Ten years ago, Maxwell you-can-just-call-me Clark thought he would spend his life as a military man. But his world turned into a nightmare when a suicide bomber destroyed Clark's career. It's been a long road to recovery, but now Clark finally has peace. His bar, Glow, is the place to be in the city of New Amsterdam; Lucian Gray, the son of the mayor, employs Clark as a confidential information man; and Clark’s side venture as part-owner of a BDSM club is quite the profitable release. Clark’s life is a good one, so long as no one gets too close.<br><br>Then a man walks into Glow who will forever change Clark’s rules and reality. Thinking Professor Daniel Germain is just another handsome face ripe for Clark’s kind of good time, Clark puts on his smoothest moves. When the professor turns him down, Clark goes on the hunt, and what he discovers shows him that even the deepest wounds can be healed by submitting to love.

Hearts Under Fire

Behind Clark in line, a kid tossed Daniel a cream soda, which Daniel caught in one hand. “Usual, Prof?”


Clark held his tray, watched Daniel pay for the food, and nodded to himself in satisfaction. As he made his way toward the booth, a girl with her ear attached to a cell phone and her brain on mute nearly ran into Clark. Reacting quickly, Clark gracefully raised his tray of food above her head, spun to one side, and continued toward the table. Muttering about damned technology killing brain cells, Clark settled so he faced the main entrance. He never sat with his back to the primary door of a building.


“Here good?” Clark said, as Daniel approached.


Daniel eyed Clark and said, “Well, if you’re as good at watching my back as you are at dodging coeds, sure.” He settled into his chair and opened his cream soda before taking a sip.


Chapter 14