Playing for Keeps
(2027)(The second book in the Seasons of the Circle series)
A novel by Timothy Warren
Ian Stanford doesn't do spontaneous. As a British diplomat in Washington, his life runs on precision, protocol, and the forty-two-minute walk to work that never varies—until a street violinist in Dupont Circle plays a melody that follows him home.
Luke Sullivan left his senator father's expectations behind to build a life on his own terms. He doesn't need the complications of a buttoned-up diplomat who listens like he's never heard music before.
But when Ian hires Luke for the Embassy's spring gala, one kiss under falling cherry blossoms sets off a chain reaction neither can control. With Luke's father threatening Ian's career and their worlds pulling them in opposite directions, they'll have to choose: the safe paths they've always walked, or each other.
A swoony slow-burn romance about finding love in unexpected places—and having the courage to keep it.
Genre: Gay Romance
Luke Sullivan left his senator father's expectations behind to build a life on his own terms. He doesn't need the complications of a buttoned-up diplomat who listens like he's never heard music before.
But when Ian hires Luke for the Embassy's spring gala, one kiss under falling cherry blossoms sets off a chain reaction neither can control. With Luke's father threatening Ian's career and their worlds pulling them in opposite directions, they'll have to choose: the safe paths they've always walked, or each other.
A swoony slow-burn romance about finding love in unexpected places—and having the courage to keep it.
Genre: Gay Romance