Noah Castillo has a system for survival: keep his head down, finish his urban planning degree, and never, ever fall for a client. At twenty-four, he is drowning in his mother's medical debt, and high-end escorting is the only thing keeping his family afloat. He has perfected the art of the professional transaction. No feelings. No mess. Just a safe word and a paycheck. Then he walks into the penthouse of Adrian Black. At forty-two, the British billionaire CEO of Blackwell Capital is devastatingly handsome, fiercely disciplined, and deeply controlled. Adrian does not do traditional romance. He does arrangements. He demands total honesty, strict rules, and absolute surrender. But what starts as a highly structured Dom/Sub contract quickly shatters every wall Noah has built. Adrian doesn't just want Noah's body—he demands Noah's truth, rewarding his vulnerability with a fierce, intoxicating tenderness that terrifies them both. When the collision of their two worlds threatens Adrian's empire and exposes Noah's deepest insecurities, they must decide if the gap between them is too wide to cross. Noah refuses to be a kept boy, and Adrian refuses to let him go. In a world where reputation is everything, choosing each other might cost them everything they've built. Sugar, Suits, and Safe Words is a high-heat, high-emotion MM contemporary romance featuring a wealthy, protective Dom and a fiercely independent Sub. It contains intense praise kink, an age gap, hurt/comfort, and a hard-fought happily ever after.
