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I deal with a lot of books, and sometimes books get caught in my book web by surprise, which leads us to this Thursday’s Book Spotlight, “ONLY THE SMALL BONES” by C.P. Harris. Only the Small Bones is an MM romance, and book 1 in the standalone series Slow Burns & Tragic Beginnings. This is a deeply dark slow-burn romance story featuring a non-verbal MC with touch aversion and mental health representation.

Only the Small Bones (Slow Burns & Tragic Beginings #1)

Release Date: February 24, 2026

Genre: Dark MM Romance

Author: @authorcharris

Publisher: @pageandvinebooks

Features
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Non-verbal MC
MC With Touch Aversion
Human Trafficking Survivor
Broken Boys
Mental Health Rep
Interracial Couple
Slow Burn
Delicious Tension
Text Exchanges
Hurt/Comfort
Cameos from Infidelity cast members



“What makes him so special?”
“He reminds me of someone I once knew…”

As the founder of Freedom Fighters, famed music composer, William Mayes, is often the first port of call when the FBI needs assistance with human trafficking victims.
After receiving such a call one night, William abandons everything to catch the next flight home. Arriving at Manhattan Memorial, he finds a beautiful young man restrained to a gurney. His eyes are wild with fear, and blood stains his skin. No one has been successful in getting him to speak.

When even he can’t get the young man to cooperate, William does something he may later come to regret—he extends an invite to his home. The young man is non-verbal, angry, and at times openly hateful. All of which gives him control over William’s emotions.
William slowly begins to spiral from his own struggles with his tormented past. His nightmares return, sleep becomes a lost cause, and the dark voices in his head are out for blood.

Amid their co-dependent isolation, William’s feelings evolve. Lines are blurred and then crossed altogether as they start down a path riddled with secrets and lies of omission.
The only thing that can set them both free is the truth. But maybe some things are better left buried. Because if the ugliest parts of William are ever unearthed, no one will be spared.

_{*Content Warning*: This book is recommended for 18+ as it deals with human trafficking of adults and children. Flashbacks involving the abuse they face at the hands of their traffickers (i.e., being drugged, bound, and transported). Discussions involving cutting, sexual assault, physical, and emotional abuse. Depression representation. Off-page death of a parent, grandparents, and trafficking victims. Survivor’s guilt.}

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

C.P. Harris writes emotionally charged romance with a dark edge. Her stories dive deep into flawed characters, and leaves you with hard-won, happily-ever-afters. When not writing, she’s devouring the same intense, complicated romances she loves to create. If you crave angst, obsession, and endings that hurt before they heal, then C.P. Harris might just be your next favorite author.