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The hunt is what we all crave. Some of us are prey while others are predators.

My name is Bree Walker. He calls me little mouse.

His name is Mikhail Smirnov. The man without a face. People see him as nothing but a ruthless monster but in him I find salvation.

You see I need the beast in him to feel, without it I am simply the walking dead.

Let the hunt begin.

76 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 13, 2022

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1,846 reviews366 followers
June 10, 2024
3.5 dark smut-scale stars!

Mind the triggers in this one. Because holy cow. This might be one of her darkest alphas I’ve read so far.

- Somnophilia
- Degradation
- Intense/rough primal play
- Praise
- Spit play
- Breath play
- CNC
- Dubcon
- Fear play
- Knife play
- Gun play
- Violence (parental loss)

Mikhail (our masked man from previous books) meets Bree at a club that caters to primal play. Mikhail immediately knows Bree is the one he wants to chase down and Bree revels in being the prey.

”You’re concerned with my water consumption after you threatened to kill me with a loaded gun?”

“Correction. I threatened to fuck your pussy with a loaded gun.”


Totally normal, right? 😂

This was completely over the top and very smutty. Mikhail was a complete lunatic and Bree was his perfect match. I know the nature of this book is meant to be smut but I was craving some more character development and a little more connection between Mikhail and Bree than just their shared kink. Overall, a good read if you’re looking for something pretty dark and dirty.
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1,306 reviews2,091 followers
July 11, 2023
3.25 primal play stars

This is quick, diiiirty primal play novel… and I liked it.

Mikhail (30s) witnessed his parents being un a lived when he was ten. The man that takes him tells him that HE’S his real father. For the next two decades, he lives hidden behind a mask. He also becomes part of the Hunt Club- a smeex club specializing in primal kink. When he sees Bree, he knows she’s gonna be his, and no one’s gonna take her from him 👀.

Bree (24) cannot O unless she petrified. She’s seen therapists and tried tons of toys to no avail; she’s hoping this club will allow her to O. When she sees a man hidden behind a mask, she’s curious.

And then the games begin.

What I liked:
—the primal play 😉. This book does it well 😮‍💨. Because Bree needs it to be aggressive , raw, and hard… it gets… intense 😅 and it’s 🔥. Mikhail knows exactly what she needs and he proves her thoughts of being broken wrong 😉, because he gets her to 💦 many times

—the diiirty talk

—the OMD😈. Don’t touch what’s his 💅 or else 💀

—the intensity in their connection. Yes. It’s Insta everything, but it’s definitely magnified with these two

—knowing her better than she knows herself 😅 especially in 🔥 times

—how OTT and alpha he is 🥵

—the epilogue scene 😈

What I wanted more of: spoilers
—length (that’s what she said 🤣). I know it’s a novella, but still. I had questions, like…

—how does she know his name? 🤔 she meets him, not by name, and when we go to her POV, she thinks his name 🤔 hoooow? 🤨

—what’s going on with his dad? We know he’s not a good guy… why is he still around? 🤣

—the un a living of the OM. Mikhail says he’s a bad guy but we never know why 🤷🏻‍♀️

—the mask-wearing. I wish we had more clarity on why he NEVER takes it off. I feel like this was brushed under the rug 🤷🏻‍♀️

—the positions they 🔥 in. Okay. Hear me out. When someone’s being chased, the person chasing is behind them right? So… when he catches and they *fall*, shouldn’t she be on her belly? 🤨 there were times I was 🤔 myself picturing what was going on. Against the tree? Okay… her belly? face? Back? How did A get to B? Ya know what I mean? I just needed more fluidity here 😬🫣. I kept changing it in my head 🤣

—I wish the epilogue was more detailed. I get it. It’s a novella. But hey. I’ve read plenty of novellas where the epilogue made me bump up the score 😅. This is just a personal preference. I know plenty of people don’t care about this 🤷🏻‍♀️

