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You're ours now: Masked Men Novella

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Love is my favorite thing in the world. The grand gestures, the butterflies, the happily ever after. I live for it all. The problem? My love life is a total disaster. No one ever measures up to my three best friends—Storm, Zayne, and Julius. They’re perfect in every way . . . except for the tiny detail that they don’t see me as anything more than a friend.

When an invitation to a Valentine’s Day themed matchmaking show lands in my email inbox, I think, Why not put my heart out there? Sign me up. Filming my video feels like a dream until I accidentally mention my fantasies about masked men and a little spice in the bedroom.

Fast forward to the big day, and I’m ready to meet my match. However, when I arrive, I’m not greeted by one man . . . but three. All masked. All confident. All dangerously familiar. As the night unfolds, these men teach me something I’ve never let myself it’s okay to want what I want.

This Valentine’s Day, my love life might finally stop being a disaster.

And sometimes the happily ever after you’ve been chasing is right in front of you.

168 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 6, 2025

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Profile Image for Kendra Renae.
178 reviews47 followers
April 3, 2025
⭐️5 🌶️5

Masked men , why choose and primal play ? Need I say more🤭
Profile Image for Cat H.
1,987 reviews221 followers
February 17, 2025
3.3 stars.
Hot but full of missed opportunities for some good relationship development.
The moments were there, it’s just long enough to have at least a couple of them, but they got passed over in favor of the characters’ internal agonizing.
Profile Image for Tia.
222 reviews580 followers
February 4, 2026
Instantly knew this was going to be a bit of me and I was not disappointed!! Boyfriends being boyfriends will ALWAYS send me! I wish there was more group bits though 🫠🫠
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384 reviews25 followers
February 17, 2025
Wowsers, for a quick read this sure had a lot of … action.

This masked men why choose novella does not mess around - Mellie is keen to try some more than vanilla play time, which she lets slip in an interview for a reality TV show where she hopes to find someone who can live up to her fantasy.

So when she arrives for the date at an abandoned resort and a masked man tells her to run …. Well, she runs, but can’t wait to get caught …. But she gets more than she bargained for with THREE masked strangers having their way with her (fully consented to. She agrees to everything. No blurred lines here. Good, clean, filthy fun)

So when she goes home to her three besties / housemates / super hot guys she has crushed on her entire life …. She wants more. But what will her boys think of her if they ever discover the truth?

This novella punches well above its weight!

Includes all our fave tropes and blurs the lines with some triggers….
Masked Men
Anonymous partner (s)
Why choose
Valentine’s Day
Self acceptance
Fantasy role play (k1nky fantasy, not elf & dragons fantasy)
Primal play (non violent, chase only)
Hidden identity
Group activities (sharing is caring)

Potential triggers:
Unprotected smexy time (cnc on this part only)
Anonymous smexy time
Fear play (darkness, hiding)


MMFM

Multi POV
1st Person

When i say quick read, this was a one sitting about one hour read for me.

Spice levels are high. Like, HIGH. Like, three eggplants and a peach, in multiple combinations.

Buckle up and enjoy the adventure!
Profile Image for Terri All Spice Archive.
259 reviews3 followers
February 9, 2025
I revived an ARC for this and first time reading both of these authors.

The writing is well done and makes me want to read more from both of these authors especially the Masked Men Series. The spice woah the spice so well done and hot! Mellie and her men *fans self*. Love the plot of her being able to finally live out her fantasies and the way her men did it. I'm always here for a good friends to lovers and add in why choose and mm and I'm definitely here for it.
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5,751 reviews229 followers
October 30, 2025
No lie, the author/mom notes in front of these make me laugh. I kinda love the dichotomy of a mom-side saying "absolutely don't do this thing" and an author-side saying "yeah, absolutely get your freak on with this thing". Anyway. Be safe and don't do the thing, but totally feel free to read about the thing.

So. Mellie accidentally bares her soul during a taped interview for a matchmaking show and one of her BFFs happens to work at the place running said show. So the interview lands in his inbox and HECK YEAH his BFF wants him and their other best friends to do very naughty things to her. Okay, maybe she didn't actually say she wanted THEM to do those naughty things, but they could infer what she meant.

Now Storm, Zayne, and Julius are planning on giving Mellie the absolute BEST V-Day surprise - all her accidentally revealed fantasies come to life. Of course, they can't let her know it's them behind the masks and none are super keen on keeping this secret, but they'll cross that bridge when they come to it.

One abandoned resort, a few sexy games of chase, a whole lot of heat, and a foursome that is going to find a way make things work no matter what!

-Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal
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147 reviews31 followers
July 29, 2025
Masked men. Primal play. Why choose. Friends to lovers. It had the bones of something feral and it was a fun time but I can’t lie— like most novellas, it fell a little short for me. The relationship development opportunities for these characters could have made for something so much more. Instead it kind of skimmed the surface and rushed through what could’ve been something really good.

Still, if you're in the mood for something quick, spicy and devoid of anything substantial, you’ll probably like it.
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37 reviews32 followers
February 23, 2025
Mellie loves love, but no-one in her life has ever measured up to her 3 best friends. Zayne, Storm and Julius have set such impossible standards. She is keen to expand her sexual boundaries, which she accidentally lets slip in her audition for a reality TV dating show. When she shows up for the matchmaking date, she is surprised by not one, but three masked men. Over the extremely hot night, they teach her that it's okay to want what she wants.
I loved this super spicy Valentine’s Day themed read! I breezed through it so fast, not wanting to put it down, and HAVING to know what happened next. Jaye has such a brilliant way of building each character so differently and making you fall for each of them for their differences.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Profile Image for Rowena Robinson.
146 reviews17 followers
December 10, 2025
I’ve read something similar to this, but I actually did enjoy this book, I loved how tight their friendship was. Good little spicy short read.
Profile Image for Ryn Meagher.
478 reviews22 followers
July 27, 2025
Book Review: You’re Ours Now – Jaye Pratt

What happens when you love love so hard your entire life unravels, and you end up legging it outta heartbreak town with your three ridiculously hot best friends? Apparently, you black out the memory of signing up for a LOVE ISLAND MEETS SAW kinda dating show until they email you and go: “Congrats, you’re in!” And instead of running for the hills? You show up, overshare everything, and confess you’ve got a monster crush on all your besties and a thing for sexy anonymous masked men.

At that moment, I paused, raised my hand, and screamed into the void:
“OH HEYOOO, IT’S ME—RYN—WHERE DO I SIGN UP FOR THIS SHOW!?”
Masked men? Poly tension? Valentine’s chaos in an abandoned ‘resort’ (yes, it’s that kinda chaos)? I was IN.

The writing? Unfiltered, chaotic good, like Jaye Pratt dumped glitter and chaos in a blender and hit “max speed.” I laughed, I screamed, I re-read spicy scenes with squinty eyes and a hand over my mouth. Imagine getting chased by pink-glow masked men and instead of running, you’re like… “Yesss, take me against the wall.”

We’ve got:
💋 Poly goodness galore
💥 Swords are crossing, emotions are high, and pants are flying
🔥 Possessiveness, confessionals, and Valentine’s-themed filth that made me sweat

All wrapped up in 140 pages of pure spicy serotonin.

Final thoughts?
You don’t pick up You’re Ours Now for a quiet night in—you pick it up when you want chaos, smut, and to seriously question why masked men in pastel aesthetics aren’t hunting you down because that’s what you want 10/10 would scream into a camera for love again.
Profile Image for Naiomi Cox.
403 reviews32 followers
February 3, 2025
Wow, more spice and with best friends who were all too scared to say they all wanted more because they thought it would ruin their friendship.

When you think you are going for a second callback for a dating show and end up in a remote rundown motel. You don’t expect your fantasies to come to life.

Zayne, Julius and Storm.

My pick is Storm, he has loved Maloney since they were 5 and he asked her to marry him.

Tropes - MMFM, masked men, best friends, asked to marry at age 5, friends to lovers, kinks, Valentine’s Day, childhood friends, spicy scenes, Gilmore girls, dating show, worshipped like a goddess, touch her and die

Triggers - masked men, cable ties, rundown motel, being chased, dating show, choking, primal play, dark and depraved sex, sexually owned but still have power, fucked like a cheap toy, taken against a wall, 2 is better than 1,
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291 reviews11 followers
June 29, 2025
Broken Book Therapist Reviews

