Student of letters, Micah Yardley wants one thing: to meet the poet Jefferson Dering. After hearing his idol speak at Harvard, Micah travels to Jefferson’s home in nearby Wroxham, entertaining visions of discussing poetry over dinner and drinks. What he experiences exceeds anything he ever anticipated.<br><br>Jefferson finds Micah mesmerizing and passionate, everything he has ever wanted. But after getting caught in a compromising position with another young man a decade earlier, he exiled himself from Boston and from affairs of the heart. Jefferson represses his longing for Micah, but his tumultuous emotions cannot be contained.<br><br>Micah denies the truth of his desire for Jefferson. Jefferson refuses to act on his passion for Micah. But all it takes is a single kiss in Wroxham's haunted church to change the course of their lives ... and ignite the flame that could fulfill a generations-old promise.

A Hidden Beauty

Micah wanted to close his eyes in order to focus on the feel of her hand, but he was too frightened of what image might arise in his mind’s eye if he did so. He didn’t want to imagine it was Jefferson’s rough nails scraping across his sac every time she rotated her wrist, or his long fingers wrapped around his length, trying to coax an erection. So he kept his gaze riveted on her simple face.


But no matter how hard she pulled, his prick remained soft.


At his sigh of exasperation, Becky lowered herself to her knees. He stared at her, perplexed, as she settled in front of him, her hand never leaving his flesh. She used it to pull the skin back from his tip, then guide him to her lips. She blew a warm stream of air over his skin, frowning as he failed to respond.


“This never fails,” Becky murmured before wrapping her lips around his crown.


Chapter 31