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

A week later, Daniel returned to his office. Clark returned to the bar and clubs, but he took Daniel lunch every day. And he appeared on Daniel’s doorstep in the evenings with an easy smile and inquiry about dinner.


Hearing how the people involved in the shooting recovered helped Daniel once he was back at ground zero. The doctors took a vein from Bernard’s thigh to replace the one destroyed by the bullet, and by the time Daniel got back, Bernard was already at his station by the front door with a spectacular battle scar. Ashley was so traumatized by the shooting that she dropped out. Daniel grieved, but handing diplomas to Derek, Anne, and Paul helped Daniel find hope and continue to heal.


Chapter 93