Friends to Lovers is such a great trope. I know it isn't as dramatic as some of the others, and I do believe friends can just be friends, but, man it is such a great foundation for more when that is what both (or in this case all four) want. The value of friendship over s€x is a beautiful piece of respect... but once these men let go... they let go. And sigh all the dreamy sighs. Similar to Are You Scared this isn't dark, so if you are looking for mask play and a bit of primal, but nothing too wild, this is a fun series to explore.
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36 reviews2 followers
April 7, 2025
Why choose, primal play, best friends to lovers? Soo good. Mellie, had a non existent love life, she had 3 male best friends. She signed up for a “dating show” to try and find love. When one of her best friends Julian works for them sees her audition tape he tell his other 2 friends that they need to do something to help her out. Will they risk losing their best friend or will they gain a 4th in their trio
Profile Image for Abbie.
442 reviews1 follower
March 15, 2025
This was a very kinky take on Valentine’s Day. I liked how you seen how much the guys cared about her and that they struggled with the fact they lied originally to get her. I also love the introduction of Mellies den so you can see other unconvential relationships as I think this will be the base of the other books in the series
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862 reviews
March 17, 2025
I really liked this one. I went it to it, looking for spicy, and I definitely got that. I liked Millie, but it was a little weird that she didn't even question it when she figured out it was Storm, Zayne, and Julius behind the masks. The boys were just great, period. You could feel the love they had for each other.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Profile Image for Christina Close.
397 reviews4 followers
March 28, 2025
This book was interesting but really short. I guess you can can call it short but sweet well more like short but spicy.

○ MMMF
○ Besties to Lovers
○ A LOT OF Spice
○ Short Story

Mellie, Storm, Julius and Zayne are the best types of friends to have but of course what would it be like to turn that friendship into a relationship? Their chemistry is off the chains but the boys should have talked to her beforehand because it could have turned out completely different than it did.
Profile Image for Tash Marie.
35 reviews11 followers
February 3, 2025
Why Choose? Why would you with these three?!
All the spice and no down sides whatsoever!

More please 🙂
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54 reviews7 followers
February 4, 2025
You’re Ours Now is the fourth book in the Masked Men series. It’s a fast paced why choose read between Mellie and her three best friends (male). Being based around Valentine’s Day it was the perfect spicy happily ever after read!!
Profile Image for Emma (emjbookshelf).
981 reviews22 followers
February 6, 2025
You're Ours Now

3 masked men hunting the girl they've always wanted but didn't want to ruin their friendship. This was a Valentine's day novella full of spice and making fantasies come alive.
Profile Image for Shanna Smith.
186 reviews12 followers
February 8, 2025
Holy hotness this book was everything I needed and more. Where can I get three best friends that will do anything to bring my deepest fantasy to life!!! The chemistry between these four characters...before and after the masks come off...cannot be described.

I am already obsessed with Samantha Barratt but now I am obsessed with Jaye Pratt. If you want a LOT of spice in your life before Valentines day this is your book. It's short, sweet, and spicy.
Profile Image for Abbie.
320 reviews11 followers
February 16, 2025
This was a good time! Haha loved it
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267 reviews30 followers
October 13, 2025
A decently good time as far as why choose masked men primal novellas go. But, Moo might just be the worst nickname I've read in a long long long time.
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39 reviews
February 4, 2026
My first 5 star rating of 2026. Honestly, loved and devoured this. If I hadn’t had kids with me I’d be fully engrossed in this forever. Loved them all!
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759 reviews11 followers
February 14, 2025
"Run and hide as best you can, baby. Tonight, we're going hunting, and make no mistake, Mellie,
you are our fu**ing prey."

All Mellie wants is love with a man like the relationship she has with her three best friends. Can one night change that?
I loved this book. If you want a quick dirty read this book is for you. The characters were great, especially the men. They are all so different but work great together. I enjoyed the plot and the twist with the dating show. I enjoyed how this book ended. Great read!!
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757 reviews27 followers
January 6, 2025
⭐️4🌶️4💧0

What would you do if you were given the chance to live out your wildest fantasies for one night? Would you say yes or no?

This novella is short on plot but boy was it big on smut! And yep! I was all there for it!

While I’m not a big fan on novellas(I like more details!!!) this one did keep me interested and I finished it in one go!
If you’d like to be chased around an abandoned resort by Masked men, this one is for you!


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Profile Image for Sidney Collins.
151 reviews
February 12, 2026
If you want I fast pace smutty valentines why choose novella this is the one.

