Fire Season Series by Ezra Dao

ClayWhen my brother blows off our summer plans, I find myself stuck in a lake house with an off-limits older man — my brother’s best friend. Roman Dewan is handsome and openly bisexual, and he looks at me like he wants to devour me. But I’ve never been interested in a man before. So why does my body respond to him? His hot looks are making me uncomfortable, and not in the way you’d expect a straight guy to feel uncomfortable... moreClayWhen my brother blows off our summer plans, I find myself stuck in a lake house with an off-limits older man — my brother’s best friend. Roman Dewan is handsome and openly bisexual, and he looks at me like he wants to devour me. But I’ve never been interested in a man before. So why does my body respond to him? His hot looks are making me uncomfortable, and not in the way you’d expect a straight guy to feel uncomfortable. Instead, I can’t stop thinking about what it would be like to crawl into his lap and offer him everything.And when I find out his kinky secret, all bets are off.But what will my brother think?RomanI have a very specific type, and the innocent young college student in the passenger seat of my car looks like he could hit all of my kinks. The only problem? He’s my best friend’s little brother. And my best friend is right to be worried about the wicked things I might do to the big-hearted, sweetheart of an artist. I’m not a good man.But when I find out what he’s drawing in that sketchpad he always has on his lap, all bets are off.I never expected that my heart would be on the line. Hell, I didn’t even know I had a heart. less

DevonI didn’t realize how lonely cutting everyone off would make me until I was standing in a goddamn hospital with a bullet wound, and they asked me for my emergency contact. I didn’t have any to list, and it broke me.So I’m back in my hometown and ready to make amends with the only person I should never have left my best friend, Sean... moreDevonI didn’t realize how lonely cutting everyone off would make me until I was standing in a goddamn hospital with a bullet wound, and they asked me for my emergency contact. I didn’t have any to list, and it broke me.So I’m back in my hometown and ready to make amends with the only person I should never have left my best friend, Sean. He’s reluctant to forgive me — after all, I ghosted him for eight years — but when I tell him I’ll do anything to earn back his trust, Sean comes back with a list of Two weeks together in a remote one bedroom cabin. We do everything together.2. I must sleep in his bed.3. He won’t touch me unless I beg for it.I’d always thought I was straight, but the deeper I fall into my best friend’s control, the more I’m starting to question what I really want from him — maybe it’s way more than friendship. And what happens when two neighbors stop by to play makes me more sure of my feelings than ever.SeanThe list was supposed to be a joke. I was afraid to let Devon back into my life, and I did the only thing I could think of to scare him away.But the joke’s on me — my best friend grew up into a wildly handsome man, and it barely takes twenty four hours to get Devon to rule #3. Before I know it, the innocent crush I nurtured as a boy is turning into something far deeper, but I’m terrified to let my heart get involved.What if he leaves me again? less