
Maybe the cleaner had lost his mind and moved it. While he waited for Maurice to pick up, Vaughn walked swiftly around the gallery, keeping a desperate eye out for black threads attached to canvas. He dug his phone out of his pocket and dialled his manager, Maurice. “Shit.” He looked around, but every other piece still rested safely on plinths or on the wall or in the wall, in some cases. It was visually arresting in a kind of nightmarish way, and it was also one of the main pieces of this exhibit.ĭespite all his deep breathing, it remained missing.
A delicate arrangement of threads sewn from a canvas onto clear plastic piping to resemble a dark, fragmented wormhole reaching towards the viewer, to be precise. Just to make sure he was awake and seeing this right.īecause a very obvious blank space sat on the wall in front of him instead of a showcase work of art. Around him, the silence of the gallery made ample space for him to take in a deep breath. Vaughn stood in front of the wall, the sinking feeling in his stomach rapidly turning into plunging freefall.
"An unlikely romance between two beautifully written characters will leave readers swooning." – Kirkus
Winner: Best Asexual Book in the 2017 Rainbow Awards. Winner: Best Asexual Contemporary and Historical Romance in the 2017 Rainbow Awards. Because a guy who wants nothing but romance and a guy who wants nothing but sex will never work-right? Not unless they find a way to fill in the spaces between them. Vaughn and Jonah find themselves grappling not just with stolen art, but with their own differences. When another painting goes missing, tension ramps up both on and off the clock. No way can Jonah give Vaughn what he really wants, not when Jonah barely understands what love is. But Vaughn seems to be the one gay guy in Toronto who doesn’t do hookups, which is all Jonah can offer. Jonah wants his men like his coffee: hot, intense, and daily. But when a piece is stolen from his art gallery and insurance investigator Jonah Sondern shows up, Vaughn finds himself struggling with that decision. That’s all he really needs, especially since sex isn’t his forte anyway and no one else seems interested in a purely romantic connection. The decision to stop dating has made Vaughn Hargrave’s life infinitely simpler: he has friends, an excellent wardrobe, and a job in the industry he loves.