Retired secret agent Ben Smith will do anything for his husband. So when Simon's brother calls from London to say he's being blackmailed, Ben and Simon pack up and head to the glittering world of English aristocratic younger sons and parties and incriminating photographs. The mission itself isn't complicated -- but it's a reminder of the past, even as Ben's been trying to move on.<br><br>Simon Ashley adores his husband, and loathes most of his family ... except for the older brother who once gave him a home. He's here because Stephen needs help, but being back in the family house stirs up too many memories, none of them pleasant.<br><br>In London, Ben and Simon will confront a blackmailer, face the past, and find comfort in each other ... with some leather and tea, of course.

Leather and Tea in London

Simon, naked, knelt. The rug spread out around him, creamy over dark polished floorboards. This wasn’t their house or their play space; but they had basically the whole wing of this floor, and the staff didn’t live in. Nobody’d hear a sound. They might not have the usual kinky bedroom toy collection, but Ben was good at improvising, and knew his husband’s reactions, those submissive preferences that had to do with orders and claiming and certainty. He could manage.


Plus, he’d packed at least a couple of items. He’d guessed that Simon might be needing the safe harbor, given proximity to family and memories; he’d planned for this. “Follow me. On your hands and knees.”


Chapter 9