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My Brother's Love
I’ve been good. I’ve stayed away. But now I have no choice but to go back home... and God help me, once I do, I don’t know if I’ll be able to make myself walk away from him again.
JONAH: From the moment my parents first laid my baby brother in my arms, I was smitten. Caleb and I were inseparable all the way up until I left for college, and for the first couple of years I was away, I lived for the breaks when I could go home and see him again. But last year, everything changed. We got too close, and it was all my fault.
I’ve always taken care of him, protected him, but now the only way I know how to do that is to stay away… because the one I have to protect him from is myself.
I tried to be good. I always followed his lead. But last year, I got too needy. I got greedy. I asked for too much… and it pushed him away.
CALEB: When my parents tell me they don’t trust me to stay home alone for the holidays, I’m not sure what they think I’ll get up to, but I’m not that surprised. After all, it’s not like they really know me. A point they only prove when they tell me that my big brother is finally coming home and that he’ll be in charge, and they say it sternly, like they actually think I might argue.
They don’t realize that it’s all I’ve ever wanted. Both to see Jonah again, and yes--God yes--to have him be in charge. I’ll be so good this time. I promise. Because I don’t think I can stand it if he leaves me again.
MY BROTHER’S LOVE is a 24,000 word taboo gay romance novella with a happy ending that the boys in question really don’t care whether or not you approve of, because sometimes the wrong kind of love is exactly right when two hearts are as close as these.
JONAH: From the moment my parents first laid my baby brother in my arms, I was smitten. Caleb and I were inseparable all the way up until I left for college, and for the first couple of years I was away, I lived for the breaks when I could go home and see him again. But last year, everything changed. We got too close, and it was all my fault.
I’ve always taken care of him, protected him, but now the only way I know how to do that is to stay away… because the one I have to protect him from is myself.
I tried to be good. I always followed his lead. But last year, I got too needy. I got greedy. I asked for too much… and it pushed him away.
CALEB: When my parents tell me they don’t trust me to stay home alone for the holidays, I’m not sure what they think I’ll get up to, but I’m not that surprised. After all, it’s not like they really know me. A point they only prove when they tell me that my big brother is finally coming home and that he’ll be in charge, and they say it sternly, like they actually think I might argue.
They don’t realize that it’s all I’ve ever wanted. Both to see Jonah again, and yes--God yes--to have him be in charge. I’ll be so good this time. I promise. Because I don’t think I can stand it if he leaves me again.
MY BROTHER’S LOVE is a 24,000 word taboo gay romance novella with a happy ending that the boys in question really don’t care whether or not you approve of, because sometimes the wrong kind of love is exactly right when two hearts are as close as these.
73 pages, ebook
First published April 14, 2019
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March 1, 2022
did i really just make my 700th read book an incest novel?
yes.
at this point i’m not shocked at myself anymore.
i will die saying this but: fiction, remember? :-)
this was like 95% smut or horny inner thoughts and 5% everything else.
did i read it because of how much i’ve been struggling to simply read? yes. i’ve picked up like four different books now and unfortunately i have not been able to make a lot of progress in them.
because of everything that’s happening around the world right now?
or to distract the roommate drama i’m going through in my apartment?
or did i read it because somehow incest books are surprisingly entertaining? the whole morals and logic to the side is fun to do sometimes.
but yes to all, honestly. especially the entertaining part.
nothing like some sexual brotherly love, huh?
i just came here for the ride and got a fun one. nothing serious or ground breaking. the romance is definitely more sexual, as we already know both brothers have feelings for each other. we don’t necessarily see those feelings develop, although we’re told very little about them. nothing too in-depth, but i didn’t find it to be necessary because i was here for the taboo content. and i got it. it took the “i’m the older brother so i need to take care of him” statement to another level.
now can the book gods and spirits let me actually read and enjoy a full-length novel?
yes.
at this point i’m not shocked at myself anymore.
i will die saying this but: fiction, remember? :-)
this was like 95% smut or horny inner thoughts and 5% everything else.
did i read it because of how much i’ve been struggling to simply read? yes. i’ve picked up like four different books now and unfortunately i have not been able to make a lot of progress in them.
because of everything that’s happening around the world right now?
or to distract the roommate drama i’m going through in my apartment?
or did i read it because somehow incest books are surprisingly entertaining? the whole morals and logic to the side is fun to do sometimes.
but yes to all, honestly. especially the entertaining part.
nothing like some sexual brotherly love, huh?
