Ensnared (Brutes of Bristlebrook #1)
Rebecca Quinn
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
4.10
· Steam/Spice level: 5 of 5
Explicit and plentiful [?]
· 130 ratings · 448 pages · Published: 10 Jul 2023
Since the Final War, I’ve been doing just fine. I have a lovely cave, a darling vegetable patch, forest views . . . and if loneliness sometimes squeezes my aching heart, well, my books have always kept me company.
That is, until a pack of hunters chase me from my home and right into the arms of several rather large, rather brutish ex-Army Rangers. And those brutes have the nerve to make me the rudest offer I’ve ever heard.
Their protection—for my body.
The whole thing is absurd. Scandalous. Perverted, even. I mean, just the thought of doing that with five men, well, it’s . . . it’s . . .
I take the deal.
Okay, so it’s possible I find them indecently tempting. But these men also have secrets, and pasts so fraught with emotion, I’m not sure I can untangle them all. Or whether they’ll let me.
No, my brutes have made it excruciatingly clear where they think I belong—beneath them, between them, bent over backwards for them . . . but certainly not beside them.
And I don’t think that’s going to work for me.
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The Brutes of Bristlebrook is a dark(ish) post-apocalyptic, steamy reverse harem romance series, meaning Eden will end up with three or more love interests after I’ve appropriately obliterated my readers’ nerves.
Expect complex characters, 1st person present tense, multiple POVs, MM in the harem, angst, lots of laughs, and to encounter material that some readers may find sensitive—a full description of which can be found on my author website.
Tagged as:
- dystopian 25
- poly (3+ people) 24
- reverse harem 22
- bdsm 22
- spanking 21
- military 20
- forced proximity 19
- dark romance 18
- grumpy/cold hero 17
- age gap 16
- praise kink 16
- bisexuality 16
- war 15
- mmf 13
- alpha male 13
- men in uniform 13
- shy heroine 12
- cruel hero/bully 11
- sunny/happy hero 11
- dual pov 11
- gay romance 10
- bondage 9
- consensual non-consent 9
- angst 9
- grumpy & sunshine 9
- independent heroine 9
- possessive hero 8
- sweet/gentle heroine 8
- east asian mc 8
- competent heroine 8
- friends to lovers 7
- class difference 7
- survival 7
- found family 6
- forbidden love 5
- contemporary 5
- menage 5
- fighter hero 5
- caretaking 5
- exhibitionism 5
- rich hero 4
- working class hero 4
- love triangle 3
- insta-love 3
- m-f romance 2
- height difference 2
- mfm 2
- plain heroine 2
- bad boys 2
- tortured hero 2
- bodyguard/protector hero 2
- warlord/commander hero 2
- enemies to lovers 1
- queer romance 1
- disabilities & scars 1
- primal/chase play 1
- first person pov 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- death / grief 11
- dubious consent 9
- slut shaming 8
- past abuse 7
- no hea 4
- abuse between mcs 4
- abuse 3
- mental trauma 2
- non-consent between mcs 1
- victim blaming 1
- past child abuse 1
- graphic violence 1
- past child neglect 1
- geography
- usa 6
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The 'Brutes of Bristlebrook' series
205 ratings 4.16 ·
friends to lovers · praise-kink · poly · sunny hero · m-f · class difference · mental-trauma · forced proximity · grumpy sunshine · bodyguard-hero · reverse harem · dystopian · dub-con · sweet heroine · m-f-m · graphic-violence · tortured hero · plain heroine · super rich hero · independent heroine
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