Title: The Dare
Series: Losers series
Author: Harley Laroux
Release Date: October 2025 (rerelease)
Jessica Martin is not a nice girl. As Prom Queen and Captain of the cheer squad, she'd ruled her school mercilessly, looking down her nose at everyone she deemed unworthy. The most unworthy of them all? The "freak," Manson, her favorite victim.
But a lot changes after high school.
A freak like him never should have ended up at the same Halloween party as her. He never should have been able to beat her at a game of Drink or Dare. He never should have been able to humiliate her in front of everyone.
Losing the game means taking a dare to serve Manson for the entire night as his slave. It's a dare that Jessica's pride - and curiosity - won't allow her to refuse. What ensues is a dark game of pleasure and pain, fear and desire.
Is it only a game?
Only revenge?
Only a dare?
Or is it something more?
So I figured I would finally start the Losers series - so I reread The Dare to prepare myself for it. I'm not usually a fan of novellas - they don't give me everything I crave - but I did enjoy this one. Although, I do have a fear of clowns and while I am CURIOUS of the clowns I don't know if I LIKE the clowns in my romance 😂😂
Don't get me wrong the book was erotic. And a quick/short read - but I like time to connect with the characters which unfortunately a novella doesn't provide. Besides I didn't like Jessica as much as I would have hoped (I'm sure that will change once I get to know them more), & the book isn't super dark despite it having a list of triggers - being banned at one point. I am still excited to dive into Losers and give these books and characters a fair chance (I do want to dive in more & learn more about each of them!). - if you like short erotic reads this book may be right up your ally - just be mindful of any triggers you may have.
3 ⭐ out of 5 ⭐
4 🌶️ out of 5 🌶️
Tropes:
- erotic novella
- dark romance
- why choose/sharing
- enemies to lovers
Trigger Warnings:
• sharing
• boot worshipping
• spanking
• wax play
• knife play
• blood
• humiliation
• bullying
• clowns
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Harley Laroux is a writer of New Adult Erotica, Erotic Horror, and Dark Romance. She enjoys crafting steamy stories on the dark and kinky side, the creepier the better. She lives in California with her husband and three cats. She loves horror films, dry red wines, and almost always has a candle lit. Most days she can be found at her desk drinking tea with at least one cat on her lap.
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