Sex can be a dangerous business. So can love. On the worst day of his life, Wren Gallagher wants oblivion when he steps into Tricks for a drink. When a mysterious stranger steps up to pay his tab, he offers Wren the key to fulfilling his dreams of prosperity and true love. But appearances are not always what they seem. His savior owns the escort agency ? Louer, and he wants the young and handsome Wren as part of his stable of men-for-hire. Down on his luck, Wren figures, why not? He needs the money. When he joins, though, he doesn't count on meeting Rufus, another escort with whom he falls hopelessly in love. But their love story will have to overcome the obstacles of not only trading love for money, but ? Louer's dark -- and deadly -- secrets.

A Dangerous Game

“So I just call him up and ask him for protection?”


“Yeah. You shouldn’t really have to ask, not with what’s going on.”


“Now? It’s fuckin’ 5:00 a.m. He’ll kill me before anyone else has a chance.”


Wren crossed the room to pick up Rufus’s iPhone, where he had left it on a table. He handed it to him. “Call. This is life or death, dude. You have to take it seriously.”


Rufus pressed the button that would awaken the phone, looked down at it, and whispered, “Shit.”


“What do you think? Of all times, my battery is dead.” Rufus shook his head. “I never learn. If I had a fuckin’ nickel for every time this has happened to me, I could—well, buy another iPhone.”


Rufus smiled. “Yeah, I do. But I never use it.”


“I guess so. It’s in the kitchen.”


Wren went and grabbed the cordless off the kitchen wall, brought it to Rufus.


Chapter 70