“Caleb, Jesus fuck. My Kit. Little kitten. You’re so tight, baby brother. So… fucking… perfect.”
My brother’s voice, telling me I’d done it right.
My brother’s thighs, hard and strong where they pressed into me and shaking as he came.
My brother’s hands, holding me so tightly against him that it should have hurt.
But nothing did.
Nothing could.
This was what I was made for: him, forever.
Jonah squeezed my wrists even tighter, and I whimpered… but he didn’t let go and I was glad. I wanted there to be marks. I was more than just Jonah’s baby brother; he owned me—body, heart, and soul—and even if other people would think it was wrong, a part of me thrilled at the idea that his claim on me might show like that.
“Breathe. Be good for me, baby. I know you can take it.”
“Take it, baby,” he said. “All of it this time. Open your throat for me.”
My big brother was finally sheathed inside me. I was truly his, and as he kept pushing into me—inch by inch, connecting us at the most primal, intimate level possible—nothing, nothing, had ever felt as right. I never wanted it to end.
i just came here for the ride and got a fun one. nothing serious or ground breaking. the romance is definitely more sexual, as we already know both brothers have feelings for each other. we don’t necessarily see those feelings develop, although we’re told very little about them. nothing too in-depth, but i didn’t find it to be necessary because i was here for the taboo content. and i got it. it took the “i’m the older brother so i need to take care of him” statement to another level.
now can the book gods and spirits let me actually read and enjoy a full-length novel?
October 26, 2021
4 smutty ✨incestuous✨ stars
that's it i've officially accepted my fate. there's no turning back now lol
Thanks, Jenn (not Lily) Potter for introducing me to this author, loving her work so far😆
that's it i've officially accepted my fate. there's no turning back now lol
Thanks, Jenn (not Lily) Potter for introducing me to this author, loving her work so far😆
February 28, 2022
4⭐️
i love me some brother on brother incest <3 don't mind me... at all... hehehe <3
“Fuck what the rest of the world said, Caleb was made for me, and I was going to keep him.
Always.”
i love me some brother on brother incest <3 don't mind me... at all... hehehe <3
June 28, 2025
I tried to find 2 stars in this, but I couldn't.
My biggest gripe was that everyone was a flat caricature. Close runner-up was the eye-rollingly contrived plot devices. Thirdly was how often the word "brother" (or "baby brother," "big brother," etc) was used, and it's a personal pet peeve when taboo stories rely on this rather than actually developing the connection between the two.
I might not ever find another taboo story as good as the one I just read.
My biggest gripe was that everyone was a flat caricature. Close runner-up was the eye-rollingly contrived plot devices. Thirdly was how often the word "brother" (or "baby brother," "big brother," etc) was used, and it's a personal pet peeve when taboo stories rely on this rather than actually developing the connection between the two.
I might not ever find another taboo story as good as the one I just read.
February 22, 2022
incest is wincest 🤚🙇
3.5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐✨
And other people would say he shouldn’t—that we shouldn’t—but other people were wrong. I knew it, because being with Jonah was the only thing that had ever felt right.
3.5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐✨
And other people would say he shouldn’t—that we shouldn’t—but other people were wrong. I knew it, because being with Jonah was the only thing that had ever felt right.
June 16, 2023
You know I just needed some quick hot brotherly love by Chara Croft.
