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’s more than just a lover. He’s the man I love with all my heart. Damn, I miss him. It’s going to feel like forever until it’s Saturday. He’d better make it back alive and in one piece. I don’t know what I’d do if he didn’t.


He pushed that thought as far to the back of his mind as possible, exchanging it for memories of their times together. That resulted in some very erotic dreams that left him hard and wanting. He solved the problem in the way men had since time immemorial and finally fell into a dreamless sleep soon after midnight.


Damien watched from a spot high on a roof across the street from the apartment building. He saw Radclyffe arrive, and Lyle moments later. It didn’t take a genius to figure out why his boss was there, given what he and Lyle were.


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