Drag Me Closer

By Lucinda Wicked

She never meant to fall for the rival who undressed her soul.

A sultry burlesque dancer. A dashing drag king. A dark romance around a relationship that borders on enemies to lovers.

For years, Layla Amran has been performing a dangerous double life. Onstage at Grand Scheme’s most popular club, The Velvet Ember, Layla is a curvy beauty with iron will. Her history of manipulation follows her off stage, but when the club owner forces her to work with cocky, infuriating drag king Sam “Crown” King, that’s when the sparks start flying.

Sam knows how to seem to swagger with ease, within her couture clothes and a steely demeanor, but underneath it all she is a lonely woman. She knows Layla more and more. She can see Layla’s strength and vulnerability more and more too. Their rivalry turns to flame. Old enemies threaten to destroy everything they have built.

Two people meet, trust each other, and fall in second chances, love, and control of their lives. A connection nobody saw coming. But can Layla and Sam conquer their fears? Or will their shadows destroy them?

Drag Me Closer romps in steamy queer dark romance by exploring themes of body positivity, found family, and love’s power for healing past scars. It is a story presenting high tension, high spice, and high emotional stakes with enemies becoming lovers.