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 love of a man for his life mate, the O’Shea hammer had hit his brain and heart, releasing every unexamined hurt, every careless or deliberate cruelty and more, his own resentment of his mother’s abdication of parental duty at his father’s death.


These painful truths were the core of his refusal to contemplate a life he could share, in love’s light with Bear. Brian felt ugly inside, unworthy and unwanted. He could not handle having his ass tossed out with the trash one more time.


Brian discussed the issue with Jim, rationally. However strong his attraction—all right, love—was for Donald Bear Drummond, the real world would soon intrude. It would take his lover away, leaving Brian alone, in pain, and unable to shoulder his responsibility to Irene. He could not do it. He was his father’s son.


Chapter 51