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The Warriors of Love & Magic #5
The Gladiator's Slave
To master this man, he must fight for his trust...
Mikel Vaughn became a slave the night the Boa Visk burned the Grand Library of Amberseth and locked him in chains. The Boa Visk, brutal overlords who have conquered much of humanity, bring the young librarian to Gesh and sell him to the highest bidder. After he's purchased by a Boa Visk noble, Mikel fears he'll be forced to submit to the cruel whims of a vile master. Instead, he's given as a reward to gladiator Bastion Hask for his latest victory in the fighting pits. Mikel is even more outraged to be owned by a human, swearing he would rather die than live as Bastion's bed slave. But the soft-spoken gladiator doesn't seem want a slave at all, much less him. Soon Mikel finds it increasingly difficult to hate an enemy who offers him kindness instead of punishment. Mikel will never trust again until he is free, and yet his new master may not be the one keeping him enslaved after all...
Bastion Hask has never lost a match, not even against the twisted monsters he battles at the command of his owner. He's come to accept his life trapped in the arena, doomed to fight and die for the excitement of the crowds. He doesn't need or want the slave his noble-born owner has tossed to him like a scrap of meat. Although the young scholar is handsome enough, he seems too weak to survive in this merciless city. Yet Bastion soon finds himself protecting the other man, even putting himself at risk when for years he's only focused on his own struggle to survive. Mikel's determination to find a way free of his chains shakes Bastion's fatalism and rekindles a yearning for freedom he'd lost long ago. As danger relentlessly closes in, their fight to survive becomes a struggle for love and freedom that cannot be denied.
Mikel Vaughn became a slave the night the Boa Visk burned the Grand Library of Amberseth and locked him in chains. The Boa Visk, brutal overlords who have conquered much of humanity, bring the young librarian to Gesh and sell him to the highest bidder. After he's purchased by a Boa Visk noble, Mikel fears he'll be forced to submit to the cruel whims of a vile master. Instead, he's given as a reward to gladiator Bastion Hask for his latest victory in the fighting pits. Mikel is even more outraged to be owned by a human, swearing he would rather die than live as Bastion's bed slave. But the soft-spoken gladiator doesn't seem want a slave at all, much less him. Soon Mikel finds it increasingly difficult to hate an enemy who offers him kindness instead of punishment. Mikel will never trust again until he is free, and yet his new master may not be the one keeping him enslaved after all...
Bastion Hask has never lost a match, not even against the twisted monsters he battles at the command of his owner. He's come to accept his life trapped in the arena, doomed to fight and die for the excitement of the crowds. He doesn't need or want the slave his noble-born owner has tossed to him like a scrap of meat. Although the young scholar is handsome enough, he seems too weak to survive in this merciless city. Yet Bastion soon finds himself protecting the other man, even putting himself at risk when for years he's only focused on his own struggle to survive. Mikel's determination to find a way free of his chains shakes Bastion's fatalism and rekindles a yearning for freedom he'd lost long ago. As danger relentlessly closes in, their fight to survive becomes a struggle for love and freedom that cannot be denied.
- GenresFantasyMagicM M Romance
284 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 31, 2018
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A.C. Fox
11 books28 followersAC Fox writes m/m romance that shows us the beauty of real passion and real men, in all their glory. Alpha or beta, old or young, out or still struggling, AC’s characters prove that love–between long-time lovers or strangers on the train–truly will conquer all.
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February 26, 2020
High 2 star...
While I loved The Warrior’s Mage this one kinda drug on a little too slowly for me to enjoy throughly. It was a beautiful story, but pacing is always everything with me and this one just didn’t work.
“We need armor and weapons,” Bastion continued. “From here on, we’ll be shedding blood until we’re free or we die.”
While I loved The Warrior’s Mage this one kinda drug on a little too slowly for me to enjoy throughly. It was a beautiful story, but pacing is always everything with me and this one just didn’t work.
“We need armor and weapons,” Bastion continued. “From here on, we’ll be shedding blood until we’re free or we die.”
March 16, 2018
Sadly I could not get past the sample on this. This book just was not for me... by no means should this be discouraging against it but I fully encourage everybody to get the sample and try to read it for themselves
March 21, 2019
I CAN’T CONTINUE ON THIS SADISTIC JOURNEY.
Please, put me out of my misery. 63% its more than enough. Lord, I tried to finish this, I swear, but I am falling asleep over here.
This will cure your insomnia.
Please, put me out of my misery. 63% its more than enough. Lord, I tried to finish this, I swear, but I am falling asleep over here.
This will cure your insomnia.
April 3, 2019
Awesome
Awesome story. Good length and well written. Surprised me (as in I couldn't always guess what was going to happen next). Sweet story that kept me reading. Mane would have liked a bit more adult bits in the romance.
Awesome story. Good length and well written. Surprised me (as in I couldn't always guess what was going to happen next). Sweet story that kept me reading. Mane would have liked a bit more adult bits in the romance.
October 14, 2018
This is one of those books that has more of a premise than a plot. It was okay.
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