Kipp Llewellyn, the proverbial poor little rich boy, can have whatever he wants, except the one thing he wants most: his father’s love. When the opportunity arises to obtain it, Kipp jumps at the chance, even though it means breaking a date with “Ham,” the man he’s sure he’s falling in love with. However, the opportunity turns out to be an arranged marriage with his father’s biggest competitor. Even worse, Kipp discovers his proposed groom is Hyde Wyndham, the man of his dreams. Having lived in a gilded cage his entire twenty-one years, Kipp refuses to settle for anything less than love and walks away from both his father and his future husband. Hyde didn’t achieve his position in the financial world by taking no for an answer, however, and he’ll do whatever it takes to make Kipp realize he’s wanted for himself, including wooing the young man he intends to marry, prenuptial agreements be damned. He’s certain he’s succeeded, until Kipp learns something that puts an insurmountable barrier between them. Will Hyde be able to overcome Kipp’s doubts, and will Kipp realize that some things are worth the sacrifice?

Two Lips, Indifferent Red

“Mr. Llewellyn-Wyndham, do you have any comment? After all, your husband and Mr. Richardson were very…close…at one time.”


I wasn’t surprised the members of the fourth estate had somehow managed to discover Aaron had been my lover when we were teenagers. As one of the wealthiest men in America, whatever I did was news, even if it had happened more than twenty years before.


Those vultures were almost salivating to hear what he had to say. If it came to that, I was interested, too. Although I’d told Kipp a bit about what had happened with Aaron all those years ago, he had never asked about him, and I hadn’t been sure if I should be relieved or concerned


Kipp looped his arm through mine, and in spite of how tired he was, he gave me the most adoring smile. “Hyde Wyndham is married to me, and what Aaron Richardson does, whether that’s divorcing his wife—a lovely woman, by the way, who’s always been tremendously kind to me—or putting his company on the market—”


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