Out-and-regretting-it comprehensive attendee Jayden Phillips turns his cast-iron plans for life upside-down by falling in love with private-school violinist Darren Peace, a sardonic boy with the craziest hair Jayden's ever seen.<br><br>But all is not what it seems, and Jayden's bullying problem becomes meaningless when he is confronted with what the music does to Darren. How do you stop a dangerous depression rooted in the same thing that makes someone what they are? Dark moods, blank apathy, and the undertow of self-loathing all simmer beneath Darren's dry and beautiful veneer, and Jayden feels powerless to stop them.<br><br>Then a mugging gone wrong takes the music forcibly away, and Jayden is finally given the chance to change Darren's life -- and, quite literally, his mind.

Vivaldi in the Dark

Darren winced. “Give me a few days first.”


“But I can still touch, right?” Jayden coaxed, kissing Darren’s cheek. After a moment, Darren twisted enough so they could kiss properly, and a moment after that, Jayden pushed the still-full plates aside and climbed back into Darren’s lap, burying his hands to the wrist in the bed-wild hair and starting a slow massage. When Darren groaned and dropped his head back, Jayden turned his attention to his neck.


“I’ve created a monster,” Darren murmured, his voice a throaty rumble under Jayden’s mouth, gorgeous and enticing and sexy. Jayden kissed the sound, smiled against the skin, and thanked Dad for Mum’s birthday surprise. 25


It was the first Tuesday in April, and Jayden couldn’t have been happier if he’d tried.


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