Righting the world’s wrongs was my sole focus, until my childhood friend gave me a new one.
 
When I decided to become a child therapist, I never imagined it would lead me down the dark and dangerous path I’m on, but after listening to one case after another of children enduring terrible conditions, and worse, I knew I had to do more than comfort those poor souls. I had to stop it.
 
And that’s exactly what I do. I hunt down abusers, predators, and scum, and I make sure they pay. The first time I took things too far, I should have been appalled, but instead, it reignited my passion for ridding the world of these losers.
 
It was going great too, until I got a little sloppy. The only reasonable response is to let things cool down and disappear for a while. I didn’t know running into my former best friend would be exactly what I needed.
 
He’s not at all like the guy I used to know, and there are things about himself he never told me. Now, I’m discovering a new side of Nantes, and in the process, discovering myself. When exploration turns to something more, I have a huge decision to make—continue my mission, or try for an honest life and a chance at love.
 
Is there a way I can have both?

The first time I laid eyes on him my heart skipped a beat.

My obsession began the way all obsessions do…with a spark. A small, seemingly insignificant flicker that quickly took root.

He was pure, liquid light. A sunshine boy with a heart of gold.

He turned my world up-side-down. I couldn’t sleep. I couldn’t eat. I couldn’t let him out of my sight.

Ever wondered what happens when red flags and green flags collide? If so, you’re about to find out.

Aidan Drummond is happy on his own.

A solitary tree surgeon, he’s made peace with working alone, eating alone, being alone. Until a serious accident tears his world apart and lands him in a hospital bed opposite the most beautiful man he’s ever seen.

Ludo Giordano is beautiful, bright, and impossible to ignore. Bipolar and sleepless, his world is ruled by colour—shifting, vivid, relentless. And when he looks at Aidan, he finds a flare of yellow he can’t resist. Their midnight conversations ignite something electric.

Something dangerous.
Something Aidan can’t forget once he’s discharged. Grey isn’t enough anymore, and when a chance reunion pulls them back together, that flare… Aidan can’t resist it either.

His recovery is slow and painful. Ludo’s instability is a storm they can’t outrun. Yet together, their fractured lives start to feel whole.

Almost.

Because loving Ludo means weathering every shade. It means holding on when he whispers kiss me again because he needs an anchor more than a promise.

It means fighting for a love that burns brighter in the dark.

They called him America’s golden son.

Now he’s the man who’d burn the world for a prince.

When Prince Theodore Rinaldi vanishes, Shepard “Shep” Winchester III will do anything to bring him back.

What starts as a mission of duty ignites into a forbidden obsession—one that blurs every line between loyalty and love.

Back in New York, the Kings are under attack, their secrets exposed, their brotherhood fractured.

And when an attempt on Theo’s life plays out in front of flashing cameras, the world sees what they were never meant to: a touch too intimate, a look too raw.

Shep is the son of American power.

Theo is European royalty.

And in a world built on loyalty, betrayal, and lies, love might be the most ruthless act of all.

Every mile takes us further from who we used to be.

Logan
I've always lived a structured life.
Every box was checked, every decision planned, right down to the color-coded polos in my closet.
Neat, orderly, by the book—just like I was raised.
It's what made Salem and me so good together.
But it didn’t stop her from hating me.
It didn’t stop the news about my adoption from shattering everything I thought I knew.
And it sure as hell didn’t prepare me for the questions rising from the truth; about who I am, what I want, and who I’ve been pretending to be.

I don’t even recognize the man in the mirror anymore.
But maybe I never really knew him at all.

Salem
I see the world in snapshots.
Shadows and light, moments I can control or manipulate with my camera—unlike everything else.
My mother always said I was heartless, yet the one person I let myself love left me behind in Vegas with a ring on my finger and no goodbye.
I’d rather be alone than use a man as a crutch like she did. I thought staying away would save us both the heartache.

He's no longer the guy I knew, and I'm no longer naive.
But the universe has a way of crashing all my plans, and sometimes, the only path out of the wreckage...is through it.

After my brothers in arms have all moved out, I’m suffering from a kind of empty nest syndrome. The only one left is Forest, Creek’s little brother.

Except he’s not that little. He’s seriously hot and sassy, and the way I dream about him is anything but brotherly.

But he’s too young for me, too innocent. Too…perfect. He doesn’t need a man with my kind of baggage.

When he gets sick, I’m there for him, even when he allows no one else in.

I will do anything to take care of him…and that includes marrying him so he’ll have health insurance.

But when fake becomes real, I don’t know what to do. Forest may need me, but how do I explain to him that I need him just as much?