As a youngest son, Jag Martin has eagerly walked a life-long path toward the priesthood. Then his once-great family falters under a mountain of debt. Their only hope -- marry Jag off to an appropriately wealthy suitor.<br><br>Brace Rivers desperately wants more than just a short fling. However, his economic and political reality makes finding an appropriate male partner next to impossible. When the Martin family offers Jag's hand, it's a dream come true. But he fears the young man is being forced into an unwanted marriage.<br><br>Following tradition, Brace offers Jag a pearl ring valuable enough to save his family's fortune. Jag has twenty-four hours to accept the gift and turn his back on Brace, or return the gift and accept Brace's hand. Brace only hopes he will convince Jag that a life together is worth more than all the pearls in the sea.

If All the Sand Were Pearl

“Oh…don’t stop. Please. Just keep doing that.”


Jag had always been the sort to lap up attention, and this time was no different. The more Brace spoke, the bolder Jag felt, until he had his mouth completely around Brace’s shaft, gliding between his lips and against his tongue. More pre-come leaked from the top, and Jag tried to catch as much as possible. He stroked himself faster and harder, trying to keep up with the soft moans and sighs coming from Brace.


Jag didn’t know how he was supposed to stop himself. He couldn’t control his body’s responses, and the orgasm was already threatening to flood him. He couldn’t concentrate on anything else to distract him, or to quiet his nerves. Brace surrounded him, enveloped him—his taste, his smell, his texture, his sounds. It was a sensory overload, and how could Jag hope to resist that?


“I’m going to…Jag…you can stop…”


Chapter 16