David is worried about life passing him by; his only friends are books, and he thinks nothing exciting will happen to him like it does to his book heroes. When a near miss makes David rethink adventure, he meets a real-life hero, homeless Seth. He invites Seth to come home with him, intrigued by the man who saved his life. Can David and Seth find something better than the plot of any novel?

For David, being with Seth means an end to the loneliness that was his day-to-day reality. As for Seth, his entire world has changed overnight. Thanks to David he has a warm, safe place to sleep and a purpose, protecting the man he loves. But keeping David out of danger won't be easy. The night they met, Seth killed a local gang member, and the police are looking for the killer, while the gang is out for revenge. Meanwhile, David has a lot of questions about Seth's past. How did he wind up living on the street, and what about those scars on his back? Now, new information links Seth to another murder five years ago. David is determined to learn the truth, but he might find out more than he wants to know. Read the first David and Seth stories in Jessica Freely's popular Sips, Hero and Stay!

Times are tough in the Rust Belt, where once mighty industries now wither and die. As a city struggles for survival, two men find passion, comfort, and redemption in each other’s arms. Seth is scarred, body and soul, by his experiences in the Pit, an illegal fighting ring where men are brutalized for the entertainment of the crowd. Though he managed to escape, Seth will never forget those he had to leave behind. When he meets David, he is instantly attracted to him but knows that the sexy, bookish blond is far beyond his reach. Then David is attacked on the street and in an eyeblink, Seth alters both of their lives forever. For lonely, virginal David, Seth comes out of the night like a hero from one of his favorite books, only hotter. Seth’s passion and tenderness pierce the protective shell of isolation David has drawn around himself. In the wake of their shatteringly erotic encounter, David asks Seth to live with him. But just when it seems like happily ever after can happen even in Detroit, Seth’s past comes back to drag them back into the Pit. Publisher's Note: This is a sequel to a book released by another publisher, and contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse, male/male sexual practices, strong violence.

Genre: LGBT Contemporary Related Titles: Rust Belt and Hero The habit of silence is hard to break. Isolated by a cold and lonely past, David was on his own until Seth came along. Together they've forged a life full of love, friendship, and scorching hot sex. But just days before Christmas, David discovers a long buried secret that sheds new light on the father who rejected him. The revelation dredges up painful memories and threatens to exile him to an icy land of silence. When Seth opens their home to a young man in trouble, David withdraws even more in a misguided effort to deal with his confusion and jealousy. The fact that the bookshop he's worked at since high school is in danger of closing just makes everything worse. Seth wants him to talk about his problems, but what good are words when they can't pierce his unresolved grief? Seth is worried about David. Something's wrong and he won't talk about it. Day by day, he's closing himself off, and everything Seth does to try to reach him just drives them further apart. As the holiday's approach, both men will learn valuable lessons from unexpected sources, but the most important will be the secret to melting a frozen heart. Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: male/male sexual practices.

David is lonely, bored, and a virgin. He lives through books, but fears life is passing him by. Then one night he's attacked by a gang and rescued by a real-life hero. Sexy, mysterious Seth seems to have stepped right off the pages of an adventure novel. Yet he has no place to call home. When David invites him in, a thank you dinner escalates into passion, and Seth makes all David's pent-up fantasies come true. Seth wants nothing more than to spend the rest of his life loving and protecting David, but his brutal past makes that impossible. Just being around Seth puts David at risk and Seth will stop at nothing to keep him safe, even if it means breaking his heart. David is determined to keep Seth off the streets and in his bed, but all is not as it seems. Seth has terrible scars he won't talk about, and sometimes, he wakes up in the night screaming. When David discovers Seth is linked to a murder, he's determined to learn the truth, but he may find out more than he wants to know. How far is David willing to go, to rescue his hero? This is a reprint of the first three David and Seth stories—Hero, Stay and Scars, originally published by Torquere. It's a prequel to Rust Belt, though some scenes overlap and are retold through the other character's point of view.