Intricate Ties: Foundations
(2026)(A book in the Sharing His Command & Reclaimed by His Command series)
A novel by A E Lemercier
Two men. One forbidden connection. A surrender that changes everything.
The foundational duet is finally here. Experience the first two complete novels in the viral MM romance series- boasting over 200,000 pages read in its opening month - now collected in one special omnibus edition.
This volume contains:
The foundational duet is finally here. Experience the first two complete novels in the viral MM romance series- boasting over 200,000 pages read in its opening month - now collected in one special omnibus edition.
This volume contains:
- Book 1: Seeking His Command (Miles's journey of surrender)
Book 2: Held in His Command (Darren's surrender to love)
Miles Bennet looks like he has it all together. Broad shoulders, an easy smile, and the kind of rugged charm that turns heads without trying. Beneath the surface, though, he's falling apart. Newly divorced, recovering from alcoholism and desperate to quiet the chaos and self-doubt in his mind, he turns to Shimizu Services, an exclusive sanctuary built on trust and discipline.
What he finds there is Darren Quinn: calm, controlled, and impossible to ignore.
As one of Shimizu's most respected professionals, Darren understands the importance of boundaries. Clients are temporary. Emotional attachment is dangerous. But Miles is unlike anyone Darren has worked with before. His vulnerability, honesty, and determined perseverance awaken instincts Darren has spent years keeping under control.
What begins as structured guidance and surrender slowly becomes something intimate and deeply personal.
Miles doesn't just crave Darren's command. He craves the sense of safety he feels in Darren's presence. When Miles crosses the line between professional and personal, both men risk losing everything they've built.
Now Darren must decide whether he can let himself love the man he was never supposed to touch, while Miles begins to understand that the real risk is not surrender, but allowing himself to be fully known.
Intricate Ties: Foundations contains Seeking His Command and Held in His Command, the first two books of the Intricate Ties series. It's a high-heat MM romance filled with emotional vulnerability, protective dominance, hurt-comfort healing, and open-door scenes centered on trust, surrender, and devotion.
Perfect for readers of Roe Horvat, Kate Hawthorne, and Reese Morrison.
Heat level: 5
Genre: Romance
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