychiatric center. The doctors and everyone else say it is just a part of his mental illness, but he's sure it isn't that. He knows that people come at night, and no one will believe him, no matter what he says. A new doctor, Dr. Conner Rutledge, starts working with him, and for the first time, Sidney thinks he might get someone to listen to him. Meanwhile, Conner Rutledge is steadily doing what a doctor should never do and falling for a patient. Along with a technician, they know something is happening in the small psychiatric facility, and they have a suspicion that the man who runs it is at fault. Strange experiments on patients and more than a few strange happenings make them wonder what is really going on in the place.
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CW: Non Consensual Sexual Violence, Unethical Medical Experimentation
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Raven lives the life he wants. He is in love with the head of a mafia organization and his second in command. At least, that's what he thinks. Groomed from childhood, Raven knows no other way to live until Cyrus takes him away one day. He hates him for it and wants nothing more than to go back to the man he loves so much. Cyrus has to convince him it's not love, and that he needs to stay away from the man who has treated him so poorly.
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CW: Dubious Consensual Sexual Violence, Torture
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