Fourteen-year-old Brian, an adventurous member of a group of fourteen-year-old boys moving around to countries where fourteen is the age of consent and dancing the pole and servicing patrons in gay bars specializing in boys of that age, dances the pole in a Cape Verde gay bar and walks out into the night and into the arms of cruel, dominating ex-Marine stallion Butch.
She was Elena, the obedient maid—but beneath the apron lived Sofia Marquez, a woman forged in fire and shadows. When midnight temptation turns to reckless touch, Mr. Carver finds himself pinned beneath the one woman he was never meant to see. In a house heavy with silence and secrets, one stolen night threatens to ignite everything. The Fire She Hid is a short story of desire, dominance, and the dangerous power of being truly seen.