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

“They say scars are like tattoos but have better stories. I dunno, these…” Daniel brushed his hand over the spray again, “…they just seem like one really painful story.”


Feeling dizzy from lack of oxygen, Clark finally let out a shaky breath. He worried, struggled to understand, to know what to do, to make things easier or better or somehow right. But it was like no matter what he did, he couldn’t please this man, which was nuts.All Clark wanted to do was kiss Daniel until they couldn’t breathe, and Clark wasn’t sure he would care what happened after that. It broke his rules, but Daniel was the—


Exception. He’s the exception. Brian was the first, and this man is the second.


Chapter 40