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

“You have to stop holding everything here,” Master Oyama had said, pressing both fists against his solar plexus. “You should not be holding in your emotion, Ian. We have these feelings for a reason. It is our body’s way of making sure that our mind reacts to things that can harm us. Anger, annoyance, distaste, and contempt are ugly parasites. If you let them sit too long inside you, they will eat you. But it is not a slow draw, Ian. Like any parasite, if they find hospitable ground, they will prosper there. Then they will breed and breed. Two will become twelve. Twelve will become a hundred. And in just a short time these tiny beasts will be a ravaging mass of millions.”


Ian had eyed Oyama as if his sensei had gone insane. “So, every time I’m angry, I should what? Punch someone out? That’ll be good stress management. Nothing says rest and relaxation like a good stint in the state lock-up.”


Chapter 42