Stephen A. Teeple

This collection features three gay M/M erotica stories.

Over twenty years ago, the heiress Patricia Lockwood was abducted during a robbery of her family's estate, then locked inside an isolated cabin for months. Patricia escaped, but so did her captors - and the items stolen from her family were never recovered. Until now. On the Upper West Side, a recluse is found murdered in his penthouse apartment, alongside two objects of note: a stolen Vermeer painting and a leather suitcase bearing the initials WHL3. For the first time in years, the authorities have a lead - with the suitcase and painting both pointing them toward one man.

Always on the periphery, looking on, young Frankie Howe was never quite sure enough of herself to take center stage—after all, life had already judged her harshly. Now old, Frankie finds it easier to forget the life that came before. Then Damian, a young Irish caretaker, arrives at her London flat, there to keep an eye on her as she recovers from a fall. A memory is sparked, and the past crackles into life as Damian listens to the story Frankie has kept stored away all these years.

Leaping into the bustling world of New York City, I traded my quiet Indianapolis life for the promise of corporate success. The job, the apartment, the relentless pace, it was a thrilling new chapter. But my life took an unexpected turn when I met Ethan Parker. A vivacious, charismatic fashion designer, Ethan answered my ad for a roommate and walked into my apartment and my life. Our worlds were different, yet our conversations, over shared meals and bottles of wine, began to blur those lines.