So don't expect any depth of plot or even extensive relationship romances. You get exactly what it looks like. But my heart almost stopped when I felt the need from Caleb, that's how deeply I felt it. Jesus ... somehow it wasn't even about the sex anymore, that was nice, but just this urgent need was so intense.
I am all sweaty now, taking a shower ... or even two
„Please take care of me, Jonah,” he begged, his warm breath washing over me as he started to pant. “I… I need you. I don’t… don’t know how to… what to—“ 🤗
„You and me, forever,” he repeated, his smile spreading like sunshine across his face.“
„And when my sweet baby brother tugged me close to kiss him, his sunshine spread throughout every part of me, too.“ 💞
So don't expect any depth of plot or even extensive relationship romances. You get exactly what it looks like. But my heart almost stopped when I felt the need from Caleb, that's how deeply I felt it. Jesus ... somehow it wasn't even about the sex anymore, that was nice, but just this urgent need was so intense.
I am all sweaty now, taking a shower ... or even two
„Please take care of me, Jonah,” he begged, his warm breath washing over me as he started to pant. “I… I need you. I don’t… don’t know how to… what to—“ 🤗
„You and me, forever,” he repeated, his smile spreading like sunshine across his face.“
„And when my sweet baby brother tugged me close to kiss him, his sunshine spread throughout every part of me, too.“ 💞
May 15, 2023
i’m pretty sure that when my elementary school teacher taught me to read she didn’t mean for me to use this skill to devour incest books years later, but here we are.
thank you louisa, you gave me the best gift ever.
thank you louisa, you gave me the best gift ever.
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May 6, 2023
MM Romance
Bro-cest
3.25 Stars ⭐️
Did Amazon change their rules? This is the kind of book that would normally be banned and I’d have to go to smashwords to find but it came up on the new to ku list so I snapped this up before it could be banned again because it’s been on my TBR forever.
I liked this but felt so familiar that I had to scroll through my kindle and iBooks to see if I had gotten this from smashwords and just forgot to log it on here but since I can’t find it, I assume I never read it? But then why did I know exactly what the parents were going to say and how the issue would resolve? Maybe I’ve just read too many of these twin/brocest novellas that they are morphing into one. Who knows. 🤷🏻♀️ Who cares? It was hotttt and worth the hour or so it took me to read it. Highly recommend if you love the taboo. 💗
Bro-cest
3.25 Stars ⭐️
Did Amazon change their rules? This is the kind of book that would normally be banned and I’d have to go to smashwords to find but it came up on the new to ku list so I snapped this up before it could be banned again because it’s been on my TBR forever.
I liked this but felt so familiar that I had to scroll through my kindle and iBooks to see if I had gotten this from smashwords and just forgot to log it on here but since I can’t find it, I assume I never read it? But then why did I know exactly what the parents were going to say and how the issue would resolve? Maybe I’ve just read too many of these twin/brocest novellas that they are morphing into one. Who knows. 🤷🏻♀️ Who cares? It was hotttt and worth the hour or so it took me to read it. Highly recommend if you love the taboo. 💗
December 13, 2023
3.5 Stars
November 7, 2021
Incesto
M/M
🙊🙂🙃✌️
M/M
🙊🙂🙃✌️
April 14, 2019
I love this book. Brocest is one of my favorite taboo tropes. This one is done very well too.
It’s a book I definitely will be re-reading.
It’s a book I definitely will be re-reading.
April 28, 2022
Short and smutty. ♥️
October 22, 2021
3.75 stars
I love their relationship and how soft Jonah is with Caleb. Not the best brocest m/m romance I’ve ever read and the writing is repetitive sometimes but I did enjoy it.
”My brother was there to ground me while I floated. There to take care of me the way he'd promised me he would since before I'd even known what promises were. There to teach me new ways to fly and to make sure I had a home to come back to, because he was my home-my heart's home. He'd been that since the day I was born and would be until the day I died. Jonah was my brother, my protector, my lover, my everything….but best of all, he was finally my forever, too.”