Overall, this was short, dark, and good enough. I wish we had more

⚠️safety squad⚠️
-no cheating/sharing/owd
-parents murdered off page
-dark/violence/murder
-dubcon
-mild OMD- OM wants to claim her during the chasing. The H takes care of him😅 brutally 😬
-primal play/hand necklace/breath play/degradation kink/f fucking/praise kink/somnophilia/spit play
-no condoms/no safety talk 😐
-HEA/epilogue
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3,680 reviews2,439 followers
October 16, 2022
I love these novellas and we finally get Mikhail story and he is the mask man who keeps to himself but when he plays at one of the sex clubs he is drawn to Bree a woman who has problems getting that O..she can only get off if she is scared! So fear play she thought she was messed up and broken but when she locked eyes with Mik things heat up between them when the chase finally happened. Steamy forest sex!!! Thinking it was only one time boy was Bree wrong because Mik had her scent and marked her as his.

Showing her all the dirty fantasys they can have Bree did Push away not loving his OTT alpha-Ness and mysterious no face she did run.
Glad Mikhail shower Bree his true colors and showed her his face and his story. Good for them!!

Tiny om drama, no cheating, slight secondary charas, sexy times, no virgins

Recommend-yes
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Prologue
Slowinsta
Tiny push away from h
Degradation
Primal play
Somnophilia
Praise kink
Spit kink
Breath play
Cnc
Dubcon
No condom
Fear play
Knife play
Gun play
Violence
Parent loss
Hea
Epilogue
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1,141 reviews243 followers
January 7, 2023
''One tattoo-covered hand grips her throat again, creating a perfect necklace.''

I definitely wished there was more to this (bc there was so much potential)- but the smut oml 🗿😳.
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1,113 reviews277 followers
October 15, 2022
I wish I was someone who loves these little novellas, but I’m just not. I always try them out thinking they’ll be different from others I’ve read and I’ll actually enjoy them this time, but I’m always disappointed because these are just not for me.
I’ve also come to realize primal kink just isn’t my thing. I’ve tried so hard to get into it because it seems like a lot of books are including it now, but it just does nothing for me and bores me
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340 reviews160 followers
September 26, 2024
A short, spicy as hell, primal k!nk filled novella that knocked me out (like literally my jaw was on the floor for 80% of this book)

If you want minimal plot, lots of fun, this is your guy.

I literally love these books, where you don’t have to think, you can just listen to the audio and unwind from the day… “as he takes the 🔫 barrel and places it against my 🐱” (*cough, cough*)… yes… very demure, very mindful.

I’m in for a good time, not a long time, so this ticked my primal box for the day x
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196 reviews95 followers
December 14, 2022
This novella was the one I was looking forward to the most but I didn’t enjoy as much as I thought. It was a great and easy (dark) read- 76 pages.
There are lots of intense triggers in this book so please check those.

Mikhail is a big ol’ giant of a man, who has a mask and is very emotionally damaged. The moment he sees our girl Bree he is obsessed. He goes on this hunt where Bree is the prey and kills another hunter who was going for Bree. Then they had sex. Lots of sex. Sex here, sex there, sex everywhere. If there was a problem that needed to be addressed, boom, sex.

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280 reviews98 followers
March 25, 2023
3.5 stars

It was quick, dark and I enjoyed it
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530 reviews12 followers
January 31, 2025
This book was a quick hot 🥵 read
I absolutely loved it & the audio was incredible 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
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1,507 reviews107 followers
October 15, 2022
Loved it!

It was crude, filthy, and a lot F’d up. I couldn’t get enough of it. I knew going in it was short with not a lot of plot but I wish it was longer just because I loved it so much. I’ll have to read the rest of the series. Maybe even the reverse harem and that shiz is normally not for me. Mika had me hooked!
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348 reviews6 followers
December 23, 2025
The mask (Dangerous Sinners Series) by Mila Crawford
⭐⭐⭐.5 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 
Dark Romance * Chase * Fear Play * Knife Play * Pitch Black * Unaliving * Smex Club * Masked Men * Kidnapping * BDSM * Dub-Con * Gun Play * CNC * Breath Play * Spit Play * Primal Play * Somnophilia * Degradation * 108 pages * 🎧1h59 

This one is quite dark, so it’s VERY important to mind your triggers and only read if you’re comfortable with everything listed. This story is unapologetic in what it delivers. It jumps straight into business, fast, rough, and intense,which makes sense for our FMC, as fear is the only thing that gets her off.

