November Rain

Detective Joe Klamath is used to guys falling on their backs at the arch of his commanding eyebrow. Yet he can't seem to get a read on a cute, department-store sales guy. The vagrant who just walked in, though? He's easy to read. He's dangerous.

Joe's training kicks in, but as he wrestles the gun-wielding man, he gets shot.

Raised in a conservative Ethiopian community, Elias Abraham keeps his natural attraction to men under wraps. But Joe's heroism moves him to care for the man who saved his life. After all, Joe is hurt. Chances are slim he'll demand the types of things boys in college always wanted. Sex acts Elias wasn't-and possibly never will be-ready for.

Gradually, Joe's easy confidence softens Elias's resistance. But as Joe's healing progresses too slowly for a man of action, and trouble brews in Elias's family, Elias begins to wonder if he can handle the pressure. Because though he hasn't given all of his body, he's already given all of his heart.