Title: Their Bounty
Series: Four Mercenaries
Book 1
Author: K.A. Merikan
Publisher: Acerbi & Villani ltd
Date: May 20th 2019
Taken. Prized. Possessed.
Loved. ---
Clover is an orphan and
has led a tough and chaotic life. No stability. No money. No friends. He trusts
no one.
His already miserable life
takes a nosedive when he ends up in the hands of a human trafficking gang.
Someone has placed a request for a young albino man, and Clover is to become
the property of a mysterious buyer who will stop at nothing to satisfy their
depraved desire. Clover’s fate seems sealed until four bounty hunters appear to
take out his captors and accidentally save him.
The four mercenaries want
to move on, but when Clover pleads for protection, they offer it to him at a
price. In the beginning, the arrangement is all kinds of shady, but as he gets
to know the four men who’ve taken him on a wild ride, his developing feelings
might become as dangerous as the elusive buyer.
But can a relationship
with four such different men even work? Men who kill for a living? Men so full
of contradictions?
Tank. The massive
ex-soldier eager to be Clover’s Daddy.
Pyro. Wild, tattooed, with
a filthy mouth and an itch for violence.
Boar. Ginger, bearded, a
big teddy bear who can turn into a grizzly.
Drake. Dark and dangerous,
with a tongue as sharp as his knives.
Can these men provide him
with the love and security he craves? Or has Clover made the worst mistake of
his life?
THEIR BOUNTY is a dark gay harem contemporary romance,
book 1 in the “Four Mercenaries” trilogy. The story contains scenes of explicit
violence, offensive language, morally ambiguous characters and lots of
scorching hot, emotional, explicit scenes.
POSSIBLE
SPOILERS:
Themes:
abduction, polyamory, mercenaries, bounty hunters, albinism, commitment issues,
indecent proposal, dark past, male bonding, human trafficking, size difference,
enemies to lovers, danger, alpha male, found family, size difference, distrust,
shared, victim and protector
Cat gives this one 4 Meows...
Warning: This is erotica,
it is dark with lots of dubious consent and some violence. (There is no
on-screen rape or anything really bad. These authors have a good style and
taste in their dark romance) Also, this is a book on in
an ongoing series and must be read in order so start now...it's worth it.
I have just recently begun
reading from K.A. Merikan with their Underdogs book 3 and fell in love with the
dark stories. Though erotica isn't my
scene I do like a good ménage, love mercenaries, and bad boys and have not read
a reverse harem so this ticked lots of my boxes and I wanted to try. I can skim
past sex scenes if I feel the need. I am glad I took a chance on this book.
(Read the blurb for a rundown
I can't say much more without spoilers)
I was won over with the
characters. Clover was a surprise. though he is the center of the reverse harem
and offers himself to them all in payment for protection, he is by no means a
cowering twink. he is full of spunk and defiance that gets him in trouble more
than once. Tank is the leader and also the one that wants to take on Clover
though he knows he is spout lies about the friends on the other end of the
journey. Boar and Pyro are in a
relationship but being two Alphas and Pyro is all toppy they like taking on a
third and always wanted a steady one to please them both but it was hard doing so through apps or hook-ups
since they really couldn't tell their jobs or share their personal lives and
Clover happened to fit perfectly in both men's needs. I loved the dynamics of
Pyro and Boar's relationship. Two alpha, tough men but you could see the love
between them and Pyro is very protective of Boar's feelings. Then there was
Drake. Dark, mysterious and brooding Drake that was not keen on keeping
Clover. He kept me on my toes and I
really wanted more Drake
There is a good storyline,
A twist, and a hot, sexy ending. The sex
is a lot but fits in the story and wasn't overwhelming.
I would have liked a
little more on the mercenary front seen them in action more and how they all
met, but they may be coming.
K. A. Merikan are a team of writers who try not to suck at
adulting, with some success. Always eager to explore the murky waters of the
weird and wonderful, K.A. Merikan don’t follow fixed formulas and want each of
their books to be a surprise for those who choose to hop on for the ride.
K.A. Merikan have a few sweeter M/M romances as well, but they specialize in
the dark, dirty, and dangerous side of M/M, full of bikers, bad boys, mafiosi,
and scorching hot romance.
e-mail: kamerikan@gmail.com
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