The characters were fun and interesting. I liked that the FMC felt very “normal” on the outside, but fully understood her needs and sought out a semi-safe way to explore them through a club.

Our masked MMC was immediately intriguing; the moment he spots her, he knows he wants her. And the dirty talk was hot. I absolutely adored that aspect.

I really wish I could have rated this higher because the potential here was huge. Unfortunately, it felt too short and rushed for me, leaving far too many threads unanswered. If certain elements or plot pieces are introduced, I want to see them fully utilized or expanded on.

The spice is rough and hits hard, this is definitely on the darker end of dark romance, but there were moments where I struggled to picture how scenes moved from point A to point B. Some details felt missing, and a few positional descriptions had me pausing to mentally map things out.

Overall, I strongly feel this story would shine as a longer novel. The concept, setting, and characters clearly have so much more to give, and I’d love to see it fully fleshed out.
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4,298 reviews37 followers
October 14, 2022
Wow freaking wow🥵 This story was awesome and appraised my primal kink on all levels.😉 Bree is a young nurse that never had the big O, because she only gets hot if she is threatened and in danger. A friend mentioned The Hunt Club and now she starts her first hunt as prey. Mikhail is a ruthless criminal that attends the hunt with his friends.... As soon as he sees sweet Bree the hunt is on🥵 An awesome primal story, with instalust , a whole lot of steamy scenes, a broken man that finally found his other half that helps him to overcome his past . A J/P obsessed alpha male that gives touch her and you die vibes and a good girl with a dark fantasies and desires😍😍😍😍
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171 reviews12 followers
October 13, 2022
What in the what?! 🥵 I’m speechless!! Mila did it again!! A quick read with all the greatness 😉

Mikhail is dark, possessive, mysterious and a monster 😈🎭
Bree is a nurse with dark, twisted fantasies.

You get everything in this dark novella and I absolutely love it!!! You will not be disappointed!

⚠️ there are a lot of triggers, make sure to check them 🔞⚠️
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13 reviews
January 11, 2024
"I can't C@m I'm broken"
That line did it for me, poorly written characters! Absolutely no.
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617 reviews51 followers
September 26, 2024
This is one of those quick spicy reads, the plot is smut situation complete with dark k!nk and primal fantasies. The audio book is duet narrated and quite sexy.
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904 reviews15 followers
December 19, 2024
I knew what I was signing up for

The fmc is so messed up, and the guy is so so so so messed up. The characters could have been more detailed.
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360 reviews90 followers
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December 31, 2022
𝑺𝒊𝒏 𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒐, 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒐 𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒊𝒑𝒐 𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒈𝒐 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒂ñ𝒐, 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒆 𝒔𝒖 𝒗𝒐𝒛 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒔𝒂 𝒚 𝒔𝒖𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒋𝒐𝒔 𝒂𝒛𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒔. 𝑬𝒔𝒐𝒔 𝒐𝒋𝒐𝒔. 𝑵𝒐 𝒑𝒖𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒔. 𝑳𝒐𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒐𝒔 𝒏𝒊 𝒔𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒂 𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒋𝒐𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒛𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒔. 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒐 𝒆𝒍 𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒐 𝒔í.
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235 reviews3 followers
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December 29, 2023
this is the worst book I’ve ever read ….
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100 reviews1 follower
March 4, 2023
Oh how my heart has been blessed 😩.

Mik finally got his book, and I was not disappointed oh great heavens. 😍 Soul snatched completely.

