Prelude to Madness by Alex J. Adams
When reality is an illusion.
Trapped inside your mind was the worst place to be. When you had no option but to stay there, it messed with you in the worst possible way.
Dreams, reality, and hidden desires all reared their head. It was hard to know what was real and what was pure fantasy.
That’s where I found myself, inside my head. A captive, with no hope of escape, no matter how hard I tried.
But part of me wanted to stay. Stay with him. He was my one constant— the one that linked them all together, the one that called me home.
Prelude to Madness is a dark MM read with an HFN/ HEA. It features drugs, overdose, captivity and dubcon.
Slaying Klause by Sean Azinsalt
Two men, with an axe to grind about the past, find themselves on the brink of altering the course of the world forever. What happens when Santa is killed? Who does it unleash? Will the men find it in themselves to do what must be done? How can they save the world when they have no hope left?
Triggers- talk about past abuse, ptsd, high heat, dubcon, blood and murder.
Santa's Workshop by Bey Deckard
When two young men are abducted from different towns, imprisoned and forced to suffer the unimaginable at the hands of a madman in a Santa suit, they discover solace in each other’s embrace. But can they find the strength to escape their nightmarish incarceration before it’s too late?
CWs: Amputation/ mutilation, rape (non-detailed)
All I Claim by Abrianna Denae
Hollis Maddigan is a freelance hacker for the Amato Organization. When he begins getting anonymous Christmas gifts in the days leading up to the holidays, their Second in Command is the first person he turns to.
Tennant Mason is the Amatos’ greatest weapon; he’s both feared and respected in the criminal underworld. When the obsessive part of his personality latches on to the one person he shouldn’t want, he ignores all the social normalities he’s worked hard to imitate, and sets about giving Hollis a Christmas he’ll never forget.
When Hollis and Tennant come face to face for the first time, neither can deny the pull to one another. Hollis knows it’s a bad idea. He’s been hurt too many times to trust again, and Tennant’s antisocial personality disorder doesn’t make him a warm and fuzzy partner. But the closer they get, the more they let their walls down, and for the first time, they find someone who understands them— dead bodies as gifts and all.
*All I Claim is a dark MM mafia short story set in the All’s Fair series. It is a prequel story to book two, All I Fear, but can be read before or after that book. This story ends in an HFN*
Trigger Warnings: Kidnapping, Torture, Light blood and knife play, Breath play
Stronger Together by Elouise R East
When life brings him to his knees, all he needs is Ward.
Jacob is down on his luck, and he doesn’t know what to do next. When he steps out of his comfort zone and approaches a guy for a night of debauchery, he gets more than he bargained for.
A hell of a lot more.
Who is this guy, and why does Jacob not want to let him go?
An MM dark romance with a down on his luck guy who finds his HEA in an unexpected partner.
Author note: This story contains stalking, torture and murder.
Ave Fucking Maria by MJ Green
Christmas in Melbourne meant hot sunny days and time spent with family, watching as the next generation of Tomasis got excited about what Santa might bring. But for Albie and his fiancé Gio, there was no better Christmas gift than the combining of their favourite activities— music and murder.
Their grapevines need fertilising after all.
Content Warnings Violence, Torture, Mutilation
Also includes references to off page sexual assault by the bad guy.
Here Comes Santer Claus by K.L. Hiers
Mark Fettle has come out to the woods to find a missing Santa Claus, but his true purpose is much more sinister. He has to hide the evidence of a crime, one he committed, and hope that he gets to it before anyone else does. But something is watching Mark, a local cryptid of legend, and keeping himself out of jail soon becomes the least of his worries.
Trigger Warnings: Murder, claustrophobia, dubious consent, monstrous anatomy, and monstrous intercourse with tail play and knotting.
The Gift by Alexis Jane
Will has a plan. A secluded getaway, a college professor who can’t resist him, and a sadistic streak a mile wide. On paper, it’s the perfect winter break, especially after he’d meticulously mapped out his every fantasy down to the minute. But when his partner in crime shows up ahead of schedule and starts to improvise, Will has to scramble to keep his carefully crafted Christmas adventure from unraveling faster than a hastily wrapped present under the tree.
This is a Dark/ Horror MM Romance.
CW - gore, murder, dubcon, noncon, torture, deception, infidelity, food, alcohol, mentions of drug use, mentions of suicide, inappropriate relationship.
Deck the Halls with Vengeance by Briar Kearney
The Russo family has held power over more of New York City than any other family for as long as most can remember. Matteo Russo had always known he would inherit his father’s iron fist and his men’s loyalty one day. What he hadn’t known, or planned for, was that he would fall head over heels for Leif Wilson, one of the New York Police Department’s own, and what keeping Leif could cost him.
Instead of joy and peace, Christmas Day brings nothing but a challenge; not only to Matteo’s power, but his heart. He won’t sacrifice his position any more than he’s willing to sacrifice Leif, but vengeance doesn’t come cheaply.
The clock ticks, his heart and future hanging in the balance, and Matteo decks the halls of New York City with vengeance.
