Julian has never been offended by being called beautiful. Beauty has opened doors for him all his life, and at The Labyrinth, he learned how much men will pay for the privilege of being chosen by someone they believe could have anyone.

As Adonis, he is one of Amanda Claridge’s most coveted companions: charming without being sweet, exquisitely dressed, entirely comfortable with attention and very good at making powerful men forget that they are usually the ones being pursued.

Marcus DeLuca doesn’t pursue anyone.

Older, private and surrounded by the kind of wealth that makes questions disappear before they are asked, Marcus has spent years refusing Amanda’s discreet invitations. Then one evening he sees Julian at a private event and changes his mind. He doesn’t want Adonis for a night. He wants an exclusive arrangement, with enough money attached to make even Amanda ask Julian twice before accepting.

Julian expects possession, jealousy and another powerful man convinced that everything beautiful eventually belongs to him. Marcus gives him something far more unsettling: freedom. He never tells Julian who he can see, never asks him to become smaller, and seems perfectly content to watch other men want what returns willingly to him. What begins as an expensive indulgence becomes harder to define when Julian discovers that Marcus didn’t enter The Labyrinth simply because he wanted him, and the mirrors surrounding their arrangement begin reflecting secrets neither man intended the other to see.

Julian has spent years being desired. Marcus may be the first man who makes him wonder what it would mean to be known.

THE LABYRINTH’S ADONIS

Releases October 27, 2026