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

“Well, Bailey,” said a man’s gruff voice, “something tells me your hopes of getting Danny Boy to date your daughter might be a little far-fetched.”


Clark blinked but continued to kiss Daniel, and he felt the quietest of chuckles from the man in his arms.


“Ya know,” said another voice, “I was noticing that, myself.” The second man cleared his throat. “Excuse me, gentlemen, but would you kindly cease and desist with the…er…comfort and tell me what the hell happened?”


Ignoring the sounds until he finished with the kiss, Daniel sighed and broke it. He almost wiped his face with his hands, but then remembered what was all over them, so he used Clark’s shirt. Daniel peeked out from under the protective shelter of Clark’s arms to meet the amused eyes of Adams, Bailey, and Sorenson.


Chapter 76