Actors Ethan Grey and Alex Haynes are gay, but in Hollywood, they can’t be open unless they’re willing to be typecast in future movies or they’re dating prominent gay producers. Since neither are willing to become stereotypes, and neither have studio boyfriends, they take another path -- hiding their relationship under the cover of a pretend girlfriend. What works for Ethan, though, doesn’t work for Alex, who screws up to the point of losing his job and the chance to get another. His manager finally finds him another job across the pond, where he meets Nathan Wells. Nathan can be the prominent producer Alex needs to further his career, but there’s something Alex doesn’t know about the man. Soon Wells grows obsessed with Alex, and he’ll do anything to keep Alex from getting away. Though Nathan wants Alex for himself, there’s still Ethan to think about. Is the love story between Alex and Ethan really over? Or will Ethan find a way to get his boyfriend back?

Slippery Slope

Two-fifteen in the afternoon? Did that mean he’d been passed out for almost twelve hours?


There was a knock at the door. And again. Alex grunted and rose slowly.


The knocking continued until Alex snatched at the doorknob and wrenched the door open. The sight before him stole air from his lungs.


Ethan, wearing a T-shirt under a tight striped shirt with sleeves rolled to the elbows, stood there smiling widely. In his hand was a long-stemmed red rose.


“What the fuck?” Alex blushed. “Get in here, you moron.”


Alex felt high as the heady-sweet scent of the fresh rose Ethan had so kindlythrust into his face wafted into his nostrils.


“Would you take this, Alex? Please?”


Alex could only laugh. The puppy dog eyes attacked again; there was nothing he could do but give in.


“In Taiwan, it means that you’re the only one for me.”


Chapter 6