As his world collapses, love opens his heart.

Robbie Grayson has always felt like a bit of an outsider in the Chester family, though

he’s related by blood. An orphan taken in at a young age, he is further set apart by a limp

inflicted by a childhood illness.

Nevertheless, he’s content enough with his quiet country life—until a mercurial wastrel

named Charles Worthington explodes into it. And Robbie is assigned to play nursemaid to

an invalid with an attitude.

Injured in a carriage accident, Charles arrives at the Chester estate drunk as a lord

and with empty pockets. Despair consumes him as his broken body slowly heals, but the

kindness of quiet, thoughtful Robbie saves him from drowning in self-pity.

Over chess matches and conversation, these polar opposites challenge each other to

break out of old patterns, until desire burns through the thin veneer of pure friendship. Yet

their passion could destroy the family bonds they value so highly. Especially when someone

catches wind of their relationship—and threatens blackmail.

Warning: This book contains hot man-on-man lovin’ between not-quite kissin’ cousins.