Acrobat (Paperback)

Forty-five-year-old English professor Nathan Qells is very good at making people feel important. What he s not very good at is sticking around afterward. He s a nice guy; he just doesn t feel things the way other people do. So even after all the time he s spent taking care of Michael, the kid across the hall, he doesn t realize that Michael s mob muscle uncle and guardian, Andreo Fiore, has slowly been falling in love with him. Dreo has bigger problems than getting Nate to see him as a potential partner. He s raising his nephew, trying to leave his unsavory job, and starting his own business, a process made infinitely more difficult when a series of hits takes out some key underworld players. Still, Dreo is determined to build a life he can be proud of a life with Nate as a cornerstone. A life that is starting to look like exactly what Nate has been seeking. Unfortunately for Dreo and for Nate the last hits were just part of a major reorganization, and Dreo s obvious love for Nate has made him a target too.