3rd edition; completely rewritten and edited. -24.12.2021. DEAN All I ever wanted when I was younger was to be someone's boy. When I was 19, I thought that I have finally found my Daddy but I was wrong. Five years later, I know better and all I want is some peace and quiet, and perhaps for the nightmares to stop. Then why the heck can't I stop thinking about him? DAMIEN When I was younger I thought I had found the love of my life, the perfect boy to spoil rotten, but I was wrong. Six years later, I know better and all I want is to do my job and have fun with the Subs from my brother's kink club. Then why the heck can't I stop thinking about him? Haunted by the horrors of his painful past, Dean lives as a recluse. He spends his days studying to be a nurse and his nights working at the local BDSM club, The Whip, as a bartender. Damien Jones is a handsome and wealthy man. He works hard and plays even harder. After having his heart broken a few years before, he swore off love and commitment, going through a different boy every other night. When a shy and anxious Dean meets 'larger than life' Damien Jones and the sparks fly, none of their lives will ever be the same.

MISHA: After getting thrown out my home for being gay and ending up in a white slavery ring soon after, I thought that my life was over. But, by pure, dumb luck that seemed to follow me around, I managed to somehow get myself out of it, ending up in US of all places. Suddenly free and with my whole life ahead of me, I decided to take the second chance I was given and make the most of it which included getting the attention of a certain brilliant if elusive surgeon who I just knew would make a great Daddy for this lost kitten. Only if he wasn't so stubborn... JACK: After losing my husband in a school shooting, I was sure that my life was over. Depressed and angry, I swore off ever loving someone again, deciding to focus on my work and wait for death so I could finally be reunited with Eli. But as they say, God laughs as humans make plans, and the one above must surely be dying of laughter right about now, because why else would I be unable to stop thinking about him? Summary: In one night, Misha lost everything; his parents, his younger brother and his home. Afraid and alone in the cold streets of Moscow, the young man gets pulled into the dark happenings of the Russian underworld without a way of escaping. Jack is a world-renowned trauma surgeon, former marine and an overall badass. He is a certified genius with his own practice and more money than he could spend. But when he loses his husband in a school shooting, Jack finds himself spiraling into a whirlwind of depression that threatens to ruin him. What will happen when these two souls meet? Will they be able to mend each other, or will they crash and burn?

Michael Jones- former attorney, the current owner of one of the best clubs in New York called "The Whip", and Master Dom. Plagued by the dreams of his traumatic childhood that he can't remember, Michael Jones lives a solitary life. Never quite happy, never quite content, he spends his days working and his nights trying to find some semblance of happiness in the BDSM club he owns. When he starts receiving disturbing letters from one of his former flings, followed by a horrifying discovery in his garage, he decides to hire a bodyguard. Enter Niklas Krüger, a brooding German man, former soldier, and a recent amputee. At first, Michael hates him. Nik is cold, harsh and makes his blood boil. But as they say 'the line between love and hate is a thin one', something Michael would soon discover for himself.

David Cross' life is complicated. He's a divorced, single father with a full-time job and a son who, although brilliant, is proving to be too much work for David to handle alone. After another nanny resigns, unable to handle Leo and his antics he decides to hire someone different. Enter Mihail Turgenev, a young man with a tumultuous past and more baggage than David could imagine, desperate for a job. At first, David is apprehensive about hiring someone so young and inexperienced but does it either way once it becomes apparent that his son has taken a liking to the strange young man with sad eyes. What David couldn't have predicted was that along with a nanny he would be getting so much more, as Mihail slowly but surely starts turning his life upside down.