I love their relationship and how soft Jonah is with Caleb. Not the best brocest m/m romance I’ve ever read and the writing is repetitive sometimes but I did enjoy it.
”My brother was there to ground me while I floated. There to take care of me the way he'd promised me he would since before I'd even known what promises were. There to teach me new ways to fly and to make sure I had a home to come back to, because he was my home-my heart's home. He'd been that since the day I was born and would be until the day I died. Jonah was my brother, my protector, my lover, my everything….but best of all, he was finally my forever, too.”
May 15, 2023
2.75⭐️
Let’s not talk about it….
Let’s not talk about it….
August 26, 2022
Did I just read an mm incest wincest book?…going on a cleanse now 🤣 JK. Don’t mind me. Honestly, I don’t have many triggers so I enjoyed it.🤠 hehehehe
Smut 3.5
Plot 4
Characters 4 (I liked Jonah)
Smut 3.5
Plot 4
Characters 4 (I liked Jonah)
September 19, 2021
Listen. I love Mama Chara just as much as the next person. I adore that she’s willing to write books that a lot of other authors don’t want to write. She’s willing to tackle taboo and she writes a delicious sex scene. My main issue is this: it’s just so friggin’ wordy all the time. There are two sentences of dialogue between MCs and then three pages of inner monologue. If we took all of the actual dialogue between the MCs and compiled that into a book, it’s be about 10 pages all together. All
I’m saying is that it gets a little tedious to slog through all of that inner monologue at times. (I have on other M/F author that I love who is exactly like this; I still read their books too, just as I’ll continue to read Mama Chara’s.)
With all that said, I liked Jonah and Caleb. I loved how protective Jonah was and how needy Caleb was. They were smokin’ hot together. Jonah took charge and made it so things would be ok for them to have a real relationship. I just with there has been more between the two.
I’m saying is that it gets a little tedious to slog through all of that inner monologue at times. (I have on other M/F author that I love who is exactly like this; I still read their books too, just as I’ll continue to read Mama Chara’s.)
With all that said, I liked Jonah and Caleb. I loved how protective Jonah was and how needy Caleb was. They were smokin’ hot together. Jonah took charge and made it so things would be ok for them to have a real relationship. I just with there has been more between the two.
July 15, 2021
3.5 stars, rounded up (partially because i nearly always round up and partially because i appreciate authors who gives us that sweet sweet taboo content)
pretty cute and hot, but i feel like everything fell into place far too easily at the end. i know you can't spend a millon years wrapping up conflict in a novella, but everything just seemed a little too neat and tidy.
pretty cute and hot, but i feel like everything fell into place far too easily at the end. i know you can't spend a millon years wrapping up conflict in a novella, but everything just seemed a little too neat and tidy.
April 16, 2019
Very enjoyable!
April 13, 2025
⭐️ 5/5 🌶 4/5
This book surprised me—in the best way. Yeah, it’s hot as hell (like, seriously, fan-me-down kinda hot), but it’s not just smut for smut’s sake. There’s actual depth, real emotion, and a good story holding it all together. ✨️
Jonah and Caleb? God, I fell hard for them. Their connection was raw, intense, and full of those quiet, aching moments that really hit. You can feel how much they need each other, and not just physically—but emotionally, soul-deep. They deserved their happy ending and then some. I was rooting for them the whole way through. 🥹
This is my very first book by Cara Croft and I love it. Her writing has that perfect blend of spice and emotion that makes everything mean something. I’m definitely diving into more of her work after this. 🤩
If you want something hot and heartfelt, with characters you actually give a damn about, this one’s a must-read. 🙂↕️
😽 MM contemporary romance
😽 Incest (brothers)
😽 Virgin MMC
😽 Frotting, spanking, rimming, pushing cum into ass, bareback
😽 Low-angst, sweet, and deliciously depraved 😏
😽 HFN
This book surprised me—in the best way. Yeah, it’s hot as hell (like, seriously, fan-me-down kinda hot), but it’s not just smut for smut’s sake. There’s actual depth, real emotion, and a good story holding it all together. ✨️
Jonah and Caleb? God, I fell hard for them. Their connection was raw, intense, and full of those quiet, aching moments that really hit. You can feel how much they need each other, and not just physically—but emotionally, soul-deep. They deserved their happy ending and then some. I was rooting for them the whole way through. 🥹
This is my very first book by Cara Croft and I love it. Her writing has that perfect blend of spice and emotion that makes everything mean something. I’m definitely diving into more of her work after this. 🤩
If you want something hot and heartfelt, with characters you actually give a damn about, this one’s a must-read. 🙂↕️
😽 MM contemporary romance
😽 Incest (brothers)
😽 Virgin MMC
😽 Frotting, spanking, rimming, pushing cum into ass, bareback
😽 Low-angst, sweet, and deliciously depraved 😏
😽 HFN
March 4, 2024
1.5/5.
