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

But he began to feel uneasy. He’d locked those memories away in a little cask and sunk them in dark water in his mind.


“Oh, I’m sorry. You don’t have to talk about it if you don’t want to. What do you think about England?” For the second time Nathan managed to read Alex’s mind and find a way to end the topic without delay.


After some time when neither of them could find anything safe enough to talk about, they stopped and laughed at their clumsiness.


Alex smiled weakly as their laughter subsided. It had been a long time since he felt so relaxed. Nathan gazed at him with a gentle expression and suddenly Alex was choked with tears. It had been so long since someone looked at him that way. He let out a shuddering breath.


Chapter 13