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

“Everyplace has a Starbucks,” Wren replied, dour. So they would come back shortly? Nothing was over.


When they had gotten about halfway down the path, they heard the creak of the door opening.


Wren jumped, startled. A sudden urge to grab Rufus’s hand and run nearly overtook him.


“Can I help you?” The voice that carried across the summer air was not that of a woman, but a man.


They turned. Wren saw, standing in the doorway, a very handsome silver-haired man he would have pegged to be in his mid-forties. He had a perfect body and a sort of Richard Gere air about him—all refinement with the suggestion of sex beneath. He wore a pair of cargo shorts, a madras button-down shirt, and was barefoot. Under other circumstances Wren might have been intrigued.


Chapter 78