Things I want to remeber…

Julius is a combination of hot and nerdy, with unruly brown curls framing big brown eyes hidden behind glasses perched on rosy cheeks. Storm is massive in every sense of the word. He is six foot five, with wide shoulders and lots and lots of drool-worthy muscles. He keeps his dirty blonde hair short, and his slate-gray eyes could bring any woman to her knees. Dear Malaney Foster, Thank you for your interest in our matchmaking show, True Love’s Match. You are required to come into our office for an in-person interview. Please see the information listed below for more details. Julius slides a plate in front of me and points his spatula at Zayne. “Just because you have a nice dick doesn’t mean everyone wants to see it.” “You talk a big game, but you love looking at it and putting it in your mouth.”“What are your deepest desires in a sexual relationship, Miss Foster? What do you crave? What do you need from your partner to give you the most fulfilling sexual experience of your life?”“Primal play. I want a man to wear a mask and chase me through a deserted resort. He will pin me against a wall and take what he wants, but I won’t know who he is. The fear of the unknown will mix with the lust of the moment and create a perfect high—equal parts fear and sexual desire. I want to be sexually owned but still hold the power outside the bedroom, to be worshipped like a goddess but fucked like a cheap toy. I need a man like my three best friends, even if it emasculates my partner. He needs to have their qualities—I need him to be like Zayne, Julius, and Storm.”Julius Though what she doesn’t know is that I work for the company she auditioned for, and I’m the guy responsible for editing all the footage. Zayne and I have heard her vibrator working overtime while we’re fucking, and knowing she’s getting off on listening to us sends us both over the edge. clicking the link to the waiver. I scan the contents, and it all seems straightforward. It asks for my likes and dislikes, a safe word, and for a list of things I will consent to doing. It also wants me to upload my most recent STI results. Once I’m clean, I turn off the water and step out, grabbing the towel and wrapping it around my body. I gasp as I look at the mirror—there’s a message scrawled across the surface. You’re Ours Now zayne I have been in love with Mellie since we were sixteen, and before that I didn’t know what the feelings I had meant. With me, Julius is submissive in the bedroom. In his everyday life, he is always in control, so he gives that up in the bedroom and puts it in my hands. Mellie gets to experience a different side of him. Fuck yes. She squirts like a scene straight out of my fantasies, and I close my mouth over her pussy and take every drop before her body goes limp. Was one night enough? It wasn’t for us. Now that we have tasted you and felt that pretty little cunt, we want more. Go home, Miss Foster. If you want to feel the three of us slamming inside each of your holes, light a candle and leave it on your windowsill. Make sure you want this, because we won’t stop until you use your safe word. You’re ours now, baby. I lit the candle ten minutes after the guys left, and ever since then, my nerves have been slowly growing. “You two are so cute. When are you going to call it and officially become boyfriends?” I snort and step away from Julius, leaning over the kitchen counter as I sass her. “Because we don’t only want to be boyfriends, Mellie. We have other needs and have someone else in mind to join us.” Her face drops, but she quickly plasters on a fake smile. “You know you can bring someone here, if that’s what you’re missing.” “Thanks for the offer, but the girl we want doesn’t even know we like her.”“Either step inside and close the door, Moo, or⁠—” Before Julius can finish his sentence, Mellie jumps backward and slams the door. “Miss Foster, your application was unsuccessful. No one from my network sent you to a resort. We don’t cater to your specific types of . . . needs. Now I’m sorry, but I must go.” He ends the call while I’m still reeling. “Nineteen years ago, I asked you to marry me. I might have been a silly kid, but even back then I knew you were my future. I’m not going anywhere, Mellie. The next time I get down on one knee and ask that question, you won’t be able to tell me to wait until we are grownups. I’m all grown now, and I know exactly what I want—you.”He crawls up over my body and whispers, “Would you like to watch Zayne fuck Julius while I fuck you?” “Hell yes,”“Baby, this will always be our place. This resort will always mean so much to me and the guys because it’s the first place we got to have you. We wanted to do this so others might find the courage we lacked, maybe bring their lovers here and embrace their desires. This is all for you, Mellie.”
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360 reviews2 followers
October 26, 2025
The common theme amongst these books (aside from the obvious masked men and being Why Choose) is that they are far shorter than most other stories that I enjoy reading. And while I would normally state that I'm not happy with the length of something that takes me only a few hours to read, I will absolutely say that I am enjoying these because each one ends up with snippets from the other stories involved somehow! So getting to see little tidbits of information about previous quartets makes me giddy with happiness.

This one involving people who have been "best friends" for years gives you, once again, the amount of background needed for it to not simply be some thrown together coupling, and instead of it being rushed and out there, it's perfectly symmetrical for the dynamics. Including a nice round of mm here and there, which ends up making our FMC go slightly gaga as well.

Finding out that that someone who you always thought saw you as friend zoned actually wants you can make your brain go haywire, right? What if she admits that she wants not just you, but the two best friends you have. All of you who have secretly loved her for years now. Granted, she didn't admit it to YOU, she admitted it (in a roundabout way) in an interview for a love request. This is your way in. All three of you have the chance to show her that it could work out. Masks in place at first, giving her all that she needs until it's time to remove them. It's perfect and it works out better than expected.

