New Release: FORBIDDEN LITTLE GAME by Raleigh Ruebins

 

FORBIDDEN LITTLE GAME

Raleigh Ruebins

Release Date: May 14 

Meet Raleigh Ruebins:

Raleigh Ruebins writes steamy MM love stories with small towns, big egos, and men who should know better... but they fall hard anyway. Her favorite characters are guys who deserve their happily-ever-afters, even if they're rough around the edges--real, flawed, but always with hearts of gold. 

Connect with Raleigh Ruebins:

https://www.instagram.com/raleighruebins/

Blurb:

Sharing a college campus with my infuriating stepbrother should be easy.

Until he crosses a line with me, and we’re pulled into a twisted, chaotic game.

Noah is straight. Preppy. Rich as sin. Everything I’m not.

When I catch my stepbrother rifling through my belongings like a stalker, it sparks something inside me I can’t shake.

Let the frat boy stalk me a little. I’m going to stalk him right back.

One night, the mutual hatred sparks between us. We collide, and he gets a taste of me he can't quit.

What we’re doing is bad. Wrong. …Completely consuming.

But I witness something I shouldn’t one night when Noah is attacked by a violent man.

When a stranger lays a hand on my new obsession, I explode.

Protecting him is my salvation.

Now we’ve crossed a line forever, and there’s no chance I’m losing this game.

No one can hurt him. Mafia ties run deep in Onyx Society, and we’ve stepped on the wrong rival’s shoes.

Noah is broken. Vulnerable. I see the sea of emotion behind his perfect exterior.

He claims he still despises me, even when we’re close. But with his life under threat, I risk everything to defend what’s mine.

When he says I’m crazy, I say:

I am. And you are, too.

Because I know we’ll both do whatever it takes to win this forbidden game.

Buy Link:

https://a.co/d/0dqd4iNL 

Available in KU 

Read this overnight because I simply couldn’t put it down—an absolutely tremendous book.

 The stepbrother, enemies-to-lovers trope is one I adore, and this story delivers it perfectly. The constant push and pull between Noah and Torin kept me completely hooked from start to finish. 

 Their emotional evolution—especially the moment they both realise they’re everything to each other—was beautifully written and felt genuinely earned. 

The chemistry between them is electric: Torin’s need to challenge Noah, paired with Noah’s willingness to yield, creates such a compelling story.

 

With its angsty flirting, forced proximity, and seriously high heat, this book easily earns more than five stars.