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Taking candids turned into so much more...

Marriage never looked easy on the outside looking in, but with Simon, life had been better than ever. I found my soulmate in a man who cared for me, loved me feverishly, and protected me against all odds. But regardless of the love we shared for each other, our eyes often roamed to others. Even at night, when we spent time in each other's arms, we mused over the ideas of what it would be like to explore happily again, while remaining committed to each other.

But fear always held us back.

Then they entered the picture.

Nyx. Asher. And Rhodes.

Our best friends.

One daring video to my husband later, and I found myself at the mercy of all four of them days later. All under the disguise of their cosplays’ personas—the outfits and attitudes that started it all in the first place.

Taking candids turned into so much more...

What if we can’t go back to just friends?

Even if it was just supposed to be one night of fun.

174 pages, Paperback

Published March 10, 2025

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Profile Image for Paige (wingsandsmut).
922 reviews87 followers
June 29, 2025
ONE HAND READ. That's all you need to know lol. This is hella spicy and such a freaking hot novella. I truly couldn't get enough of them and love that this couple were so on board to invite their friends to play. And damn was it worth it! If you need something that's worth the spice, check this out but read the CW if needed.

Audiobook:
Narrated in dual by Amy Hall and Ash Beverly- they both did a wonderful job at narrating this book and it was even hotter to listen to! It’s perfectly bingeable and if you want some smut with minimal plot, this audio is definitely one to add to the TBR!

What to expect:
-MMMFF
-Gaming buddies turned COD masked fantasy
-Sharing is caring
-Super Bowl party & snowed in
-Breath play
-Knife & blood play
-Age gap
-Praise & degradation

Thank you so much to Tilly Ridge & C.S. Silverne for letting me alpha and ARC read this in exchange for my honest review!
Profile Image for Kendra Renae.
172 reviews40 followers
April 16, 2025
⭐️5 🌶️5


whew baby let’s just say the rose made an appearance and I was virtually added to this poly relationship 😩👏🏾

This is the first why choose novella I’ve read that has two women and three men and I ate this right tf up omg it was so good from start to finish and oh boy did we finish multiple times 😏 lol .
Profile Image for Kimberlylovesreadingbooks.
263 reviews69 followers
August 10, 2025
If you like COD cosplayers on tiktok you're going to LOVE THIS!!!!🤭

This also has a female cosplayer and the spice is spicing 🙇🏾‍♀️🙈.

This novella didn't disappoint 🤭👏🏾. I WANT MORE 😭💔
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391 reviews51 followers
December 6, 2025
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

Tropes:
-Why-Choose
-MMMFF
-Masked men/woman / COD cosplayers
-Daddy / Mommy kink (no age-play)
-Breeding, knife play, breath play, CNC, degradation, pegging and much more

My friends breeding my wife shouldn’t turn me on … but I fear it is.

My review:

This is a hot and short spicy novella about a couple who have been wanting to open their marriage to their three hot best friends.

I was scared the FF would be mixed with the guys but THANK GOD it's not. Don't get me wrong; they don't run out of the room so they won't see them, and the second FMC pegs one of the guys, but she's not romantically involved with them and isn't interested in any of their parts. I loved the FF in this, it was so filthy and perfect!

The MMM was also chef's kiss + we get a sexual awakening that just fits perfectly. (Let's all ignore that the good boy shares my name........... IT ONLY MADE IT BETTER LMAO)

To anyone who also has a mask kink.... I mean, we're in this together, and I'm telling you to pick up this damn novella right now. Just be sure you're sitting comfortably because you'll be reading with only one hand free.

Anyway, this is a spicy novella, nothing really going on but spice and then falling in love.... so go and read it.

“ What? I already called her Mommy before. I just get to call her that every day now, fuckers. ”
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292 reviews88 followers
March 5, 2025
Ummm. Phew that was HOTTT. Mommy kink unlocked. Jesusss. Ghost from COD anyone? If you’re looking for a pure smut, quick little gamer cosplay group number… THIS IT IT! Recommend!
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247 reviews13 followers
March 10, 2025
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

TROPES:
•Gaming Buddies turned COD Masked Fantasy
•COD Orgy Party
•MMMFF
•Sharing
•Age Gap
•Breath Play
•Praise & Degradation

Holyyy hell. A married couple playing with their gamer friends? Hot damn. That was every girls dream…. Ever. This was short and sweet and so spicy I ate it up.

