Reyes Walter is the man who technicians everyone’s pleasure, and he’s never wanted anything else. He’s got a lucrative work as sovereign of the kink globe, and he delights in playing puppet grasp for those under his purview…which is certainly everyone. Allie Hart offers his hands complete looking for a job and getting there for his sister and her children. Loyal to the bone, he’s not looking for anything to block the way of his responsibilities. When a possibility encounter throws Allie in to the wide swath of Rey’s about A Heart to Maintain: After Hours, Publication Five concern, Rey resolves to play the hero as normal, and Allie is determined to simply tell him where to stick it. The last thing Allie needs is some wealthy know-it-all treating him just like a damsel in stress. But the attraction between them prospects to greater than a back-alley tryst—while not anywhere near for-keeps. Most of Rey’s previous lovers have been refined up and paired off with someone more suitable. In the end, there’s always somebody in need, and Rey vowed a long time ago not to let anything or anyone arrive between him and his duties. But Allie Hart may be the one present he’s tempted to maintain for himself.

Previously published as The Cartographer.