The Great North, Quebec, 1934. Joe Vega, the Beast, has been locked up in Linhart Prison for three years. The brutish guards harass him because of his size, but Joe remains cool. Until Christophe Dubois, the disowned son of an affluent politician, is led into Joe's cell. From the moment Joe sees him, he suspects the ginger-head is trouble. Christophe is bold, curious, and feisty, and Joe can't resist the temptation of climbing into the man's bunk for long. However, the beautiful spoiled Christophe is a furnace to which both guards and convicts want to warm their hands, and Joe must fight to keep Christophe safe. Linhart Prison may be a cruel place, but when the two men are released from its walls, they find an even tougher world out there. Is the flame burning between Joe and Chris enough to keep them together?

Linhart's Beautiful Beast

Joe had already spotted Guard Dawson glancing their way, suspicious. He turned his attention back to Levin. “It’s not Christophe’s responsibility,” he told Levin.


Why should Christophe care? Christophe was a free man now, and he was young, with places to go and people to meet. Why should he risk getting caught up in all of this again?


“What’s Linhart to him now?” Joe asked, shrugging. “A faraway place where―”


“Where youare.” Levin raised a brow. “That’s why.”


“No, don’t count on that.” Joe didn’t want to talk about this anymore. Christophe wasn’t their savior. He was out there surviving another type of prison life. Had Christophe been banished to those dark corners he’d whispered about? Had he found a new lover to help him bear the cross of his nature? And if so, was that man kind to him?


Did Christophe ever miss his hands in the night?


“I wish you wouldn’t bring him up,” Joe whispered, his throat clenching.


Novak frowned at him, but quickly looked down into his plate.


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