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

Alex had yet to tell him the reason why.


Ethan turned his mind away from his own train of thought as he sat down on a chair next to Alex’s bed—he’d been there for several hours now. He reached for Alex’s pale, lifeless hand, and brought it close to kiss it. Ethan kissed it as tenderly as he could despite his own trembling hand. It had been too close. It was too horrendous to think that something like this could happen to either of them. The worst thing that should ever happen was supposed to be minor injuries during filming. For one of them to be stabbed? Ethan had never imagined he’d answer a phone call so heart shattering. A call that had come mere hours after he’d learned of Alex’s whereabouts.


Ethan would normally have hung up if the caller asked such an absurd question. Yet he hadn’t done that this time.


Chapter 23