The bittersweet tale of Bear and his Boy -- a BDSM Dom and his fledgling Sub -- who live “the life” in west central New Jersey, just north of Trenton. Donald K. Drummond is the Master of all he surveys -- a legend in commercial real estate in New Jersey by day and by night a Master Dom at the gay BDSM club, Indiscreet. What he couldn't find was a boy to call his own. That all changed when a nerd with taped glasses and worn Dockers barged into his office spilling his bottle of 1985 Bourdeau over his priceless Persian carpet. Brian Murphy came with a host of troubles, the least of which was his grasping aunt, his invalid mother, and his rather tenuous position in Donald's mail room. Can a Dom with issues of his own come to train and trust a needy boy from his own mailroom? It's all A Matter of Trust.

A Matter of Trust

The room began to heat up in the mid-afternoon sun. He wished for a small fan to move the air around. In reality, this place is a firetrap and needs to be condemned but I can’t knock it, because I can’t afford the freight anywhere else.


He went over to the window and looked at the sky. It was clouding up. Sometime soon, one of those harsh summer thunderstorms that New Jersey was famous for would strike, and the rain would cool the roof and thus his room. Other than that, the window above his bed was the only source of air in the room.


He lay back on the bed, wishing for a fan.


Chapter 26