Friday, October 16, 2026

ARC Oct 15Bksprout/KNEEL an Arai Clan standalone by MIKA AVERY

 KNEEL - An Age Gap Billionaire Yakuza Mafia Romance Bksprt 

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Nobody in Japan has ever seen the idol KURO's real face.
I saw it in three seconds. In the wrong room, on the worst night of my year.
I am forty. I dress other people's stars and never stand in the light myself, because twenty years ago a man with a contract and a smile took everything I was and taught me that being seen is how a woman gets destroyed. Then a blond boy in tinted glasses walked six men out of a locked room without raising his voice, sang my own stolen song back to me from a stage, and refused to let me disappear.
Jin Arai is twenty-six. The overlooked youngest son of a yakuza empire. A secret billionaire, and the most famous voice in the country, hidden under a wig, because no one alive has ever seen the real him.
Only me.
Which makes me the one person who can burn him to the ground. One photograph tying the idol to the heir ends his family, his empire, everything. And the man hunting that photograph is the man who owned me once, and never stopped believing I belong to him.
Loving me is the most dangerous thing Jin has ever done. He is going to do it anyway.
*Reverse age gap. A secret billionaire idol with two faces. He falls first, and harder. A heroine who is nobody's victim. Obsessive, possessive, and hers. KNEEL is a standalone dark romance.
Explicit
205 pages
English
Contemporary RomanceDark Romancedark yakuza romanceJapanese mafia romancereverse age gap mafia romancepossessive yakuza romancereverse age gap romanceolder woman younger manpossessive mafia romancesecret identity romancebillionaire mafia romanceTokyo mafia romance
Note from the Author

Thank you so much for applying to join my ARC team! 🖤 I’m excited to share my Japanese Yakuza romance with you. When your ARC copy is ready, I’d love for you to read the story and leave a thoughtful, honest review by the requested review date. Your support means so much and helps me continue writing dark romance filled with Yakuza, Japanese culture, and unforgettable love stories. I can’t wait to hear what you think! — Mika Avery

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My 5 Star Review TITLED:   They never saw each other coming!  
This was such a great unusual story  with a unique couple and I loved it !  To begin with I loved the eBook cover for this book. It got my attention quickly along with the title of the book. Jin is this 26 year old man  who was so intriguing. A man with two faces for sure ! I loved that Naomi thought of him and called him a lovely, beautiful boy ! Especially because in the beginning even kind of raised in the Japanese Yakuza, he was a boy in so many ways.  His father and the elders had basically ignored him, they put him on the shelf. He was the spare but he kept their money clean. He had his uses.  Naomi is going to help him grow up quickly. She set terms, boundaries and if they aren't met then she's gone ! I loved their conversations about that !  Jin's older brother seemed just as cold as their father but I loved that there was a fondness on his part for his brother and it showed more and more.
Naomi was a 40 year old woman who also had 2 faces.  She is a brilliant song writer, singer and now dresses celebrities and the famous.  She lives life on her own terms and ruthlessly protects her identity.  I love how direct she is with everyone especially those that think that they can oppose her.  But someone from years ago wants to control her again. For her own good of course. And he's working to box her in. That's not going to be as easy as he thinks. It brings danger and intensity into the main characters lives though. The tension is kept tight and the romance scenes hot!
 I kept wondering who was Gabba? What does he want?  Who is the MAN behind him pulling the strings.  
The ending was fantastic as was the romantic ending.  I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

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