Liam’s life could be better. He’s recovering from a divorce and a bitter custody battle, which he loses. He dearly loves his six-year-old son, Lucas, but seeing him every second weekend is never enough. His one salvation is the sea. When he’s sitting on the sand, watching the waves rolling in, he feels at peace, calmed and restored.<br><br>One day, the waves are particularly high, and the sea particularly rough. He’s surprised to see someone swimming in such choppy seas. When Liam calls out to the man, asking if he needs help, the man simply waves back. Liam thinks he must be an idiot. Little does he know the person he sees is no man, which he discovers two days later.<br><br>When they meet, Liam is both horrified and fascinated. His curiosity produces a strange attraction that changes their lives irreversibly forever.

The Sound of the Sea

It therefore came as quite a shock to hear another male voice so close to him.


Liam was immediately upright and treading water.


He was handsome. That was the first thing Liam noticed. The whites of his teeth looked dazzling against his deeply tanned skin. His black hair was slicked back over his scalp, and rivulets of sea water traced silvery lines down his face. His nose was the only feature that wasn’t perfect. In fact, the man’s nose was too small for his face. It was barely a nose at all. Yet what was such a small thing when the rest of the package was such a knock out?


His arms were strong and powerful. His large pectoral muscles and chest were smooth. His nipples, chocolate brown.


Liam, his inspection interrupted, checked that Lucas was alright on the beach, then replied, “You’re right. I am me.”


Chapter 4