DeVore lost the love of his life ten years ago, left his seven-figure career with a huge financial firm, and became a recluse. He now indulges a hobby of photography which has become his new vocation. At one of the few social functions he attends, he meets an amazing young man. Can he find new life and new love? The game of hearts is always risky, but what if a part of your first love now lives in another body?<br><br>Tim was a preemie and always frail. Later, an organ transplant was the only thing that could save him. Now grown, he still struggles to break restrictive family ties and find a purpose. It’s a thrill to meet the charismatic DeVore, an idol whose powerful photographs move many. But is this attraction his own, or coming from the stranger’s heart now beating in his chest?

A Game of Hearts

Now he studied Tim for a few seconds, trying to discover what could be drawing him this time. It seemed almost as if Steven had come back to life, despite the many obvious differences in the two men. Outwardly, they were not alike at all, but still, there was something…What?


The name Hardesty of course, was familiar. After all, it was Naomi Remington Hardesty who had organized this event and persuaded him to appear. And this was one of Daniel Dane Hardesty’s hotels…just one of the score or more of famed and elegant Fifth Season Inns comprising a segment of the Hardesty Empire. If this young man was heir to that, he had little need to find a career. DeVore’s attention snapped back as the other man spoke again.


“What brings you here? You seldom come out to civilization from your western hideaway, or so I’ve heard. Still, I’ve hoped for a chance to meet you, although I never really expected to have the opportunity.”


Chapter 3