Lawrence ‘Lawry’ Schatz -

Heartbroken? Check.

Unemployed? Check.

Homeless? Check.

Self-medicating? As often as possible.

My life has been upended with a three-word text, and a meeting with my boss’s boss nearly finishes me off.

I’m in a downward spiral, and I have no intentions of pulling out.

My brother Hank has other ideas.

He’s called in a big gun, Gabriele Torrente, who drags me to New York and pushes me to get myself together.

At a family event, I hook up with the hottest guy I’ve ever met, intending to just relieve some tension.

The guy turns out to be more than I could imagine.

He’s sassy, opinionated, and he completely sets me on my ear.

I can tell Maxim Partee won’t put up with my crap.

I made a huge mistake with him, but he still agrees to be my friend, and that is precisely what I desperately need.

I live under no illusions he’ll ever need me in return.

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Maxim ‘Maxi’ Partee -

Sexy? Check.

Successful? Check.

Lonely? Very much so.

Power bottom? You bet your… bottom.

I have a successful business—two of them as a matter of fact.

I have friends I cherish, and I love my life.

I keep telling myself it’s more than enough for me.

I choose the men I spend time with, and it’s always on my terms.

An unexpected hook-up at a birthday party leads me down an unanticipated path where I meet a man who has been crushed by a mountain of disastrous events, and he’s doing his damnedest to push everyone away so he can quietly self-destruct.

Why in the hell can’t I just walk away?

This fictional story is approximately 86,000 words in length.

It is the fourth book in “The Lonely Heroes Series.

”TRIGGER WARNING: Discussions of suicide and description of an attempt.