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

Daniel continued up the double-wide stairs, flowing with all the students going up to classes. At the top, he went right and found Ashley, Derek, Laurie, and Anne outside his office.


When they spotted Daniel coming down the hall, dark-haired Derek Wells whooped and jumped into the air with a fist pump. “All right! Pizza! You got drinks?”


“Nope. Go ahead and get some,” Daniel said, and Derek ran off. “Paul’s not here yet?”


“Let’s use room two-nineteen,” Daniel suggested.


Ashley Davis flipped her blonde hair over her shoulder, opening the door and holding it for everyone as they all trooped in. Daniel neatly maneuvered the huge box through the narrow doorway and deposited it on the table. Derek came flying in two minutes later with six cans of soda in his large hands and a stack of paper plates from Daniel’s office. Derek loaded his own plate and dropped into one of the chairs.


Chapter 18