Detective Brady Lindstrom deals in death, and not just because he's a homicide cop with the slaughter of a century to solve. Ten years ago, vampires murdered his lover. Ever since, he's looked over his shoulder, ready for vampires to strike again. Or maybe just the one he loved.<br><br>Exhausted and angry about the needless deaths he has to investigate, Brady worries the killers he's looking for aren't even human. Those fears are compounded by an unexpected visitor, the battered and nearly broken Cole Singer, the lover he'd long ago given up for dead.<br><br>When Cole offers to trade information on the killers in exchange for sanctuary, Brady realizes he doesn't have a choice. It isn't about justice. He simply can't turn his back on the face of the only man he's ever loved. Even if he's a vampire.

Bridge Over Troubled Water

“I know what’s involved,” Brady said. “I wouldn’t have suggested it if I wasn’t aware of what it would mean. But you were saying the other day how you wanted to try something a little more risqué. To push some buttons. This seems like the perfect solution.”


“But…you hate people staring at you.”


His crooked grin hooked Cole as he strolled toward him. “But I love you more.” Brady pressed his naked body against Cole’s clothed one, his hand sliding around to cup Cole’s ass. “And maybe the idea of you having your brushes on me while we practice gets me a little hot.”


Cole wrapped his arms around Brady’s shoulders to pull him into a long, grateful kiss. Skin warmed beneath his hands, but with each degree it went up, Cole’s felt like his went down until he shivered within Brady’s embrace.


“What’s wrong?” Brady murmured. His mouth slid down to Cole’s neck so he could suck lightly at the tender hollow of his throat. “Why are you so cold?”


Chapter 20