It's probably my fault that I didn't really like this book.
I shouldn't have read Brother just before and maybe I should have taken my time before I started this book.
On the other hand, I feel like all incest romances are very similar. If it's a love story between brothers (or twins), the story always seems to be the same. It's getting boring.
This book was really nothing special. And because it was so short, the love story didn't develop very well. From one moment to the next, everything was forgiven and forgotten. Seems highly unlikely if you ask me.
It's probably my fault that I didn't really like this book.
I shouldn't have read Brother just before and maybe I should have taken my time before I started this book.
On the other hand, I feel like all incest romances are very similar. If it's a love story between brothers (or twins), the story always seems to be the same. It's getting boring.
This book was really nothing special. And because it was so short, the love story didn't develop very well. From one moment to the next, everything was forgiven and forgotten. Seems highly unlikely if you ask me.
January 21, 2021
This is one of the best brothers-love book I've come across yet. And I loved the solution they come up with stay together.
February 19, 2022
3,5 ⭐
This was a good quick brocest read. 😌
I really enjoyed it and I loved the solution that they came up at the end in order to be together. (honestly one of the best that I have read in this trope!)
It was smutty and even sweet. 😌
The only thing I didn't like was the beginning of the book (I'm not gonna say what exactly because of spoilers) and Caleb as a character. The only thing he knew was his brother and to some degree I liked that but at some point I just wanted to see something different from him. It was a little bit annoying at times.
But overall I really enjoyed this book.
"I had no problem with the idea of two guys hooking up in theory, but the idea of another man with his hands on my brother?
Oh, hell no."
"To love him the way he deserved.
To comfort him after he'd scared the shit out of me.
To claim him, exactly the way I'd just spent the last year telling myself I couldn't."
This was a good quick brocest read. 😌
I really enjoyed it and I loved the solution that they came up at the end in order to be together. (honestly one of the best that I have read in this trope!)
It was smutty and even sweet. 😌
The only thing I didn't like was the beginning of the book (I'm not gonna say what exactly because of spoilers) and Caleb as a character. The only thing he knew was his brother and to some degree I liked that but at some point I just wanted to see something different from him. It was a little bit annoying at times.
But overall I really enjoyed this book.
"I had no problem with the idea of two guys hooking up in theory, but the idea of another man with his hands on my brother?
Oh, hell no."
"To love him the way he deserved.
To comfort him after he'd scared the shit out of me.
To claim him, exactly the way I'd just spent the last year telling myself I couldn't."
October 25, 2022
I'm giving this book 4.5 ⭐, again, because it's very short.
I never thought I'd end up on this side of GR.
I can just see it now; 2023 will be Bro-cest year for me.
My god. 😬
This story is so sweet. So hot and sweet that, believe it or not, I don't give a rat's ass these two are
brothers, they freaking belong together, if you ask me. ♥️
💗Jonah and Caleb are adorable.💗
Caleb is Jonah's younger brother and they come from a rich family.
Parents don't really have the time of day for them, so they rely on each other. They hang out a lot, they're really close and Jonah takes care of Caleb, guides him, protects him, teaches him things.
