False Start with a Masked Rival

Chris Green, once the Olympic pride of his hometown, has already hit bottom after one mistake destroyed his athletics career and turned his name into something people will not say aloud.

A masked man he meets online awakens a want in him that feels even harder to reach than redemption.

Isaiah Owens, a dedicated academic, pays his bills by camming and treats a job at his uncle's sports agency as nothing more than a means to an end, taking extra satisfaction in antagonizing the agency's entitled clients, especially the disgraced athlete he cannot stand.

He keeps every part of that life in its own compartment until he breaks his one rule and begins falling for a man he has never met, someone who still sees the parts of him Isaiah has hidden for years.

When the truth finally comes out, neither man will get through it unmarked.