Antinous is destined to die. Envied by the gods and despised by his rivals, the Greek youth from Bithynia is the most beautiful boy in the Roman Empire, summoned to the Eternal City where the emperor, Hadrian, makes him his lover. Just when Antinous thinks he has outrun destiny, he meets Leonides, a bold young soldier who conquers his heart. He desires the soldier but belongs to the emperor. If he gives in to temptation it may cost them their lives. His rivals are always talking and the gods always watching.

New York City, 1944. While war consumes Europe and fills headlines, notorious criminal Kevin Price rules Manhattan with an iron fist. His ruthless control makes exception for none, until he crosses paths with one Connor McKinley

Some people are designed to follow the rules. Thomas is one of them. Raised in the shadowy corridors of a Catholic Church, ideas like order, routine, and discipline are the binds that keep his life together. As the head boy and leader of the next generation of orphans, he has never questioned the rules he never dared to break. That is, until a certain sharp tongued American decides to test that faith. Because, yes, some people are designed to follow the rules. And some people are designed to break them. After being slung across the Atlantic into a church stuck centuries in the past, Damien sees his last minute adoption as the final nail in the coffin of his freedom. Bedtimes, chores, rules, punishments, it's a joke he didn't find funny. But there is one interesting thing here. A dark secret held by the biggest rule follower of them all, a secret Damien can't help intensifying. Because some rules were meant to be broken.

what if draco's attempted cruciatus curse hadn't gone as planned? what could have happened if things had taken a different turn.