He’s out around fifteen thousand dollars, but he knows that’s not much compared to the millions some people got scammed out of. When Lane arrives at Acton’s party, he doesn’t know what to expect, and comes out of it deeply scarred.ĭerek is one of the victims of the Moredock Ponzi scheme. Suddenly cut off from everyone he knew, and with almost no money at all, he turns his attention to the one man who does seem to pay attention to him and not hate him on sight – Acton Wagner. But that all ended when his accounts got frozen as part of a FBI investigation and he had only the cash in his wallet to get by. Lane has lived a life full of wealth and money, and has never wanted for anything. At the start of this book, his mother has been arrested and his father has made a run for it and nobody knows where he is, Lane included. Nobody believes that 20-year-old Lane had no idea what his parents were involved in. Lane Moredock is an innocent bystander to his parents ripping off all their friends and all the investors who gave their money to the Moredock family. This story is essentially about a Ponzi scheme and the downfall of those who were involved. Trigger warnings for date rape drugs, sexual abuse, and rape. The characters are precious, consent is a big part of the character’s relationship, and there are dogs in this book. The blurb was interesting enough, but I came to really enjoy the story and the characters. Lane might be everything that Derek wants, but first Derek needs to trust that Lane is innocent-and Lane needs to trust Derek with the truth.Ĭontains BDSM, some puppy play, and a very obnoxious macaw! A chance meeting with Lane shows him there might be something more to the young man than arrogance and privilege, and Derek wonders if Lane might be just what he’s been looking for: a sub with the potential to be a life partner.Īs Lane slowly begins to open up to Derek and explore his needs as a submissive, the investigation closes tighter around him. Photographer Derek Fields lost money to the Moredocks, and is as sure as anyone that Lane is guilty despite his claims.
Lane, with no money and nowhere to live, makes a desperate deal that lands him in trouble and leaves him unwilling to trust a so-called Dom again.
His mother has been arrested for securities fraud, his father is on the run, and everyone, including the SEC, suspects Lane knows where the missing millions are.
Introverted college student Lane Moredock is in a bad place.
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