Dustin gave up on being worthy of anyone's affections a long time ago, drowning his problems in substance abuse and meaningless encounters. He has learned it's better to avoid love altogether than risk the inevitable moment when it all comes crashing down.
Nicolæ has neither eyesight nor excess, but he does have a wealth of family and intuition. He is nothing that Dustin would have anticipated in a potential lover, but the more Dustin discovers, the more he finds himself willing to accept the risk - even if his conscience and the people in his life keep warning him away.
Another fabulous book by this author, 5 rainbows
This is a story about Dustin and Nicolae. Dustin is a
wealthy mid twenties guy that has had a rough but privileged childhood into adulthood and because of that has
decided he is better off with the playboy, party life style and has resigned
himself to the fact that he won’t or doesn’t want to find that special someone.
Nicolae, is a few years older and comes from a very different back ground. And
he does believe in a great many things, including that special someone.
Dustin starts he’s morning on a down note, it’s raining his
taxi is late and he’s once again sneaking out of a tricks house after a night
of drinking and club hopping. As he standing waiting for the taxi an exotic man
walks up and hands him a cup of hot tea and then walks away flanked by two dogs
pushing against his legs. Days later Dustin can’t stop thinking about this
beautiful man and decides to head back to the shop and see if he can find him.
What he finds is himself, a family that is not friendly to outsiders and a man
that is willing to take a chance on him if he is willing to let go.
WOW! This story was
amazing, not just the connection between Dustin and Nicolae. The possessive way
Nicolae is towards Dustin, HAWT. But also the connection between all the
characters, you can feel the pain and anguish that Dustin is going through having
to deal or not deal as the case may be with his past. And what it’s taking out
of him mentally and physically. Nicolae make you believe. Jewel, being the
Knight at the end, hope we get his story as well. Just a wonderful story of love, hope and forgiveness.
“Dustin, what are you doing?” Nicolæ pulled back and
Dustin let out a small whine of disapproval, holding tight to Nicolæ’s
shoulders, trying to stop the retreat.
“Come on,” Dustin pleaded. “Stop pushing me away.” His
lips tried unsuccessfully to relocate skin. “You can’t tell me you don’t want
this…”
“Want?” Nicolæ snorted, and then repeated, “Want? You
think I would want to have sex with you here? In a toilet?”
Dustin huffed and rolled his eyes. “Damn it, Nicolæ!
Don’t be such a prude.” He slipped one arm around Nicolæ’s shoulder and let his
other hand fall to the man’s chest. He lowered his voice. “I need this. I need
you.”
Nicolæ reached up and unwound Dustin’s arm with a sigh.
“You don’t need me. You want me. You don’t need anyone. You refuse to.”
The seductive softness fell from Dustin’s face. “Don’t
you dare assume to know me.”
With a quick reach Nicolæ grabbed the hand still resting
on his chest. “Do I not? Am I wrong? Tell me then, that I am wrong.”
Dustin twisted his wrist, trying to free himself from a
hand far too talon-like. He could feel tears welling up in his eyes and he had
no idea why; why the man continued to refuse him, why Nicolæ made him feel so
cheap, why any of that even bothered him. “What the fuck do you want from me
then?” Dustin growled. “Why the hell did you show up tonight if you’re not
interested?”
“I did not say I was not interested.” Nicolæ released him
and Dustin struggled to hold back sound from leaving his throat, as he wasn’t
entirely sure that the tears were alone in their encroachment. Tears in his
eyes he could hide, but Dustin would not let his voice betray him. “I am very
interested. You draw me, Dustin. But I have yet to understand if you draw me
because you are beacon or because you are flame. And I have no desire in
getting burned.”
“What the hell?” Dustin spit. “How can you judge me when
you don’t even know me?”
“I don’t wish to judge you.” Nicolæ corrected. “But I do
wish to know you. The man before the cock. Because I have no doubt that if I
try to learn of you the other way around, I will never get the chance to meet
the man.”
We are not doing this, Dustin’s mind screamed at him.
This is bullshit. Get out and get away before this man drives you crazy—and
Dustin reacted instinctually. “I’m tired of trying to be good enough for you.”
He brushed past Nicolæ, shoulder-checking the bigger man
on his way by. Twelve years of hockey practice had trained Dustin well and
Nicolæ, big as he was, stumbled. Dustin followed the move with a good ol’
fashioned door punch on his way through the exit.
“Dustin,” Nicolæ called and Dustin almost didn’t turn.
Almost. But it was just too hard to stop his heel from spinning and his ankle
from pivoting.
He grasped the door and stared at Nicolæ’s patient
expression. “What?”
Nicolæ paused, sighed. “When did you start?”
Dustin cocked his head, confused.
“Trying.” Nicolæ clarified. “When did you start trying?”
Ears burning and throat choked, Dustin let the door fall
shut. The only stop he took was one quick second to close his eyes, fight away
tears and straighten his shoulders before he stalked out of the club.
Henley was born with a full-blown passion for run-on
sentences, a zealous indulgence in all words descriptive, and the endearing
tendency to overuse punctuation. Since the early years Henley has been an
enthusiastic writer, from the first few I-love-my-dog stories to the current
leap into erotica.
A self-professed Google genius, Henley lives for the
hours spent digging through the Internet for ‘research purposes’ which, more
often than not, lead seven thousand miles away from first intentions but bring
Henley to new discoveries and ideas that, once seeded, tend to flourish.
Henley has been proudly working with LT3 since 2012, and
has been writing like mad ever since—an indentured servant to the belief that
romance and true love can mend the most broken soul. Even when presented in
prose.
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