This is an approximately 14,000 word short story with a HFN that stands alone, and characters with an upcoming series of their own. It contains on-page violence, death and inappropriate use of Christmas decorations.
Soldatino by Leigh Kenzie
Marcus
Thief. Con man. Dedicated son of the D’Angelo Family. The problem? I hide a secret that could tear my life apart…
Allesandro
Il Padrone. Master. Head of the Martelli Family. I’m ruthless and I get what I want, no matter whose secrets need spilling…
This is not a romance and does not contain a HEA or HFN. It can be read as a prequel to the completed Vendetta Series.
Trigger Warnings: Torture, Murder, Homophobia, Captivity, Domination/ submission, Stockholm Syndrome.
Silent Knight by Davidson King
Can someone have both all the luck and none at all? For Ezra Acker the answer is yes. Life just is for him… until one Christmas when everything shifts and he finds out he has a silent knight who has been protecting him.
A world Ezra didn’t know existed is trying to kill both him and his knight. Can they survive the holidays and have a happily ever after or will Heaven and Hell see to it they don’t?
Hawk by Reese Knightley
Erebus Assassins Novella
An assassin and his mark
A runaway who shouldn’t be underestimated
And a holiday neither of them expected
It’s Christmas time, but Hawk can’t be worried about that. He has one last job to do and then he can retire. Being an assassin isn’t as glamorous as one might think. Now he’s faced with a choice and a pair of crystal blue eyes. Can he snuff out this last hit and move one? Or will this young beautiful blond be his downfall?
Skylar Thomas never thought he’d spend the holidays living on the streets, but he’s on the run and he’ll do anything he can to stay alive. When he meets a man known only as Hawk, he doesn’t realize he’s on a collision course that will change his life forever.
Triggers Please be advised that this book is intended for adult readers aged eighteen and older due to sexually explicit content, language, violence, and off the page mention of rape. This story ends with an HEA.
He Sees You When You're Sleeping by Duckie Mack
Chase moves back home after a loss. It’s the last place he wants to be after working hard to leave his hometown behind. Now he’s taking care of his mom and takes a job at the mall through the holidays to make ends meet.
It’s bad enough that Chase has had to take a big step backward, but something has been off since he returned home. He keeps feeling like he’s being watched. At home, at work, even the mall Santa gives him the creeps.
A former classmate runs into Chase at the mall. Archie had been small and bullied a lot back in school. But he’s grown into a strong, confident man that gives Chase the attention he craves.
When the paranoia becomes real, Archie is there to protect him. For the first time, Chase feels wanted and safe. Is this man from his past everything he could want or is there something darker lurking beneath the surface?
Content Warning He Sees You When You’re Sleeping contains stalking, obsession, un-aliving, dubcon, and non consensual voyeurism. It also depicts characters with untreated depression and processing past trauma.
Expectations by R. Phoenix & Adara Wolf
Submit Christmas Prequel
I have a secret.
Even though I’m a big bruiser of a man, my fantasies include me being tied up, beaten, and forced to submit. If anybody in my family knew, they’d kill me— because my family is the head of the Winters Mob, and there’s no place for gay men here.
I get desperate though. One night at a BDSM club will be enough to sustain me... or it would have been, if I hadn’t met Silvano. He’s elegant, handsome, and completely in charge. I can’t get him out of my mind. Too bad his father is the head of the Cresci Family, one of our bitterest rivals.
I thought it was just one night of disaster, but a chance encounter at a bank, and a bank heist, has us thrown together again. He radiates domination that makes my knees buckle and has me wanting to obey every word.
I don’t know how I’ll ever go back to my old life ever again.
HFN. This story is set approximately 10 years before Surrender and Submit.
Content Warnings Bdsm, D/ s, dubcon, CNC, unsafe sex, bondage, facefucking, dub/ noncon gunplay, violence, first time submission, rivals to lovers, chance meeting, small top/ big bottom, light humiliation, high heat, instalust
Slay Bells Ring by Jack L. Pyke
Rush mostly passes through life unnoticed, so the 8: 00 p.m. curfew shutting down festive streets across the UK has no meaning in his displaced world. He sold his phone to drown the Christmas blues anyway. But when a fall off his mountain bike forces him into the path of ex-lover Carter, missed time never becomes more paramount. There’s a twisted killer on the loose, one who has a kink for couples, and Rush and Carter are now the outstanding collectable: the exes.
Genre: Christmas M/ M Mystery thriller.
Tags: HEA, enemy to lovers, forced proximity, German folklore.
It's a Wonderful Death by Remi Varlow
Sold to the Vampire sect as a child, Noel serves them and waits for the day they finally kill him. Then one Christmas night, he makes a wish for a Christmas angel to rescue him.
Tarek, the strongest and most powerful vampire he’s ever encountered shows up and slays his abusers. Then he takes him home and offers to take care of him.
Is it greedy for Noel to make one more Christmas wish to stay with Tarek forever.
Content Warnings This book contains violence, bad parenting, abuse, cruelty, and a brief mention of an attempted sexual assault.