"It's not about the parts, it's about the hearts."
Profile Image for Kenzey.
84 reviews1 follower
July 2, 2025
5/5 ⭐️

I absolutely DEVOURED this book. This was so so so good.
Sloane and Simon had been wanting to add someone else into the bedroom for a while now but were both too anxious to make the first move. Finally, something snaps inside of them after Sloane takes pictures of the four in COD cosplay. (I would snap too, sis 🥵) They all seem to think they’re just in for one night of fun until the fun actually begins.
Definitely go check out this book when it releases on March 10!!
I love both of these authors, they are absolute sweethearts and I’m so happy to have been an arc of this book 🫶💕

ETA 7/2/25:
The audiobook was so so so good. And to think I was obsessed with these characters the first time reading this. Amy and Ash did a phenomenal job narrating this! As always, Tilly & C.S. do an amazing job with this one 🥵🥰 thank you so so much for sending me an ALC 🫶
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501 reviews6 followers
October 11, 2025
Not as dark as I expected but that's good!

KU Read
153 Pages
Dark Romance
Best Friends-to-Lovers
Masked Play
MMFFM
Triggers
Kinks
Infertility issues

This book packs a fair bit in considering it is a novella. It's very spicy and covers a lot of different kinks and specialities while they are playing their game.
Behind it all tho is a really sweet story about a couple who open their marriage to include their small friend group and get more than just a night of fun and fulfilling fantasies. It's actually a little sweet and heart warming with real feels too.
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293 reviews
August 19, 2025
Skeleton fingerless gloves are mentioned multiple times.

Did not know that this was a Call of Duty thirst trapper romance so I guess that’s on me.
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672 reviews168 followers
August 5, 2025
4.25⭐️ tilly, c.s, yall have a new fan🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️
Profile Image for Hannah Rae.
90 reviews44 followers
June 24, 2025
this is exactly what i wanted it to be *nodding aggressively*

you’ll be hard pressed to find a plot in here, but i was sweating so that’s what matters.

big fan, tilly, big fan.

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232 reviews7 followers
July 22, 2025
This book??? PURE FILTH!🥵🥵 all I gotta say is prepare to read this novella one handed. It was so freaking perfect with masks and polyamory? ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY😍 as soon as I seen C.S. And Tilly’s name on this book I knew I was going to be in for a treat. I was not disappointed one bit. And the NARRATORS FOR THIS WERE 🤌🏻🤌🏻 Amy Hall and Ash Beverly SLAYED IT😍
Profile Image for destiny.
530 reviews167 followers
March 13, 2025
“my friends breeding my wife shouldn’t turn me on … but i fear it is.”

sloane and simon are such a power couple. holy fuck i literally love them and i wish to be a part of this friend group 🙋🏻‍♀️
i saw the galaxy while reading this book and god popped in giving me a heads up i wouldn’t be entering through the pearly white gates 💀 BUT IDGAF !! I’LL GLADLY STRUT THROUGH HELL AND ANNOY THE DEVIL WITH MY KINDLE LIBRARY

this is a dark why choose romance, mmmff, scenes with mf / mmf / ff / mmm / mfm / fmf, masked call of duty characters, consent check ins, praise, “mommy” “daddy” “good boy”, age gap, open marriage, cnc, degradation, breeding kink, use of toys, pegging, sexual awakening, found family, duo pov 💋

what happens when you are thinking about opening your marriage and have a friends’-fuck-fest 👀 oh … and they’re all masked up 🤩

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Profile Image for Marley Ghostfern.
286 reviews132 followers
March 4, 2025
“This is quite the set-up, ya know. You didn’t tell me I’d be walking into a gamer-girl’s walking, wet fantasy.”

Short, super spicy and HOT. Devoured it and may do that again.

A married couple enjoying some spicy time with their group of friends, masked (C.O.D.) cosplayers, several sexual orientations, the dynamic between the characters was well written, as was the spice. I really enjoyed this novella.

Something was very clear in the CW page, one of the things I REALLY do not enjoy in a book. Thankful that it was just in the epilogue and very clearly stated on the CW page.

“𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬.”

In this novella you'll find:
🎮 𝙶𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙱𝚞𝚍𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝙲𝙾𝙳 𝙼𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝙵𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚢
🎮 𝙲𝙾𝙳 0rgy 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚢
🎮 𝙼𝙼𝙼𝙵𝙵
🎮 Sharing is caring
🎮 𝙰𝚐𝚎 𝙶𝚊𝚙
🎮 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚢
🎮 𝙿𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚜𝚎 & 𝙳𝚎𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗
🎮 🔪 𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚢
🎮 🩸𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚢

PS: Asher is so sweet 🥹
Profile Image for Mackenzie.
78 reviews
March 11, 2025
✨✨ARC REVIEW✨✨

I’m struggling to choose just one quote for my hook, so I’m just not going to. You’re welcome.

“I’ll beg for you… You can call me a good boy inste⁠—” 🫦
Today… it’s the perfect time for a friends’-fuck-fest. 😈
“How are we doing, pretty girl?” 🌊

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

If Tilly writes it, I’m gonna read it, and it’s gonna be a 5 plus 🌟 review from me. Hate me if you want, I don’t care, she’s just one of those authors for me, and I refuse to stop my yapping. I also definitely had a migraine when I started this, but physically could not stop, so there’s THAT!

