Bent, 1st in the
Hammer series by Sean Michael, is All Romance eBooks' Earth Day countdown selection for April 16th, free courtesy of Torquere Press.
Going by the synopses for the series volumes, this is a gay BDSM erotic romance with a heavy emphasis on relationship drama, and a full 5 out of 5 flames on the Heat Index.
Linkage to the product page where it'll be free until the end of the 17th, and you can still pick up yesterday's paranormal f/m/m/m werewolf ménage if you missed it:
Escaped.
Description
Marcus knows Jim is his minutes after meeting the snarly, jumpy ex-professor at the local bookstore. He thinks Jim is a natural submissive, someone who needs order and discipline in his life to help with Jim's anxiety and bad health habits. So Marcus decides to pursue Jim relentlessly, because even if Jim's mouth is saying no, his body is saying yes.
There's a lot more to Jim than meets the eye, and Marcus will have to be careful. Jim knows what it means to lose everything, knows what it's like to be without friends or family. Jim feels broken, and knowing that he likes the kinds of weird things Marcus wants to do to him only makes him scared that he's losing his mind.
Their chemistry is so real, so genuine, that Jim lets Marcus wear him down, lets Marcus take control. Eventually, his trust grows, allowing them to enter into the BDSM lifestyle together, learning about each other every day, with every scene. Jim is still uncertain sometimes, though, and he thinks Marcus might just want him because he's cracked. Can this top and bottom pair find a way to understand their wants and needs, and make a life that works for them alone?
If you want to read more by the author, Sean Michael seems to have many moderately-priced novels, short stories, and novellas available.
But it looks like some of the stories are considerably cheaper if you pick them up in the author's story collections and the publisher's multi-author themed anthologies rather than individually.