A Private Gentleman
Heidi Cullinan
- To
- seal
- their
- bond,
- they
- must
- break
- the
- ties
- that
- bind.Painfully
- introverted
- and
- rendered
- nearly
- mute
- by
- a
- heavy
- stammer,
- Lord
- George
- Albert
- Westin
- rarely
- ventures
- any
- farther
- than
- the
- club
- or
- his
- beloved
- gardens.
- When
- he
- hears
- rumors
- of
- an
- exotic
- new
- orchid
- sighted
- at
- a
- local
- hobbyist’s
- house,
- though,
- he
- girds
- himself
- with
- opiates
- and
- determination
- to
- attend
- a
- house
- party,
- hoping
- to
- sneak
- a
- peek.He
- finds
- the
- orchid,
- yes…but
- he
- finds
- something
- else
- even
- more
- rare
- and
- exquisite:
- Michael
- Vallant.
- Professional
- sodomite.Michael
- climbed
- out
- of
- an
- adolescent
- hell
- as
- a
- courtesan’s
- bastard
- to
- become
- successful
- and
- independent-minded,
- seeing
- men
- on
- his
- own
- terms,
- protected
- by
- a
- powerful
- friend.
- He
- is
- master
- of
- his
- own
- world—until
- Wes.
- Not
- only
- because,
- for
- once,
- the
- sex
- is
- for
- pleasure
- and
- not
- for
- profit.
- They
- are
- joined
- by
- tendrils
- of
- a
- shameful,
- unspoken
- history.
- The
- closer
- his
- shy,
- poppy-addicted
- lover
- lures
- him
- to
- the
- light
- of
- love,
- the
- harder
- his
- past
- works
- to
- drag
- him
- back
- into
- the
- dark.There’s
- only
- one
- way
- out
- of
- this
- tangle.
- Help
- Wes
- face
- the
- fears
- that
- cripple
- him—right
- after
- Michael
- finds
- the
- courage
- to
- reveal
- the
- devastating
- truth
- that
- binds them.
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