Amy Lane has long been one of my favorite M/M romance authors. I will buy almost sight unseen anything that bears her name and I trust her to deliver a really good story no matter which characters are featured. If you have never read any of her work, you should start with the Fish series. From then on characters appear with one another throughout the different series, but beginning with the Fish series will allow you to meet almost everyone. Her books are above all love stories. Love in all its guises.... love in all its genres. Billy is starting to get his life figured out, thanks to the good luck at finding the flophouse. It’s amazing how your life can change when someone actually cares about you and respects you no matter what you are or how you choose to support yourself. Billy has been asked by Sean's friends to care for him during his recovery for a lung injury after he was stabbed. Sean is doing his best, but the beautiful young man taking care of him is pushing way too many of his buttons for comfort. He needs to get better as quickly as possible. Billy and Sean are in the meantime, doing a complicated dance around each other. Their circumstances sometimes put them at odds, but they are definitely on a direct path leading to one another. This little universe that Amy Lane has created is very hard to resist. The characters are all so adorable, loveable, and human, warts and all. Do I think this is how most people involved in porn are treated? Diffidently not... but it would be great if a little compassion and understanding would take place. The characters are wonderfully complex. Sean’s upbringing influences his life as much as Billy’s does his. The story makes an interesting comparison between the two. They are taking two very different journeys through life, yet somehow end up in the same place when they need to be. Thank you, Amy Lane. Keep the books coming and I'll keep buying and reading. ( )