Dirty Mouth, Great Primal Play, 🌶🌶🌶🌶!!!
Was worth the wait and they are the perfect duo for each other. I don't want to say a lot about them but Mikhail will ALWAYS have a place in my heart.

I wish I could get him on Amazon or something...😭😭💗


[𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬]
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749 reviews256 followers
May 21, 2025
Do I love this one the most because he’s a masked man… maybe. But also he’s 6’6, will unalive for you & likes to chase you!!!!

Mila- as always it’s a pleasure reading your filthy little novellas ❤️

5 ⭐️ 4.5 🌶

reread on audio 2.5 years later lol yup still hot. narrators are fire
Profile Image for Samantha Burke.
321 reviews169 followers
July 31, 2023
Well that was something 🫣🫣

Check all the trigger warnings if you decide to read!
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106 reviews31 followers
October 27, 2022
The Mask by Mila Crawford, Book Review:

4.5/5 🌶🌶🌶🌶
5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Mash is a Standalone Novella, and is part of the Dangerous Sinners Series.

TROPES:
💀 PRIMAL
💀 DEGRADATION/PRAISE
💀 CNC/DUBCON
💀 FEAR PLAY
💀 BREATH PLAT
💀 S0MN0PHILIA
💀 SPIT PLAY
💀 🔫/🔪 PLAY

Ok, this book is very fast paced. If you want nothing but smut then this is the book for you! We do get a little background of the MC Mikhail. He’s the man without a face. He’s a killer, a beast, a monster who will do whatever he wants without regard or care. The FMC Bree who’s the quiet little innocent. But she’s really not so innocent, she gets off on the fear. And the only man who can give her that is Mikhail.

This book was crazy HOT! 🔥🔥🔥 76 pages of SPICE! 😮‍💨🥵 Mikhail is one crazy MF! He definitely had me saying WTF?! a few times lol but I really loved the cute little things he would think or do. 😍 & Bree she had no shame, she knew what she wanted and took it. Honestly Mila could do no wrong. I’ve loved the Dangerous Sinners Series all the books are so AMAZING! 🖤
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419 reviews23 followers
October 9, 2024
I don't want to know why this did it for me

My word, this book!! I listened to the audio as well and how mother of Jesus, they both were hot as hel·l. I don't know how Mila did it but she managed to make a very spicy book have heart and had me feeling for Mik, the MMC, while also rooting for all the spice and pain he put "Mouse" the FMC through. When i tell you hunting and primal was never my thing at first, I didn't get it but now... 🥵 I get it. There is so much spice in this and the spice just hits each and every time. Like why doesn't this happen to me in real life, well actually if the work scene happened to me I would be out of a job and in this economy I need that so maybe it's good it didn't happen to me. From the audio, James Cassidy, the man that you are. The voices were perfect and absolutely made the book come to life. Like I was kicking my little feet while checking, double checking, and triple checking that my sound wasn't actually outloud because the looks I would have gotten... definitely listen at home. Late at night. With a BOB (fully charged) or man nearby.
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243 reviews16 followers
October 10, 2024
This novella packs a punch in just under 2 hours. Mikhail and Bree, predator and prey. Both finding what they crave with each other. Bree is more than happy to be in the clutches of the masked Mikhail, but she doesn’t expect what happens next, but she definitely enjoys it! Delightfully dark, gloriously spicy, with a thorough plot. This novella had my attention from start to finish. I loved the story and definitely enjoyed the writing. Please check the content warnings. There is nothing vanilla about this novella.


Narrated in duet by Ehlen Valentine and James Cassidy, this audiobook was every bit of a 5-star. Ehlen performed Bree perfectly. Already being a fan of her narration, I was excited to hear this novella. She did not disappoint! James Cassidy crushed it as Mikhail. Emotional, seductive, and has a great Russian accent. Great kids voice too. Wonderful performances. Loved it.

Novella:4.75/5
Spice:3.5/5
Narration:5/5

I’d like to thank Sparksflystudios for the opportunity to listen to this audiobook.
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