Summary

He was the golden boy. He was the wolf at his door. Neither of them was ever the victim. Adrian Laurent has spent six years building the perfect life. Brilliant. Beautiful. Untouchable. A fencing champion with a future in medicine, an impeccable reputation, and enough charm to make everyone at Briarwood believe the polished version of him is real. Then Roman Markov comes back. Tattooed, violent, obscenely possessive, and still furious about the best friend who disappeared from his life without explanation, Roman has no intention of respecting the walls Adrian built between them. He wants his Zaychik back. And Roman has never been particularly good at taking no for an answer. What begins as an unwanted reunion quickly becomes a vicious game of obsession, jealousy, sabotage, blackmail, and desire. Roman is determined to drag the real Adrian out from beneath his golden façade—but there is something Roman has forgotten. Rabbits have teeth, too. Because beneath Adrian's immaculate clothes and aristocratic smile lives a mind far more calculating than Roman remembers, and when old secrets finally surface, their battle for control becomes something neither man can walk away from cleanly. Roman may look like the monster. Adrian may look like the prey. Looks can be dangerously deceiving. The Golden Villain is a toxic M/M dark romance about childhood best friends turned enemies turned something far more obsessive, featuring a possessive Russian hockey player, a morally black golden-boy fencer, blackmail, jealousy, psychological warfare, old money, dark academia, criminal families, explicit M/M spice, and two men who absolutely should not be together. This is not a redemption story. This is not a healthy love story. They know exactly what they are. And they choose each other anyway.

Genre: Lgbtq

Author: 🔥C.B. Blackburn🐰

Status: Excerpt

Chapters: 8

Rating: n/a

Age Rating: 18+

Trigger Warning

Please read before continuing.

The Golden Villain is an adult M/M toxic dark romance intended for readers 18+. It follows two morally corrupt men whose relationship contains obsession, manipulation, violence, possessiveness, and deliberately unhealthy behavior.

This book contains mature and potentially triggering material, including:

M/M romance

Sexual relationships and explicit sexual scenes between two adult men

Anal sex

Oral sex

Bareback / condomless sex

Internal ejaculation / creampies

Rough sex

Power dynamics

Sexual dirty talk

Dubious consent and sexually coercive situations

Sexual blackmail

Possessiveness and extreme jealousy

Obsessive behavior

Stalking

Codependency and unhealthy attachment

Manipulation and psychological manipulation

Emotional coercion

Blackmail and threats

Controlling behavior

Invasion of privacy

Fabricated evidence and false accusations

Interference with romantic relationships

Sabotage of another person’s opportunities and future

Emotional betrayal

Abandonment and fear of abandonment

Strong profanity and vulgar language

Graphic violence and physical assault

Blood, wounds, and medical imagery

Kidnapping and unlawful confinement

Drugging / involuntary sedation

Threats of torture and mutilation

Murder and death

Organized crime

Criminal activity

Guns and other weapons

Revenge and retaliation

Threats against loved ones

Alcohol consumption

Morally black protagonists

Characters who engage in harmful behavior without conventional redemption

This book also contains explicit M/M sexual content, including bareback sex and internal ejaculation. All sexual characters depicted in the novel are adults.

Adrian and Roman are red flags.

They know it.

They choose each other anyway.

Please read according to your own boundaries and comfort level.