A Private Gentleman

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 hobbyists 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 courtesans 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. Theres 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.