To most people who know him, Nick Fontana is the owner of a prestigious advertising agency. To a select few, he’s known as Niko, a man who deals with very sensitive problems no one else can handle. As a result, Nick has never found a man to love -- because he won't allow it to happen. Then he meets flirtatious Greg Tyson while out running. He thinks nothing of it until Greg applies for a job at Nick's ad agency. Greg is exactly what Nick is looking for in an employee. Hiring him, however, might turn out to be the biggest mistake of Nick's life ... or the beginning of something new, if Nick is willing to open himself up and let Greg in. Doing so will require an amount of trust Nick isn’t certain he can give without endangering Greg's life -- and losing his love -- in the process.

Love Was Not an Option

Darwin did, and told him. The description was vague enough it could have a dozen middle-aged, down-at-their-heels men in the city where he lived. The fact he frequented dive bars, and was now undoubtedly trading his story for free drinks, was a plus. All Niko had to do was be in the right place at the right time.


“I’ll see what I can do,” he said. “I need a visual of the alley.”


Chapter 27