"Love is never a bad thing, Samuel. Love is God. It's people that are bad. Hateful. Deceitful. You should fear their judgment, not the Almighty's." Elias Abate doesn't do complicated. He has his tattoo shop in Williamsburg, his art, his classes, and that's enough. It has always been enough. He doesn't talk about his past, doesn't let people close, and definitely doesn't get involved with clients. Then Jaden Price sits down in his chair. Jaden is patient, perceptive, and used to getting what he wants. And Elias, who has built an entire life around knowing when to walk away, keeps finding reasons not to. Elias has secrets. The kind that don't stay buried forever. The kind that have kept him at arm's length from everyone who has ever tried to get close. But Jaden, who sees more than Elias gives him credit for, isn't going anywhere. What starts as business becomes something neither of them has a name for. And for Elias, a man who has spent his whole life leaving before he can be left, that might be the most terrifying thing of all. A dark, slow-burn, BDSM-charged MM romance - The Architect is the third book in The Crimson Knot series.
