FROM BEST TO BESTED

Roman Grayson has turned his prison stint into an opportunity of fame by becoming the reigning champion in an underground fight club. But when he’s dethroned by a new inmate, Roman quickly loses everything that made his incarceration bearable. From the extra perks of being champion, to the authority of keeping fellow inmates in line, all the way to his best friend being forced to room with the man who stole everything from Roman.

In a desperate attempt to win back his title and respect, Roman challenges the new reigning champion to a rematch, but Ezra Delgado only wants one thing from Roman. His pride. Roman has more enemies than he can count in the form of hostile inmates, angry guards, and a corrupt warden who’d gladly see Roman dead so long as it made a profit. If he wants to survive, Roman will have to decide how much of himself he’s willing to sacrifice for Ezra’s entertainment.

From Best to Bested is a MM dark romance. This is a tale about defeat, surrender, and submission, then clawing a way back out. Please check content warnings at the beginning of the book.

Content Warnings

This is the darkest story I’ve ever written, and every word poured onto the page came with a cathartic release. Writing and reading are definitely ways to explore thoughts, emotions, and everything in between. All the same, I usually shy away from anything too explicit. This story haunted me for years, always a fleeting image here or there in the back of my head, but I always told myself it was too disturbing to write.

Finally, I gave into a scene just to get it out of my head, then another, and before I knew it I had several chapters written, a functional outline, and a desperate clawing need to tell Roman’s story. This isn’t a story for everyone and that’s okay. This was a story I needed to write and one I hope to share with interested readers. It’s disturbing and dark. It’s unapologetic. It’s raw and vulnerable at times while being surreal and uncomfortably erotic in other areas.

  • -    CNC
    -    Dubcon
    -    Manipulation
    -    Gaslighting
    -    Coercion
    -    Humiliation
    -    Bullying
    -    Anxiety and paranoia
    -    Self-loathing
    -    Name calling (pet names that are not affectionate)
    -    Homophobia
    -    Toxic masculinity
    -    Power Imbalance
    -    Hazing
    -    Torture (physical and psychological—not in relation to sex)
    -    Toxic relationship
    -    Emotional assault
    -    Emotional submission
    -    Violence/fighting
    -    Physical assault
    -    Hospitalization
    -    Graphic deaths (off page but explicit)
    -    Graphic violence on page
    -    Death on page
    -    Blood
    -    Service-oriented submission
    -    Attempted SA (on page)


    Extreme acts of sex: oral, face and throat fucking, total top who is rough/aggressive, anal, choking, spanking, face slapping, cum swallowing/eating/playing, fingering, rimming, breath play, praise and degradation, biting, public play, pain, vocal top, noisy sub, hands-free orgasm, voyeurism, power dynamics including extreme acts of submission, cock warming, tongue baths, somnophilia, gagging, spitting, breeding, conditioning (psychological)


    Actions of SA told through flashback: Drugging and manipulation (leads to non con), group action, gangbang, throat fucking, anal, branding, breeding, humiliation, and violence beyond measure of consent.


    -    To be clear, these are explicit warnings and highlighted during the flashback recollection scene (some are more graphically recalled while others are alluded to based on the state of the character’s appearance the following day).