Caden Conner had never planned on coming out of the box he'd placed himself in long ago. He had determined to be what they all expected. He'd decorated it with hockey and parties and girlfriends. No one was ever supposed to find him there, but then Jamie came along and ripped him right out of it.

Jamie Bryant was an enigma. He did what he wanted, wore what he wanted, and never apologized for who he was. He had plenty of whispers swirling around him, but he seemed to ignore most of it. Caden had been watching, though, and he'd always hated it when people picked on Jamie. One moment would change everything, but Caden still had one foot in that box, torn between being who he truly was and holding onto the reputation he'd worked for.

Caden wasn't the only person who could see that Jamie was beautiful. Jamie had plenty of his own admirers, and one of them was more dangerous than anyone realized until it was too late. No one thought that he would take it as far as he did, but by the time they understood, Jamie was already missing.

Caden lost everything that mattered in his life when he'd lost Jamie. And he would do whatever it took to get him back.



Contains mature themes.