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

“Oh.” Daniel’s hands caressed Clark’s back, and he tried to find the track of the conversation again. He considered his options and his pride, and what little those had to do with how much he cared for this man within his arms. Emotions thickened his throat, and Daniel could only whisper, “I’d do that for you for free, love. Give it to you as a gift, and, I guess, maybe that’s what you’re trying to do for me, too, with the money. I’ll accept what I need from you as a gift, Clark, if you’ll take what you need in exchange?”


“If you’ll take my help, then I’ll take yours,” Clark said, breathless. “I like you being with me. And not with anyone else. I’m not a jealous person, usually, but…” Clark shivered. “You fly in the face of most of my rules and seem to be the exception to all of them. And God…having you…do that…to…”


Without finishing the sentence, Clark let out a breath that vibrated in the air between them. Clark’s hand slid from Daniel’s arm to his hip.


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