As an artist in NYC, Calvin Shumacher finally has the life he's always wanted. In fact, only one thing can get him to come back to Illinois -- his father's funeral. All he wants is to bury his dad and hightail it back to New York, but a sniper at the graveyard puts those plans on indefinite hold.<br><br>So does Matthew Soto. The gorgeous gunman who speaks of monsters wearing human faces. And predicts there won't be a body for police to find.<br><br>Calvin doesn't know what to think when Matthew claims he didn't do anything wrong. All he knows is that this man's haunted eyes seem to pierce right into his soul. But as each of Matthew's assertions comes true, Calvin slowly realizes this killer could be the only thing standing between him and an unspeakable evil ...

Walk Among Us

In the split second before their mouths crashed together, Calvin realized their mutual need eclipsed all of it.


The kiss was demanding and awkward, teeth clashing with teeth as they learned the other’s shape. Matthew slid up, this side, then that, in search of the perfect niche with which to devour Calvin’s lips. When it came, both men shuddered and sank into the caress.


Calvin clung to his shoulders. He didn’t lack for attention in New York, but he couldn’t remember the last time he’d fit so well against another man’s body. Matthew had an inch and thirty pounds of muscle on him, weight that promised pleasure in all the best places. He folded himself around Calvin, and the almost desperate quivering in his fingertips as they dug into Calvin’s flesh made Calvin tremble as well.


Chapter 14