“I thought I had loved before, but not so much and as deeply as I love you.”

The letter burns a hole in Edmund’s breast pocket, demanding to be taken out and read again and again, and again. Until Aidan’s beautiful words imprint themselves upon his heart and become one with him forever.

Aidan loves him.

The kiss had not been a simple gesture of kindness and gratitude. Edmund’s pining – his aching – has not been for ...