{"product_id":"2940000160930","title":"Passion's Victory","description":"\u003cp\u003eMicah Souther is young, talented, and gay. As the junior owner of the family business, he knows better than to look for love “on the clock.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonas Chadwick is the new guy at the firm. Older, wiser, and a survivor of the school of hard knocks, he’s not in the market for an office romance, even if he learns for certain his young boss is gay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne kiss is all it takes to send Micah and Jonas on a collision course, and when bodies collide, the friction gets hot...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Jonas,” I murmured against his smiling lips. “Talk to…” His tongue flicked to mine, cutting off my request for a moment of conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAny of my neighbors watching were getting quite a sideshow. I shoved my hand in my pocket, fumbling for my keys. They fell from my shaking fingers to the porch decking. Jonas pushed me back, breaking physical contact. I longed to see his eyes, to get some idea of what he thought, what he felt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Bend over and pick them up,” he said cheerfully as he rubbed my nipple.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI stared at him and tried to catch my breath. “Not in front of you, Chadwick. I know all about men like you.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Do you?” Something rough and dark in his voice gave me pause. What demon did he battle?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I know enough.” I pushed him back against the side of the house, not with some little force. “Why did you come back?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I don’t know. Maybe to satisfy my curiosity.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Bull.” I fisted my hands in his shirt and gave him a shake. “We take this inside, make it private, or we’re done here.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonas stared at me for the longest twenty seconds of my life, then he nodded. I released him and he bent over, snagged my keys, and dropped them into my outstretched palm. I unlocked the door and invited the devil into my home for the second time in one day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I need a drink. Do you want one, Jonas?” I needed to haul him into my bedroom and have my way with him, that’s what I needed. My insides quivered. I shivered despite the warm evening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut I knew, to my sorrow, that quickie sex now would be a mistake, and I bet he knew it, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I’ll take a brandy if you have it.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I hope you’ll settle for bourbon.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI poured us each a generous shot and handed him one. He nodded and tossed it back like a pro. I followed suit, and we set out empties down on the counter in unison. Jonas reached for me again. I lifted my chin and stared him down. His hand dropped to his side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI wanted him. God, how I wanted him. I ached with it. His gaze met mine before flicking down to the bulge in my pants and back up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Looks nice.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It’s a sock,” I told him cheerily, in the same tone that he’d used to tell me to bend over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Hmm. Well, that’s the risk we run, isn’t it?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amber Quill Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47076258742512,"sku":"2940000160930","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940000160930_p0.jpg?v=1763539255","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940000160930","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}