Red

<p class=ql-align-center>I'm a cop. He's a criminal.</p><p class=ql-align-center>We're the human equivalent of oil and water.</p><p class=ql-align-center>Staying away from him would be the obvious answer. Too bad we share a one bedroom apartment. It's an unfortunate situation I didn't choose but can't do anything about. When my best friend Earth moved out he offered his room to his big brother who rolled into town from Korea to kill him but then ended up saving him.</p><p class=ql-align-center>And now we're all supposed to be one big happy family.</p><p class=ql-align-center>Except Daeshim is <em>not</em> my brother and never will be. And no one has any idea who I really am. For years I've been Beau the hacker. Beau the agreeable quiet one in the corner.</p><p class=ql-align-center>I am those things. I'm also a cyber crimes specialist with the FBI.</p><p class=ql-align-center>Surprise!</p><p class=ql-align-center>My real identity is a secret no one can know. Because the second they find out who I really am my cover will be blown everything I've been doing will come to light and the found family I desperately want will toss me on the street. </p><p class=ql-align-center>Or worse.</p><p class=ql-align-center>But Daeshim won't stop staring dissecting me with his perceptive dark eyes. I can't stand him and yet the heavier his attention gets the more I crave. The more I begin to wonder if I'm just nervous he will find out my secrets or somehow get into my heart. </p><p class=ql-align-center> I'm starting to crumble the weight on my shoulders too heavy to hold alone. His stubborn unruly presence challenges me scares me and yet also somehow calms me. When danger gets uncomfortably close I realize the only one strong enough to save me is the very criminal I'm not supposed to trust.</p><p></p><p>Read <em>Red </em>if you love:</p><ul><li><span style=color: rgba(5 5 5 1)>Hurt/Comfort</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(5 5 5 1)>Anxiety representation</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(5 5 5 1)>Korean gangster </span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(5 5 5 1)>Morally gray male lead </span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(5 5 5 1)>Shy hacker </span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(5 5 5 1)>Cop/criminal </span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(5 5 5 1)>Possessive / Protective male</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(5 5 5 1)>Neck fetish </span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(5 5 5 1)>Fated mate vibes </span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(5 5 5 1)>Obsessive love </span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(5 5 5 1)>Dark themes </span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(5 5 5 1)>Found family </span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(5 5 5 1)>Suspense / action </span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(5 5 5 1)>NYC setting</span></li></ul><p></p><p class=ql-align-center><em>Red</em> is a male/male contemporary romance with elements of suspense. It can be read as a standalone however there are family dynamics in play from previous books. This is the first and only book for this couple in the <em>House of Misfits</em> series.<em> Red</em> has as a guaranteed happy ending does not have a cliffhanger and is written in first person with dual POV.</p>