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

“Rhys,” Clark said evenly, watching Daniel instead of Rhys.


Rhys merely glanced at Clark and grunted, and Clark wasn’t surprised. They’d never gotten along; Rhys was under the impression that the right coaxing would land Clark in his bed.


Clark—who usually wasn’t terribly picky about bedmates when it came to one-night stands—would rather coat himself in honey and lie in a nest of fire ants than give Rhys more than bare civility.


“Hello,” the professor spoke up. “I’m Daniel Germain, and I was wondering if I might have permission to speak to your sub?”


“Wawl, isn’t that sweet? You ask so nicely.” The drawl seemed friendly, but Rhys’s smile was cold, and he yanked on the leash to bring Peter close to him. Daniel’s face stayed impassive, and he hid fists behind his back.


“There’s someone that’d rather speak with you than me,” Rhys said. “Shall I let him?”


Peter kept his eyes down. “As you wish, Sir.”


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