A missed trip to Paris results in two long-time casual friends finding BDSM heaven instead. Geoffrey begged his ex boyfriend, Brian, for some bondage, not public humiliation on YouTube. On Valentine's Day, he runs into Brian's best friend Paul, who seems intent on righting Brian's wrongs. But trusting Paul means Geoffrey has to come clean with his needs ... and his feelings. Paul sees Geoffrey in the bar and knows this is his chance to convince him he's nothing like Brian. He starts slow and safe, setting strict ground rules. But when Geoffrey insists on a reenactment of the same dom-play Brain used to hurt him, is a safeword enough to protect their fledgling love?

Paul and Geoffrey return from their special trip to Paris. Paul plans to propose to Geoffrey but first, his urge to protect his lover drives him to close an old loophole. He visits Brian, demanding the original video he made of Geoffrey be destroyed. Brian doesn’t understand what Paul’s upset about, or his dominant streak. But the clearer Paul’s feelings for Geoffrey become to him, the more Brian desires to have a man love him the same way. Curiosity draws him to the local kink club, and into the arms of a man whose punishment gives him all he secretly craves.

After a sadistic Dom wreaks havoc on one of their own, four men pull together to find happiness in the wake of his destruction. When new and impulsive sub,Brian is injured in a bad scene, the incident opens old wounds for his sometimes-Dom, Gar. While doling out revenge, Gar must come to terms with his fear of relationships and learn the shocking truth about his former lover, Angel. Meanwhile, Paul's uncontrolled jealousy of Brian comes to light and Geoffrey threatens to cancel their engagement if he won't get his anger under control. In different ways the aftermath of the sadistic Dom's destructive force puts these four men on the track to future happiness, but some will suffer more scars than others. Warning: The MC in this story is baited into a scene of BDSM play and is abused.