The Man Who Raised Me: A Forbidden MM Gay Age Gap Guardian Romance
Maya Collins
He raised me.
He was never supposed to want me.
After his father’s death, nineteen-year-old Eli Carter has nowhere left to go—except the one place that was always supposed to be safe.
The home of Daniel Hayes.
His father’s best friend.
His guardian.
The man who raised him.
Daniel has spent years protecting Eli, keeping his distance, holding the line between right and wrong.
But the boy he remembers is gone.
In his place is a man who looks at him like a challenge… like temptation… like something Daniel is no longer strong enough to resist.
Late nights turn into lingering touches.
Comfort turns into heat.
And every rule Daniel swore to uphold begins to crack.
“I raised you… I shouldn’t want you like this.”
But he does.
And when Eli starts to slip away—when someone else dares to touch what Daniel has spent years protecting—
Control shatters.
What begins as guilt becomes obsession.
What begins as forbidden becomes inevitable.
Now they’re standing on the edge of something that could destroy everything—
their reputations, their past, and the only family Eli has left.
But walking away isn’t an option anymore.
Because some lines…
once crossed…
can never be undone.
