The Taste of New York

Solace King is proud to be living the New York dream of the self-made millionaire; he’s used to the fast-paced world of high finance and the cutthroat status games of the city’s elite patrician class. He knows better than most that nothing comes for free, and when he sees something he wants, he has to be willing to fight for it.

A random tourist might seem like the last person who could ever catch him off guard, until Sol’s daily grind crashes unexpectedly into a coffee shop meetcute with Rich Merrill, a gigantic supersoldier gene-mod from a remote nautical cooperative out on Lake Michigan.

In town to give a presentation at a high-tech convention, Rich proves to be unexpectedly smart, funny, and very friendly. When they hit it off, Sol finds himself offering to be the soldier mod’s native guide. As they navigate two very different sets of social norms, culinary practices, and sartorial standards, Sol finds himself falling for a guy unlike anyone he’s ever met.

Sparks fly, cultures clash, and the heat is on. Now all Sol needs to do is keep up with that supersoldier stamina and hold on tight to pride, his dignity, and his heart.

Content warnings: disordered eating, drug use.

Written by Hannah Birchwood, Ray Roach and Key Dyson. All characters in this book are above eighteen.