Things seem to be going OK with his return to work and his partner, Myah, who is now engaged to his brother Cole.

He’s been through intensive therapy with Ben’s partner Laura and he and Ben are also seeing her as a couple. Gavin and Ben are still together and Gavin has just returned to work after a year’s disability leave. Safeword begins about a year after the events of Power Exchange. A miasma of uncertainty and fear threaten to suffocate him when he asks a question with which he’s overwhelmingly familiar: what happens when a victim is pushed too far? As the body count rises and taunting souvenirs are being hand-delivered to Gavin, he faces a frustrating lack of leads, a crushing need to prove himself, and a sinking suspicion the imprisoned kidnapper’s reach is further than originally thought. The miraculous recovery of two teen boys from a twisted kidnapper gives him heart, and Gavin’s determined to prove he can handle anything despite increasing strain between him and Ben, painful nightmares, and panic when anyone touches him.īut his next case is too close for comfort: a friend and colleague found raped and murdered in a fate chillingly similar to what could have been his own, and this killer isn’t stopping with one cop. Most of all, it’s in his lack of submission to Ben, who isn’t convinced Gavin’s recovered enough to trust the power exchange between them. It’s in the suffocating coddling of his entire family, and the relentless reporter demanding an exclusive of his ordeal. It’s in the sympathetic yet pitying looks he receives from his fellow detectives when he returns to the force after a year-long hiatus. It’s in the house he lives in with his partner and Dom, Ben Haverson. It is NOT recommended to read these books out of sequence.Įverywhere Detective Gavin DeGrassi looks he’s reminded of his attack by the Breath Play Killer. This is a sequel to Power Exchange and as such contains quite a few spoilers for that book. Keywords/Tags: Series, Sequel, Cops, Psychologists, PTSD, Serial Killer, Family, Child Abduction & Abuse, Obsession, Paparazzi!, HEA Genre: m/m Contemporary BDSM Mystery Romance

Power exchange by aj rose