Brawling Gabbi: a spicy edging novelette

by Bella Faust

With the Yakuza, the Italian mafia, and a local motorcycle club breathing down her neck, Gabriella Mitchell should be thanking her lucky stars that the members of Blackards MMA have taken her under their wing.

Instead, she’s lusting after her head coach.

Pushing all his buttons.

Making the widower feel things he hasn’t felt for five years.

Things that will spectacularly backfire in both their faces… when they allow their mutual attraction to morph into a night of edging and sensual self-gratification through the thin walls of the home they currently share.


Brawling Gabbi is an 8,000-word erotic one-shot novelette. Short, succinct, and extremely steamy, this erotic one-shot features characters from Black-Hearted Devil and the Duplicity Trilogy.

45 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 24, 2025

About the author

CAN YOU HANDLE THE MINDF#CK?

Bella’s first book, Craving Control, can be downloaded as a welcome gift once you've confirmed your subscription to her Faust 411 reader update > https://www.subscribepage.com/the411

This book was banned online, so make sure you read the trigger warnings first!

ABOUT BELLA:

A fan of erotic psychological thrillers that are full of steam and angst, dark romance that doesn’t shy away from the pain and violence of life, but a devoted hater of the way the villain is always magically redeemed by his love for the heroine or the amazing coincidence whereby the hero just happens to sweep in and save his woman before she can really be hurt, Bella Faust spent years hoping that her favourite dark romance authors would go balls to the wall in one of their dark romance books… or even better write a whole series of these stories.

During that period of misguided longing, she worked as a finance manager at her local university, studied for her MBA, completed a BA in English, raised her two kids, taught English to high schoolers, volunteered as a Lifeline crisis counsellor, drove her husband mad with her complaints about the dearth of true dark psychological romance books, and dipped her toe into ghost-writing and editing.

Then she decided to write the books she wants to read for her-damn-self.

And, now, she’s inviting you inside her madness… as long as you make sure to check the trigger warnings beforehand!

CONNECT WITH BELLA:

Website: bellafaust.com

Reader email update: https://www.subscribepage.com/the411

Read her banned dark villainous romance in the Faust Faction on Ream: https://reamstories.com/faustfaction

Reviews

[Keri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Whenever I finish reading a Bella Faust book, no matter how long it is, I always wish that I had more to read because her characters and stories are just that good and I become so invested in them. Well, Brawling Gabbi is definitely a fast and filthy read that offers more insight into how Gabbi and Diablo from Black-Hearted Devil became...well, Gabbi and Diablo, the adorable, badass couple that shouldn't work but does. This novella may be short and sweet, but it's also a lot of fun, and it made me wish for even more stories about how Diablo managed to resist Gabbi for so long despite their intense banter, sizzling chemistry, and tantalizing living situation. Anyone who loved Black-Hearted Devil should read and love Brawling Gabbi too.

[Becky Dreyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brawling Gabbi is the 5th Fast & Filthy Fiction novelette. This gives us a more detailed insight into the growing attraction between Gabbi and Diablo. This insight takes place during the plot of Black Hearted Devil. The emotions were high and explosive. This was a fantastic addition and definitely fast and filthy!!

[Brooke · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was exactly what I needed after reading Black Hearted Devil. I finished BHD wishing that I could’ve read more of Gavin and Diablo’s story and this absolutely delivered. These fast and filthy novelettes are sooooo good.