William "Wills" Matheson is a computer whiz, hired by Huntingdon right out of college. He's groomed for a position in the Washington Bureau of Intelligence and Security, a sister organization to Huntingdon. Eventually, he's promoted to senior special agent in the department of Interior Affairs, under the notorious Mark Vincent. Instructed by Trevor Wallace -- The Boss, and yes, that's in caps, of the WBIS -- to follow Vincent after his apartment is destroyed, the younger agent discovers why the man is considered the best when Vincent easily spots him. Rather than knocking him down as expected, Vincent orders Wills to accompany him to his friend's bedside in GW Hospital. There, Wills meets the rent boy known as Sweetcheeks and is instantly struck by the handsome redhead. Wills has never had a male lover before, but he's more than willing to give it a try. Gradually he begins to wonder if there could be a future for them together. Things look positive for them when Sweetcheeks confesses his own love, but Wills is a WBIS agent, and Sweetcheeks is a rent boy. Will their jobs come between them before they can explore their newfound love?

Is It You?

And the hell with that. Why wasn’t Theo kissing me, if he really wanted to?


He stood there patiently. Right. He was waiting for me to tell him my name.


I scowled at him. I hated “Billy.” Michael would call me that whenever he wanted to see how far he could push me.


Theo gave his head a tilt. “So, not Billy.” He reached into my overcoat, unbuttoned my jacket and rubbed his palms over my torso. “Wills? Open your mouth,” he whispered against my lips, his tongue lightly tracing first the top lip, then the bottom one, and finally the seam, not demanding entrance, but asking.


His lips were nothing like the lips I had kissed previously—girls’ lips, women’s lips—so yielding they needed to be caressed gently.


Chapter 4