Blood in the Water

Ethan Banting has spent his entire life pretending. Raised by a father who taught him that loving men was a sin, Ethan carved out a careful, false life, complete with a devoted fiancée, Ellie.

But one drunken night changes everything.

Tired of living a lie, Ethan gives in to a desire he's long buried and hooks up with a handsome, mysterious, and magnetic stranger in a bar.

One week later, however, Ethan's world shatters. Ellie is found brutally murdered. Guilt claws at Ethan: he was planning to end things with her but never got the chance to come clean. Now, her death has drawn the attention of dangerous people, and Ethan's secrets are no longer safe.

When he's ambushed by a rival gang, Zed reappears-this time not as a fleeting one-night stand, but as a fierce protector. Determined to keep Ethan alive, Zed pulls him into the treacherous world of gang rivalries, power struggles, and underground loyalties.

As Ethan is forced to confront the truth about himself, his past, and the people he thought he knew, he must decide who he wants to be-and who he can trust-before the war around him consumes them both.

Love may have saved Ethan once. But in the shadows of the underworld, it could cost him everything.