Until she finds out from the network that she had actually gotten declined for having needs that were "not acceptable to be aired" and somehow has to work through the fact that she was used by three men who were not supposed to have been there at all. How does a mind wrap around that? But at least she has her three best friends to make her feel better...

Ugh, like I said. It was great. Corny. Always corny. And I feel like she would have been WAY more upset by simply finding out that it was them than what she did... even if she did go ahead and take them for all she could after. But that's the only downfall.
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113 reviews7 followers
February 13, 2025
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ FILTHY, OBSESSIVE, & UTTERLY ADDICTIVE

Like, HELLO—who doesn’t want three dangerously seductive men chasing after them?! 😏🔥 But let me tell you, You Are Ours Now isn’t just about the chase—it’s about possession, obsession, and surrendering to the kind of love that leaves you wrecked.

💋 SPICE LEVEL:🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Absolute FILTH. Think masked men, dark promises, and enough tension to short-circuit your Kindle.

💀 CHARACTER DYNAMICS: Storm, Zayne, and Julius aren’t your typical book boyfriends. They’re lethal, they’re possessive, and they know exactly what they want—and it’s HER.

⚡ PACING: Fast, addictive, and impossible to put down. From the very first page, you’re thrown headfirst into a web of secrets, seduction, and masked temptations.

💣 EMOTIONAL IMPACT: Between the jaw-dropping twists, heart-clenching moments, and absolutely sinful spice, this book took me on a ride I never wanted to get off of.

If you love reverse harem, dark romance, and the kind of spice that makes you need a moment (or seven) to recover, this book is for YOU. Samantha Barrett & Jaye Pratt just delivered a masked, filthy fantasy that will leave you absolutely feral. 😈🔥

Five stars, no notes, just me lying on the floor, ruined.

📌 One-click this NOW. You’ll never look at masked men the same way again.

You're ours now: [book:You're ours now: Masked Men Novella
Jaye Pratt
Samantha Barrett


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24 reviews11 followers
February 14, 2025
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5/5 for both story & spice)

If you love dark, possessive romance with a scorching amount of spice, You’re Ours Now is an absolute must-read. Jaye Pratt and Samantha Barrett deliver a gripping, intoxicating story that had me hooked from the very first page.

Storm, Zayne, and Julius are everything you could want in a man—protective, dominant, and utterly irresistible. And the best part? They’re Mellie’s best friends. The way they claim her is intense, raw, and deeply satisfying. Their chemistry is off the charts, and every moment between them is pure fire.

The masked men trope is quickly becoming a favorite of mine, and this book only fueled that obsession. There’s something thrilling about the mystery and danger that comes with it, and these three men know exactly how to use it to their advantage. The tension, the possessiveness, and the way they make Mellie feel utterly worshipped had me feeling all sorts of things.

And let’s talk about that Valentine’s Day scene—now that is a Valentine’s Day I could be down with! Passion, devotion, and three dangerously sexy men who know how to make a woman feel desired? Sign me up.

If you’re looking for a book with off-the-charts spice, deliciously possessive men, and a heroine who is the center of their world, You’re Ours Now needs to be on your TBR immediately!
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426 reviews36 followers
February 22, 2025
Love is my favorite thing in the world. The grand gestures, the butterflies, the happily ever after. I live for it all. The problem? My love life is a total disaster. No one ever measures up to my three best friends—Storm, Zayne, and Julius. They’re perfect in every way . . . except for the tiny detail that they don’t see me as anything more than a friend.
When an invitation to a Valentine’s Day themed matchmaking show lands in my email inbox, I think, Why not put my heart out there? Sign me up. Filming my video feels like a dream until I accidentally mention my fantasies about masked men and a little spice in the bedroom.
Fast forward to the big day, and I’m ready to meet my match. However, when I arrive, I’m not greeted by one man . . . but three. All masked. All confident. All dangerously familiar. As the night unfolds, these men teach me something I’ve never let myself believe: it’s okay to want what I want.
This Valentine’s Day, my love life might finally stop being a disaster.
And sometimes the happily ever after you’ve been chasing is right in front of you.

Thoughts

This story was good. Who doesn’t like a friends to lovers why choose full of spice.
I know I do. I read through this in one sitting. I felt like there wasn’t a lot of plot but just a lot of spice. Which is totally fine. It was good either way.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
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