Don’t lie, you were asking questions when you found out your favorite TikTok Call of Duty cosplayers were women (if you didn’t already know yourself). Tilly and C.S. have taken *real* good care of your fantasies. Go download (or buy) and say thank you for another masterful one-handed read. 😘

This is also my formal request for another book already, because I desperately need more Mommy (Daddy?) Nyx in my life. 😮‍💨

Thank you Tilly & C.S. for letting me read it before the rest of world 🖤



Original review immediately after reading:
5 stars. Review to come this week when I have a functioning brain, but 5 stars. Just read it.
Profile Image for Eliza.
226 reviews8 followers
December 16, 2025
Audiobook 5 ⭐️
Spice 4🌶️
Story 5⭐️

Play the Game by C. S. Silverne & Tilly Ridge is a very spicy MMMFF novella, with masked cosplayers and delicious mommy/daddy kink. This is such a quick and satisfying story. We have a couple that want to open their marriage with their best friends, and the husband is planing the perfect night! This is spicy, I didn’t have enough, the FF was absolutely perfect and the MMM was the most delicious. Now let’s add the incredibly talented voices of Amy Hall and Ash Beverly who will get you drooling in no time, baby I promise your tights won’t be wet from tears. This is a dual narration style, but I promise is one of those ones you won’t feel it, is good, dripping in talented performance and perfect character voices. Amy and Ash match so perfectly together and their cadence is so smooth! This is a very bingeable novella and I want more!
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103 reviews2 followers
May 2, 2025
je sais pas comment je me suis retrouvée à lire ça mais ME JUGEZ PAS
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105 reviews62 followers
July 26, 2025
This is the HOTEST book i have ever read OMG i need more of this pleas and thankyou
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713 reviews19 followers
May 18, 2025
I only read this for the smut, everything else is super cringe 😂 Also I’m okay with having children in my books now but I didn’t think we needed a pregnancy epilogue after the hot poly sex LOL
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68 reviews29 followers
March 12, 2025
If you’re looking for a Masked Men, Why Choose (MMMFF) that’s 99% smut and 1% plot novella then this is for you! I loved this, gave you exactly what you needed with all the spicy spice!
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567 reviews
July 26, 2025
Wow….this was definitely spiiiiiicy 🥵 With that, I found this story to be just okay. Not everything that was happening was my cup of tea, but overall I was entertained. Now for epilogue, I felt what happened wasn’t really necessary. Think we could have done something else with that.
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886 reviews27 followers
July 22, 2025
Reread now that the audio is out — and it’s just as great as I remembered! It’s like they took all my favorite things and stirred it up together into one book 🥰

I would have loved to get more than just Simon & Sloane’s POV tho. Especially, Daddy Nyx 🥵

𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗟𝗟: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
𝗛𝗘𝗔: 💖
𝗧𝗬𝗣𝗘: Novella
𝗔𝗨𝗗𝗜𝗢𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞: Dual narration

𝗣𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚: MMMFF
𝗟𝗚𝗕𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗣: 🏳️‍🌈
𝗪𝗛𝗬-𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗦𝗘: ✅ + 🏳️‍🌈 (with MM & FF)

🏷️ 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦:
- friends to lovers
- why choose ♡ MMMFF
- masked gamer guys + gals
- everyone’s 🏳️‍🌈
- queer awakening (for one mmc)

⛓️ 𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗞𝗦:
- CNC
- daddy/mommy (not age play)
- degradation
- blood play (mild)
- knife play (mild)
- bratting
- breeding
- pegging

𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗙𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗥𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 (𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗔𝗨𝗗𝗜𝗢)
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1,005 reviews50 followers
June 28, 2025
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐-> ♾️🌟
🌶️🌶️🌶🌶

🖤 Age Gap
🎮 Gaming Buddies -> COD Masked Fantasy
🖤 Sharing Is Caring
🎮 Found Family
🖤 Snowed In Super Bowl Party
🎮 Open Marriage
🏳️‍🌈 Why Choose- MMMFF

⚠️ Please Check Your Trigger/Content Warnings ⚠️

✨️ ARC 📖 / ALC 🎧 REVIEW ✨️

🎙Narrated by: Amy Hall & Ash Beverly 🎙

Amy and Ash truly brought all 5 of these characters to life!!! I am usually a Duet Style Audio Girlie, but these two did such a fantastic job!! I could only imagine what it would have been like if there was a full cast 😉.

If you are looking for plot, Babe this isn't the book for you. Well until you get to the prologue 😂. This is what some would call a one handed book if you are reading it by 👀. But if you are listening its a all hands on deck situation, and I'm not talking about your phone in your hands either 😉.

