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

“Thank you,” Daniel said politely. “But I believe we’ve tried enough for today.”


“You two have been such troopers!” said Robert Wolf from the front seat. Clark thought it was good of him to act like Daniel and Clark were the long-suffering members of this trio when he could tell that Robert was ready to kill both of them if they didn’t hurry up and find a house or condo that met their standards. They’d only been looking for two weeks, but that was a lifetime in the busy world of Mr. Wolf.


“This property isn’t even listed yet. And I think it will meet with your approval on nearly all your points.” Robert grinned at them in the rear view mirror.


Clark thought of Daniel’s List of Requirements, which covered everything from quality of tile to price range to location. In truth, Clark thought it was a defense mechanism that would somehow lead the obviously-errant Clark back to seeing that Daniel was right and it was too expensive to live downtown.


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