Overview

Giovanni Caruso is a fighter. You've got to be a fighter to live in Upper East and survive. So when he finds out someone beat his sister, he doesn't stop to get confirmation on who before he's in the street, ready to draw blood. After kicking in the wrong door, Gion ends up in a fight for his life with some guy he barely knows. But when the other guy wins, Gion is still alive. Alive and pinned beneath the guy, wondering why he wanted to win in the first place.

In the aftermath, Gion is left reeling. He's not gay. He's been straight all his life, and if he didn't start out that way, his dad beat any queerness out of him. But he can't get Oliver Kelly out of his head. And they keep meeting, keep ending up in bed together despite Gion's best intentions. Will Gion be able to overcome his upbringing and win Oliver over? Or is he too straight for anything besides sex to ever happen?

Warnings: This urban bad boy gay romance has themes of homophobia and violence. There are homophobic slurs used throughout the book.