

When he reemerges, Darian finds him at a book signing, and despite his anger, they reconnect (quite intimately, over Ash’s desk). He’s plunged into another depressive episode. They have an electric sexual encounter, but Ash runs away, a panic attack having been triggered when he wakes in a strange place.

But he feels obligated to make it from London to Brighton for his friend’s stag party, and it’s good that he does, because across the dance floor he sees Darian Taylor, a charming, baffling, "glittering pirate of a man," an aspiring model from Essex. He avoids contact with friends, his sex life is unsatisfying, and his promising career as a writer has been derailed. His life has to be defined by his routines, which he clings to as his only hope as he recovers from severe depression and a suicide attempt. A one-night stand sparkles far beyond first impressions.Īsh Winters is trapped.
