Boone Rosier has spent his life taking care of his father. So when saving him comes with an impossible price, there is no choice to make.
He will pay it.
Hidden high in the mountains is a castle the villagers have whispered about for years. A place no one dares approach. Inside lives the man their stories turned into a beast.
Rhys is cold, controlling, and cruel.
When Boone offers himself in exchange for his father’s freedom, Rhys accepts. And once Boone belongs to him, he has no intention of ever giving him back.
Boone expects locked doors. He expects cruelty. What he doesn’t expect is how quickly Rhys proves himself capable of both.
Rhys takes what Boone never offers. He punishes resistance. He makes it clear that Boone’s freedom is no longer his own.
Boone hates him.
He should always hate him. But hatred becomes harder to hold onto when Rhys becomes more than the monster Boone believed him to be. He is still cruel. Still possessive. Still dangerously obsessed with keeping Boone.
He is also the man Boone begins reaching for when everything falls apart.
Then Rhys does the one thing Boone never believed possible.
He lets him go.
Boone finally has his freedom. But when the life waiting for him outside the castle begins to unravel, he finds himself turning toward the last person he should ever trust.
The beast.
And this time, Boone walks back into the castle knowing exactly what waits inside.
Escaping the beast was difficult. The real danger is discovering Boone might not want to anymore.
Bittersweet & Strange is a dark MM Beauty and the Beast retelling featuring a morally black love interest, captivity, obsession, coercion, non-consensual content, and other potentially disturbing themes. Intended for readers 18+. Please review the full content warnings before reading.
He will pay it.
Hidden high in the mountains is a castle the villagers have whispered about for years. A place no one dares approach. Inside lives the man their stories turned into a beast.
Rhys is cold, controlling, and cruel.
When Boone offers himself in exchange for his father’s freedom, Rhys accepts. And once Boone belongs to him, he has no intention of ever giving him back.
Boone expects locked doors. He expects cruelty. What he doesn’t expect is how quickly Rhys proves himself capable of both.
Rhys takes what Boone never offers. He punishes resistance. He makes it clear that Boone’s freedom is no longer his own.
Boone hates him.
He should always hate him. But hatred becomes harder to hold onto when Rhys becomes more than the monster Boone believed him to be. He is still cruel. Still possessive. Still dangerously obsessed with keeping Boone.
He is also the man Boone begins reaching for when everything falls apart.
Then Rhys does the one thing Boone never believed possible.
He lets him go.
Boone finally has his freedom. But when the life waiting for him outside the castle begins to unravel, he finds himself turning toward the last person he should ever trust.
The beast.
And this time, Boone walks back into the castle knowing exactly what waits inside.
Escaping the beast was difficult. The real danger is discovering Boone might not want to anymore.
Bittersweet & Strange is a dark MM Beauty and the Beast retelling featuring a morally black love interest, captivity, obsession, coercion, non-consensual content, and other potentially disturbing themes. Intended for readers 18+. Please review the full content warnings before reading.