As an ex-Marine and a bookstore owner, Alex Kitteridge is not the kind of guy to lose his cool. At least, not until he meets Roderick Levine, a high-powered lawyer with an attitude and a passion for blaring his vehicle horn. When he makes the mistake of taking his anger out on Alex, Roderick finds he has messed with the wrong guy.<br><br>What starts as a grocery store argument soon explodes into a passionate night in steamy showers, moving vans, and locker rooms, with a sexual tension neither man can deny.<br><br>But what happens when it's all over? Could the jackass from the grocery store turn out to be something more, or was Alex just held captive?

Captive

disappeared as he heard the bedroom door lightly open. He kept his


eyes closed. Maybe Alex was just looking around. As he heard the


door close, Roderick felt something in him sink. He opened his


eyes. The room was empty, as he had known it would be. He walked to


the bedroom window. Carefully concealing himself behind a thick


velvet curtain left by the previous owner, Roderick looked into the


driveway. Behind the moving van there was a taxi. Three Rivers


moment, but soon Alex was outside, and Roderick watched as Alex


walked to the cab. His heart raced when for just a split second


Alex looked up at the house and hesitated. Maybe he wouldn’t get


in. Maybe he would stay. Roderick lowered his head when he saw Alex


open the taxi door, but then he looked up again.


“Decision made,” Roderick said, as he


watched the taxi back out of the long driveway.


Chapter 17