Hard Case

By Elizabeth Lapthorne

Troy has been recovering from an injury and is going crazy. Steven—one of the nurses helping him—has caught his attention in every way. When both men are dragged into a government conspiracy thanks to the consulting work Troy does, the men get thrown into a life-altering, intimate situation where the only way out is to rely on each other fully.

Troy Price has been recovering in the hospital. One of the Triage nurses, Steven Thompson, has caught his eye. Drawn into his consultancy work, Troy finds himself in way over his head. Steven, intrigued and protective, stumbles along with him.

All too soon Troy and Steven are dragged into the murky world of back stabbing, double dealing and where nothing anyone says is really how it seems. By the time they realize Troy's contact may have double crossed them from the start—and sent two assassins after them and a parliament official—things spiral rapidly out of control.

Troy and Steven need to work together, fast, to try to find out what's really going on. With danger lurking around every turn and with death the only easy way to defend oneself, Troy and Steven have to rely on each other and trust one another as never before.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pride Publishing
• Release date: Feb 27, 2015
• ISBN: 9781784304270

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