The profits are a drop in the ocean compared to the other parlors. “Oh, honey, you’re like a cute little lamb. Ward Leader Endo put me in charge of this one all by myself.” “Other recruits who graduated before me were placed as workers at the other parlors. The creepy silkworm with no mouth had shattered into so many pieces it had taken Masuo all day to glue it back together. He’d dropped the prized forty-five-year-old figure of the mascot of Kyoto while cleaning.

The figurine had haunted Masuo since his first day at the Fushimi ward. “I can’t believe I slept with the idiot who broke the Mayumaro figurine.” “You’re Masuo?” Hayato’s eyes went wide, and he rubbed his temples. But as Hayato’s tragic past comes back to haunt him, Masuo wonders if he’s ready to carry all Hayato’s baggage.Ĭan the unlikely pair learn to accept each other and find their way to happiness even while new challenges arise, or is their love destined to fall like balls through a pachinko machine?īuy Addicted to Lust to find love in crime today! When Hayato realizes he’s falling for the young parlor manager, he is more than ready for fun. Assigned to run a failing pachinko parlor, Masuo is determined to turn it around to prove himself to everyone…especially his sexy superior. Masuo believes he and his boss made a deep connection, but when he’s blown off the next morning, he feels lied to. And just when Hayato thinks things can’t get worse, he accidentally gets blackout drunk and wakes up in the arms of a clingy underling. He can’t crash at his brother’s because his girlfriend is moving in. His boyfriend broke up with him, changed the locks, and kept all his stuff. This story is in the same universe as my Yakuza Path books, but they are separate series.Ĭan a night of passion lead to a happily ever after? Themes : Criminals & outlaws, grief, monophobia Tropes : Enemies to lovers, hurt/comfort, age difference, workplace relationship, one-night stand But as Hayato’s tragic past comes back to haunt him, Masuo wonders if he’s ready to carry all Hayato’s baggage.Book Title: Addicted to Lust (A Yakuza Path Romance)

Can a night of passion lead to a happily ever after?

Addicted to Lust by Amy Tasukada