When Jonah goes to college, they have a moment together where they cross the line and don't see each other for a year after that.
Jonah can't stop thinking about Caleb and Caleb is lost without Jonah.
Jonah comes home for Christmas and they realise they feel a lot for each other.
They decide to give it a go.
They get caught.
What I really loved about this story was how Jonah made everything happen.
He really protected Caleb and they moved away, Caleb taking another name and they just lived together in a new town, where noone knew Caleb, so Jonah could introduce him as his boyfriend.
Not once did I find this sick or depraving, no, I loved this.
These two also absolutely should get their own full book, this was too short.
I never thought I'd end up on this side of GR.
I can just see it now; 2023 will be Bro-cest year for me.
My god. 😬
This story is so sweet. So hot and sweet that, believe it or not, I don't give a rat's ass these two are
brothers, they freaking belong together, if you ask me. ♥️
💗Jonah and Caleb are adorable.💗
Caleb is Jonah's younger brother and they come from a rich family.
Parents don't really have the time of day for them, so they rely on each other. They hang out a lot, they're really close and Jonah takes care of Caleb, guides him, protects him, teaches him things.
When Jonah goes to college, they have a moment together where they cross the line and don't see each other for a year after that.
Jonah can't stop thinking about Caleb and Caleb is lost without Jonah.
Jonah comes home for Christmas and they realise they feel a lot for each other.
They decide to give it a go.
They get caught.
What I really loved about this story was how Jonah made everything happen.
He really protected Caleb and they moved away, Caleb taking another name and they just lived together in a new town, where noone knew Caleb, so Jonah could introduce him as his boyfriend.
Not once did I find this sick or depraving, no, I loved this.
These two also absolutely should get their own full book, this was too short.
July 7, 2021
This was totally bonkers and I loved it.
April 17, 2020
Spicy & Sweet
There’s just something about taboo reads. Chara Croft knows how to write spicy hot reads that leave you wanting more. Caleb and Jonah are everything to each other and I never want to let them go. I hope we see them again someday.
There’s just something about taboo reads. Chara Croft knows how to write spicy hot reads that leave you wanting more. Caleb and Jonah are everything to each other and I never want to let them go. I hope we see them again someday.
October 27, 2021
Sizzling hot and impossible to put down - this book is everything that we need from Chara. A clingy couple with a possessive guy who takes such good care of his man. Brothers who love deeper than most but can't resist the need for each other - passionate and sweet, this book is amazing.
February 23, 2024
"The position made me feel vulnerable and exposed...and totally turned on. Utterly safe. Because it was Jonah
My
BIG...
BROTHER
HAHA it was awful 💚
My
BIG...
BROTHER
HAHA it was awful 💚
March 8, 2025
3.5 rounded
Too sweet, how it ended though is soooo good. How Jonah went about this was wonderful.
Too sweet, how it ended though is soooo good. How Jonah went about this was wonderful.
July 9, 2020
Overall the story was kinda okay but they just kept skirting around shit which was annoying as hell....
I thought with it being an MM incest story there would have been more heat and smuttier but nahhhh
They literally only had a few petting scenes and like one or two BJs and then they only had sex like 2 pages before the book ended 😐
Actual rating 2.5 stars
I thought with it being an MM incest story there would have been more heat and smuttier but nahhhh
They literally only had a few petting scenes and like one or two BJs and then they only had sex like 2 pages before the book ended 😐
Actual rating 2.5 stars
April 20, 2021
re-read 4/19/21 still hate their sperm donor and incubator, but love their HEA.
original review: I'm sure I've read this before -- one of the disadvantages of updating via phone instead of computer. Awful parents, wonderful care for each other. Now I want to go re-read all of M.A. Innes's Too Close books...
original review: I'm sure I've read this before -- one of the disadvantages of updating via phone instead of computer. Awful parents, wonderful care for each other. Now I want to go re-read all of M.A. Innes's Too Close books...
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