The Teams Series by Romilly King

Welcome to the world of The Teams..Meet Camo - Leader, Alpha, Accomplished LiarWhen they shut down the Handler system the government was left with some problems, or, to put it another way, some assets. It was left with Witnesses that had been trained to accept difficult decisions and to walk the line between good and evil, and it was left with Handlers that were equipped to kill, in a variety of ways, and were also expert investigators... moreWelcome to the world of The Teams..Meet Camo - Leader, Alpha, Accomplished LiarWhen they shut down the Handler system the government was left with some problems, or, to put it another way, some assets. It was left with Witnesses that had been trained to accept difficult decisions and to walk the line between good and evil, and it was left with Handlers that were equipped to kill, in a variety of ways, and were also expert investigators.No government is going to throw away trained people like that, not when there is a whole world out there that is painted in shades of grey.Out of the remnants of that government sanctioned execution system, the killers, the watchers, and the support staff, came The Teams. We’re small, tightly focussed, specially selected and psychologically matched groups that do the work other, more visible, parts of the government can’t do.I was support staff, all those years ago, cleaning up and knocking down the more mentally unstable Handlers, so I’m well used to working with the psychos. I’m not one myself. Not totally. Although I guess I have a few markers - mainly no guilt, and I’m a fantastic liar.Now I run a Team. I’m the head guy, the one in front, the one wrangling the slightly deranged and the very organized.We don’t talk about what we were, or what part of the system we came out of. We don't even use our original names, we go by team names. We’re secretive about everything, even amongst ourselves.Born in secrecy, raised in secrecy, live in secrecy - it’s pretty much bred into us.And that would be fine, if I hadn’t gone and fallen in love.Now I’m trying to have it all, because that's the sort of guy I am. I’ve got the husband, the kid, the house in the suburbs, and the kind of cover that doesn’t get questioned.I’m Camo, I’m a good actor, and I don’t feel even a sliver of guilt that my husband hasn’t got a clue who I really am. He doesn’t need to know. What he doesn’t know won’t hurt him.Camouflage is the first in a new five book series of standalone novels from Romilly King, author of the Handled and Outreach series of mm romances and gay thrillers. Set in the same universe as Handled the world of The Teams is dark, morally ambiguous, and full of secrets and lies. It's going to be a hot and violent ride with a lot of angst along the way to the happy ever afters these complex characters deserve. less

Meet Blue - The Arranger - Psychopath - Utterly LostMy name is Indigo Jones, I smile like a human, I walk like a human, I kill like a god who believes in evolution.The Handler system gave me the blueprint to being human, so I won’t stand out in the crowd, but they can’t change the way I think, and death and all its aspects entrances me.Most humans don’t want to think about dying, I never stop.It’s my deviancy, that fascination with how you die, every little detail of it... moreMeet Blue - The Arranger - Psychopath - Utterly LostMy name is Indigo Jones, I smile like a human, I walk like a human, I kill like a god who believes in evolution.The Handler system gave me the blueprint to being human, so I won’t stand out in the crowd, but they can’t change the way I think, and death and all its aspects entrances me.Most humans don’t want to think about dying, I never stop.It’s my deviancy, that fascination with how you die, every little detail of it.I had someone to share my passion with once. My soul match. My symbiote. They are gone now, it’s just me and the silence in my head as all the dark questions pile up, like so much oily pressure.My work keeps the pressure from blowing me apart, but The Team is a shadow of what I once had, just enough to keep me sane.Some corner of my brain though, it keeps looking for them, convinced they will come back, and make me whole again.The arrogance of the psychopath!Monsters aren’t allowed to make wishes, and monsters don’t get happy endings.Blueprint is the second in a new five book series of standalone novels from Romilly King, author of the Handled and Outreach series of mm romances and gay thrillers. Set in the same universe as Handled the world of The Teams is dark, morally ambiguous, and full of secrets and lies. It's going to be a hot and violent ride with a lot of angst along the way to the happy ever afters these complex characters deserve. less

Janus - intelligence specialist, hacker, dominant, imprisoned by the pastI have memories I can’t recover, and secrets I can’t let out.People die around me, an endless cycle of history repeating.My enemies like to make them look like suicides, just to keep the mental pressure on.Now the whole team is looking into my life, moving every rock, sifting through the dirt, delving into the jungle that is Washington DC to find how deep this conspiracy around me goes, and how long it has been there... moreJanus - intelligence specialist, hacker, dominant, imprisoned by the pastI have memories I can’t recover, and secrets I can’t let out.People die around me, an endless cycle of history repeating.My enemies like to make them look like suicides, just to keep the mental pressure on.Now the whole team is looking into my life, moving every rock, sifting through the dirt, delving into the jungle that is Washington DC to find how deep this conspiracy around me goes, and how long it has been there.They are looking for the answers that could set me free. Or as free as I'll ever be, because it's the last secret that I alone hold that is the lock on the door of my prison. And rightly so. I don’t deserve to be truly free.All I hope is that by the time this is done I will have had a chance to show Static how truly sorry I am for everything I am putting him through. He didn’t deserve this, but I always let the ones I love suffer.Janus is the fourth book in The Teams series and forms a duology with Static which should be read first. You can expect dark and steamy romance, political intrigue stretching back generations, and the return of characters from The Handled series which shares the same universe. Please head the trigger warnings but be assured there will be a HEA after all the angst. less

Come along with Berk and Snipe on a road trip to inner peace.I’m a vegan rage machine who will try any alternative therapy to calm the beast inside me. He’s a gun crazy sniper who until now looked at the whole world through his scope.We aren’t a match made in heaven. We argue constantly. We like to pretend we are barely friends but he’s the only person I can tolerate when the anger gets out of control... moreCome along with Berk and Snipe on a road trip to inner peace.I’m a vegan rage machine who will try any alternative therapy to calm the beast inside me. He’s a gun crazy sniper who until now looked at the whole world through his scope.We aren’t a match made in heaven. We argue constantly. We like to pretend we are barely friends but he’s the only person I can tolerate when the anger gets out of control.There is a resonance between me and Snipe and I’m going to help him get over the life changing injuries he got while on a mission with me.I’m calling it duty.He’s calling it pointless.I’m not stopping until we’re both in a better place. Whatever it takes - sweat lodges, crystals, howling at the moon. We’re going on a road trip together and we’re gonna get healed.Berserk is the fifth book in The Teams Series. It’s a hurt comfort story of the complicated relationship between a man with anger management problems and an ice cold killer who needs to find a new way of being. Expect weird therapies, much banter, and a strangely sweet love story. less