This book gives uou alllll the spice 🔥🥵 but some heart behind it all.

"It's not about the parts, It's about the hearts."

If you've ever wondered what it would be like to have MULTIPLE MASKED people devour you, this is what it would be like. It would be GLORIOUS 😉😉😉.

All 5 of these people have plenty of heart to go around! But what they came for wasn't originally the heart, but they sure as heck all walked away different people in the end.

🔥 Let's Talk About Sex Baby 🥵:
🌶️🌶️🌶🌶 /5


🥵 Breath Play
🔥 Praise & Degradation
🥵 🔪 Play
🔥🩸 Play
🥵 Breeding Kink
🔥 Mommy/ Daddy Kink
🥵 He 💦 his 👖
🔥 Size Smink
🙄 Bratting
🥵 Consent Check Ins
🥰 Open Marriage
🔥 CNC
🥵 Toys Are Teammates
🏳️‍🌈 Pegging
🏳️‍🌈 Bi Sexual Awakening
🏳️‍🌈 MM-FF-MF-FM

Thank you so much to Tilly Ridge & C.S. Silverne for the free ALC copy 🫶🏻. All opinions✨️ are my own, honest and voluntary✨️.
Profile Image for Kata.
535 reviews49 followers
March 4, 2025
Short and spicy MMMFF novella with masked characters

Loved the relationship and friendship between Sloane and Simon, and when you add their friends to the mix... 🥵🔥

The chemistry between the characters was amazing, and who doesn’t love masked cosplayers? Asher’s awakening and the portrayal of different sexual orientations were well written. I loved the dynamics between the characters, and the spice was really spicing.


“This is quite the set-up, ya know. You didn’t tell me I’d be walking into a gamer-girl’s walking, wet fantasy.”
“I may not like men, but I’ll turn them all into good puppies with you together.”
“If one more person flirts with my fucking wife tonight, I’m kicking their asses.”
“You all ready to make our fantasies come to life?”
“Every one of you is a degrading loving whore—dear God.”


I received an ARC of this book and I am voluntarily leaving a review. Receiving ARC didn’t affect my opinion of the book.
Profile Image for Courtney.
268 reviews17 followers
March 31, 2025
⭐️: 4/5

🖤 Gaming Buddies turned COD Masked fantasy 
🖤 COD Orğy Party
🖤 MMMFF
🖤 Shäring the Wife with his friends
🖤 Hötwifing
🖤 💦s in his pants
🖤 Breath Play
🖤 🔪 + 🩸 Play
🖤 All the praise + degradation
🖤 Size smink 
🖤 Age gap

If you were waiting for the masked COD side of TikTok to manifest into a book with tons of spice you have found it. I knew this was going to be good by the tropes alone and I was not wrong. Not only was the spice great, but I absolutely loved that the characters had relationships before that definitely developed after their spicy night. My only questions is can I have more?
Profile Image for Ashlyn Talbot.
56 reviews2 followers
March 8, 2025
The plot? Smut 😏

If you’re in a book slump and feel like you need a quick little smutty pick me up?! THIS IS IT 🥵

I’m sure we’ve seen or heard of “masktok”. This is a gamer cosplay novella!! Married couple, Simon and Sloane, take on the adventure of having Simon’s gamer friends join them for a little masked fun! Two ladies and 3 fellas had me drawing stick figure diagrams to figure out where everyone was at 🤣

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Profile Image for Giulia.
310 reviews3 followers
September 7, 2025
✓ Dual pov's
✓ Entertaining plot - 0.5 / 5
✓ Mature language
✓ Fast paced 
✓ Spice  🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶/ 5
✓ Found family
✓ Reverse harem
✓ MMMFF romance
✓ Friends to lovers
✓ Age gap
✓ Pain kink
✓ COD masked fantasy
✓ Sharing
✓ Praise & Degradation
✓ Breath play
✓ HEA



I'm in a reading slump, but I still wanted to read something, so I picked up this book.
If you're looking for a quick read with pure smut and a little gamer cosplay, this is for you!
Profile Image for Melissa Keifer.
160 reviews10 followers
March 7, 2025
This was an AMAZING short story full sassy FMCs and sexy masked MMCs and of course lets not forget about the spice the doesnt stop spicing that I've come to love from the amazing Tilly Ridge I am new to Ms C.S. Silverne but let me tell you these 2 ladies did NOT disappoint and the ending perfection in my opinion 🤌🤌🤌
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343 reviews29 followers
March 11, 2025
As always Tilly Ridge brings the hotness, and co wrote with a new to me author C.S. Silverne
Simon and his wife Solane are happily married: but one night of hotness with his COD group dressed in COD gear, develops a poly relationship with the 5 of them, but in the end does this leave a happy ending ? Read to find out
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