He Loves Me He Loves Me Not

For ten years, twenty-five-year-old NuNew has lived a lie on his family's farm, suffocating under an obsession that tastes like pure sin. He is hopelessly, darkly in love with Zee-the rugged, older best friend of his brother, Joss. To everyone else, Zee is the sexy nonchalant cowboy next door. To NuNew, he is a walking temptation who treats him with a cold, irritated harshness that borders on cruel.

​Until one whiskey night, the tension finally snaps.

​What was supposed to be a simple ride home from the bar explodes into a primal, filthy-talking collision on Zee's mattress. Zee claims NuNew's body with a savage, possessive hunger that leaves NuNew utterly undone. But the morning brings a devastating twist: Zee woke up in total denial, convincing himself the wicked encounter was nothing more than a drunken dream.

​But a monster has tasted blood, and he can't stop craving it.

​While Zee spirals, his venomous ex-girlfriend comes clawing back, targeting NuNew with a vicious, unexplainable hatred. NuNew has no idea that he is the secret reason she was discarded. Exhausted by Zee's hot-and-cold torture, NuNew seeks distraction with a familiar face who is suddenly stepping out of the shadows to court him.

​NuNew's body belongs strictly to Zee but the mere threat of another man triggers a feral, terrifying madness in the older cowboy.

​The "innocent little brother" lie is officially dead. Driven by a dark, territorial jealousy, Zee abandons his sanity. Suddenly, NuNew is being shoved into the shadows of the barn, pinned against wooden doors, and consumed in breathless, bruising secret encounters. Zee's whispers are filthy, his grip is bruising, and his obsession is lethal.

​With Joss always just a room away, and the small town always watching, they are playing a high-stakes game of sexual suspense. Zee is running out of places to hide his dark desires, and NuNew is getting tired of playing this little game of...he loves me, he loves me not.