{"product_id":"bare-alex-w-wells-9798253271254","title":"Bare: A Slow-Burn MM Single Dad Romance","description":"\u003cb\u003eHe built his life around control. Then a man with paint on his knuckles changed the temperature of the room.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNeil Ashworth teaches English, raises his five-year-old son alone, and keeps everything in its correct place. His classroom is immaculate. His routines are airtight. His hands haven't shaken in years. Not since he stopped wanting anything. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRory Cavanaugh paints the things people don't want seen. He's loud, generous, covered in charcoal by nine in the morning - and he swore he'd never again be someone's secret. Not after the married man. Not after two years of being furniture in public and wanted only in the dark. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Rory arrives at Neil's school for a cross-curricular art project, Neil gives him a handshake and a surname. Rory gives him a card with his address on it. The card lives in Neil's wallet. He checks it every night. He tells himself this is not devotion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt isn't a question of \u003ci\u003eif\u003c\/i\u003e. It never was. Since a man with paint on his knuckles said \u003ci\u003eRory\u003c\/i\u003e and extended his hand - and everything shifted. It's a question of \u003ci\u003ewhen\u003c\/i\u003e - and what it will cost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBecause Rory is painting something. Behind a locked studio door. And when Neil finally sees it, everything he's built will have to come down. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBARE\u003c\/i\u003e is a slow-burn MM romance set in England - featuring a single dad, teacher colleagues, an artist who sees too much, found family, and explicit heat. Standalone with HEA.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor readers who love Alexis Hall's emotional precision and M.A. Wardell's school-world warmth.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alex W. Wells\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798253271254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.85d","brand":"Alex W. Wells","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801514684671,"sku":"9798253271254","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bare-alex-w-wells-9798253271254","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}