Nick Fairfax vows to do whatever Lord Bane Dunsaney desires for one year. In exchange, Nick's family gets a chance to regain their fortune. Is this the worst mistake of Nick's life, or will it lead to a love only found in fairy tales? Book 1 of our modern, M/M retelling of Beauty & The Beast.

Cursed: Broken is the first part of a completed 3-book series.

Sensitive, aspiring photographer Nick Fairfax wants nothing to do with his family's corporate business, or their vicious, cold-blooded lifestyle. Intending to give up his inheritance and pursue his art, he arrives at his father's office, only to find that Fairfax Industries has fallen to a scarred man in a hooded cloak.

The man is the reclusive billionaire Lord Bane Dunsaney, and he is bent on destroying the Fairfaxes. But when he sees Nick, everything changes. Bane offers the Fairfaxes the chance to regain their fortune if Nick will reside at Moon Shadow, his secluded mansion, and do whatever the billionaire wants for a whole year. Nick has no real choice other than to agree to Bane's terms.

At Moon Shadow, Bane lords his power over Nick, going even so far as to take Nick's phone, computer and beloved camera away. The billionaire claims such measures are to protect his privacy, but Nick is convinced they are so Bane can control him.

Each is determined to see the worst in each other. But as time passes, Nick glimpses a Bane that is much more than the cold-hearted figure that he met in his father's office. He discovers that Bane is a man betrayed by love and no longer believes in it.

But what Nick comes to know about Bane is nothing compared to the man's true secret. Bane is cursed. He is a tiger-shifter who has no control over his beast. And that beast wants Nick.

This series is complete! Here are the other works in Cursed:


Cursed: Bound (Book 2)

Released Fall 2016: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N0EUAS4


Cursed: Beloved (Book 3)

Released September 2017: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075KMLNBP/

Cursed: Smoke is a 20,000 word alternate version of the start of Nick & Bane's romance... in a sugar-daddy gay club! Get it FREE here: http://welcome.raythereign.com/free-short-story-cursed-smoke-a-club-to-sell-your-body-and-soul

Raythe Reign produces escapist, romantic M/M shifter, fantasy, scifi, adventure, and urban fantasy books and graphic novels.



Other Gay Paranormal & Urban Fantasy Series by X. Aratare:



The Merman Series

The Merman is a complete 5-book gay paranormal romance series, containing psychic powers, a mostly-naked merman lover, an evil scientist, and true love beneath the waves.

Book 1, Transformation, is free and available on Amazon here:
https://www.amazon.com/Transformation-Gay-Merman-Romance-Book-ebook/dp/B00MDGTR1M


The Artifact Series

The Artifact is an M/M detective romance series. The books feature some beloved tropes of both the M/M and bodyguard romance genres! There's a hot bodyguard, his determined young client, an ancient golden sarcophagus, an evil cult, and unsolved mysteries in both their pasts...

The Bodyguard Book 1 (Artifact Series):
https://www.amazon.com/Bodyguard-Book-Detective-Romance-Artifact-ebook/dp/B00EW2DJHI

The Bodyguard Book 2 (Artifact Series):
https://www.amazon.com/Bodyguard-Book-Detective-Romance-Artifact-ebook/dp/B01E7EU74I




About Raythe Reign

Raythe Reign produces mostly M/M works following the classic advice - write what you most want to read! As a result, our stories are works of entertainment and fantasies, full of action, adventure, sexy romance, heroes, and villains.

We publish stories in both serial and book formats. Visit the X. Aratare author page for more of our series and stand-alone works.

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• Publication Date: June 1, 2016
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