Dove. A name so gentle and sweet, the perfect name for the perfect girl. Meet Dove J. Shield, a man with a tall structure, muscular build, and mean glare. A man who is able to intimidate any other man or charm any woman. And somehow, his personality doesn't add up to his looks; they add up to his name. He's the most selfless, most kind-hearted, and most loving person you'll ever meet. His name couldn't do him justice; he was the epitome of all angels.
Suddenly, he's forced to go to a bar with his best friend to "loosen up a little."
He gets introduced to the owner of the joint who was bigger, more fearsome, stronger, and inexplicably handsome: Adonis Manchester. He's the type of man Dove avoided his entire life. No matter how much Adonis was infatuated with Dove, he was rejected and pushed away. After a couple weeks, school starts up again, and Dove is a kindergarten teacher.
So what happens when he encounters Adonis again? This time, he has a son?
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Warning: Contains mature content, man to man relationship, foul language, explicit sexual content.
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Sometimes, I wondered if there was ever a time when I hadn't cared about others' opinions, either the subtle ones that I'd heard through hushed whispers... or the harsher ones I'd fabricated within my own mind. If there was a way to appease the vicious hounding of my own worries as they nipped at my heels, it felt far beyond my reach.
I longed for the peace of hearing something unpleasant and allowing it to rush through me without it tearing me apart.
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Bennett Oden had long ago grown accustomed to the numbing coldness of reality. He led a miserable existence at the hands of his father, but starving was all he knew. He understood how to navigate it... and how to survive on having just enough. On being just enough. Then, he crashed into Mason Locke-warmth incarnate.
[Book 1 of The Rapture Series. Stand-Alone.)