When Antony met Collier, his life became perfect...until "Collie" was wrongfully arrested and brutally murdered in the city's jail, sending Antony's world into chaos. Then a chance comment led him to believe Collie's death was not "a tragic incident that no one could have prevented," but was actually part of a vicious conspiracy. Antony set out to learn the truth, putting himself on a collision course with a shadowy group of people who would stop at nothing to protect themselves...even if it meant killing not only him but anyone else they felt was a threat -- including Jake, another man...

Was it murder? Suicide? Or did Owen Taylor vanish to avoid prosecution for rape? Everyone had their own idea, but the only note he left behind was sent to his nephew, Jacob Blaine, in Denmark ... which was made no sense, because Owen knew Jake was currently living in the States.

Of course, this happened at the worst possible time for Jake. He was helping his lover, Antony, fight a bogus criminal charge; his estranged, anti-gay mother was battling cancer; his dream job in Copenhagen wanted him to return - now; and ... worst of all ... Antony was pushing him away. It was tearing him...