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

Adam was also a slender man with dark hair, but his eyes were startling blue. His skin was pale, not a line in sight, and Clark liked that Adam was the sort always comfortable in his surroundings.


Even when he wore little more than a scrap of fabric and a pair of chain-linked leather cuffs.


“Clark!” Tristan bellowed in a deep voice. “Was wondering when you’d get your ass over here and say, ‘Hi!’“


Clark stepped forward and embraced Tristan. “Showing a new guy around; we got a little lost over on Rhys row.”


Tristan rolled his eyes and turned to size up Daniel. He grinned, showing teeth stained from too much wine and coffee, and held out his hand. “Tristan.”


“Daniel.” Daniel grinned and took the proffered hand. “How do you like it here?”


“Oh, he likes it dark and moaning, but it’s early yet,” Clark joked.


Tristan laughed, and Adam shook his head, hair falling across his forehead in a very fetching way.


Chapter 26