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

Afterward, he nestled his head on my chest. “Will Porridge do our photo?”


“Yes.” I told him about the cowboy and the gambler/piano-player options as well.


“Oh, I like that idea.” He licked a nipple. “Pardner.”


I rubbed my cheek against the blond silk of his hair. “Next year I’d like him to do another photo, with the baby.”


“Our baby.” He leaned up to stare into my eyes, looking dazzled. “Yes.”


I pulled him down into my arms, pleased he was as happy about the baby as I was.


As for Peabody Grant, I’d gathered he was unhappy with his situation in San Francisco.


Maybe this would give him the impetus to go home and take care of whatever needed taking care of.Brown-Eyed Handsome Man


Hyde Wyndham and I planned to have a baby together, a little girl with his honey-brown eyes or maybe a little boy with his warm café au lait skin.


“She could be blonde, Kipp,” Hyde murmured against my own blond hair. “Hecould have blue eyes, just like yours.”


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