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 held Daniel tightly and realized that when he was this close to Daniel, anything became reasonable. It was crazy to be here after so little time, but part of Clark felt like he’d been waiting for or been with Daniel forever. And there was no guilt here, no panic, no need to hide.


Daniel murmured into Clark’s hair, “How are you doing?”


“Okay,” Clark answered. He cleared his throat and coughed. “Ironic, but okay.” Clark kissed the corner of Daniel’s mouth.


“I think so.” Daniel kissed Clark’s hair, and Clark told himself this was all right. He was not some fragile innocent, but rather someone who’d been through the equivalent of an emotional gauntlet in the past twenty-four hours. Clark remembered Daniel saying he thought he loved Clark, and Clark thought about rules and exceptions—and about how the latter negated the first. And he recalled something he’d told many a sub after a long session.


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