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

Tim had dozed off, slouched against the door on the passenger side when he felt the vehicle slow and then start up a steeper grade. He’d come out of a nap when they left the divided highway just past Socorro to head west to Magdalena, but the slower pace on the old-style two-lane had soon lulled him off again. Minutes later, DeVore drove into an open carport and turned off the motor.


Tim released his seat belt and stumbled from the cab. At first, all he saw was darkness. Then he began to see the stars…countless arrays of them. The house loomed as a darker shadow, seeming to be almost a part of the hillside where it sat. DeVore led him to a door, which he unlocked, then opened to reach in and turn on a light.


Chapter 10