Lyle Atwood's company is hired to costume a party given by multi-millionaire Warner Radclyffe. As he and his employees begin preparations for the job, Lyle begins to feel as if someone is watching him. Then he meets Damien Sauvage, the newest tenant in the apartment building where he lives. Damien tells Lyle that he's a waiter, and when Lyle confides in him that he thinks he's being stalked, Damien offers to help find out who it is. What he neglects to tell Lyle is he actually works for Radclyffe, who wants him to protect Lyle from a very powerful enemy. As Damien gains Lyle's confidence, he becomes attracted to the younger man -- an attraction that Lyle reciprocates. He fights his feelings, knowing Lyle will hate him when he finds out his secret -- and even more so when he learns what Damien really is. Radclyffe orders Damien to continue the job, as he has a secret of his own involving Lyle. A secret that cannot be revealed until the night of the party. Can Lyle survive what is to come, or will the lies of omission be the death of him -- or worse?

Lies of Omission

He didn’t have long to wait until the dark-haired man—who he presumed from how Radclyffe had reacted to him at the party was Orsino—and two other men appeared in the library doorway, silhouetted by the dim light behind them.


As they started toward Damien, Orsino paused, holding up his hand. “It seems Radclyffe left someone here to protect him from,” he chuckled, “me. Deal with him while I figure out where the secret entrance to his hiding place is.”


“Yes, sir,” one of them replied as the two of them moved toward Damien.


Damien let Orsino pass him before stepping into the center of the hallway. “You want me, come and get me.”


They took him at his word, drawing knives from sheathes at their waists as they rushed him.


Chapter 58