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

Clark stood and hugged Daniel, clutching and kissing and not caring that he made desperate sounds. His cock demanded attention. Clark felt too hot, like he might come out of his skin.


And he lovedit. Would have begged—for something, anything—if he could only have found the words.


Daniel ate up Clark’s sounds with a hunger that made him ache. Between Adam’s ministrations at Break and Clark’s touch now, he knew he wasn’t going to last long once they got started, but he wanted to give Clark what he could. He laid soft kisses on Clark’s eyelids and forehead. “Get on the bed and lie back, Clark.”


Clark complied, slowly lowering himself onto the mattress, eyes catching Daniel’s and abs flexing under the scarred skin.


Chapter 42