At thirty-six, Ian feels done with the world. When a night at a bar goes as poorly as expected, he wants only to return home to be miserable in peace. Instead, he encounters Jordan. Hot, young, and interested, Jordan is everything Ian's ever wanted and nothing he believes himself capable of actually obtaining.<br><br>Jordan has enough going on in his life trying to scrape together a living for himself and his autistic son. When he meets Ian, all he wants is a brief, erotic moment and nothing else.<br><br>But fate throws them together again and again, and Ian finds himself determined to do whatever it takes to give their story a happy ending -- no matter what secrets Jordan's past has waiting for him.

Sonata

“We might need sedation,” the one officer said to the next and at that second Cole’s ankle came free from the cop’s hold. With a shout of fury, Cole kicked the man square in the jaw. “God damn it!”


“Don’t you hurt him!” Ian screamed. “Don’t you dare!”


“Ian!” Justin’s voice made Ian’s knees buckle. Raw fear. Something tightened inside Ian’s chest and the flames in his guts rushed up his throat.


The officer at the door nodded to the officer on top of Justin and knelt to secure cuffs on Justin’s wrists. “Justin Matthews, you are under the arrest for the abduction and unlawful detainment of the minor known as Cole Matthews.”


Exhaustion, defeat, seemed to hit Justin as soon as the words rolled off the cop’s tongue.


“You have the right to remain silent—”


Chapter 38