First published 2023
Naser Kazemi believes every problem has a financial solution. As chief accountant at his best friend's luxury resort on the Southern California coast, he manages budgets with precision. His fashion designer sister plans an elaborate event that threatens to destroy Sapphire Cove's reputation. The party brings an unwelcome surprise: Mason Worther, the former high school athlete who tormented Naser years ago. Mason's adult life has spiraled into chaos through excessive partying and poor choices. He wants to reform himself by making amends for past wrongs, starting with Naser. Mason offers to submit to whatever Naser demands as penance. This proposition awakens a desire both men have suppressed since their teenage years. Their connection intensifies into consuming passion, but confronting their shared history threatens to destroy what they're building together.
Genres: romance, lgbt, contemporary-romance, gay-fiction
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: California, Sapphire Cove, Southern California
Period: high-school
350 pages · Paperback · Blue Box Press
Content warnings: abuse