{"product_id":"forbidden-desires-pete-cossaboon-9798312190311","title":"Forbidden Desires: A Steamy Gay Romance Thriller","description":"\u003cb\u003eForbidden Desires: A Steamy Gay Romance Thriller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eNathan Cole has spent his life chasing the truth. As an investigative journalist, he's exposed corruption, unearthed scandals, and put more than a few powerful men on edge. But when a whispered tip leads him to the most untouchable defense attorney in Chicago, he quickly realizes he's in over his head.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDamian Blackwood is a man who never loses.\u003c\/b\u003e Cold, ruthless, and devastatingly handsome, he's built his empire defending the guilty-and winning. His name is whispered in courtrooms, feared in back alleys, and always attached to the men who walk away clean, no matter how damning the evidence. When Nathan starts digging into Blackwood's latest case, he expects resistance. He expects danger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHe doesn't expect the way Blackwood makes his pulse race.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir first meeting is a battle of wits. Nathan calls out Blackwood's moral failings in a crowded courtroom, while Blackwood, amused and unfazed, simply enjoys the way Nathan's anger lights a fire in his eyes. Their second meeting is more intimate-too close, too heated, the air between them crackling with something neither of them are willing to name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTheir third meeting? It changes everything.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause Blackwood isn't just playing defense. He's running his own game, one that Nathan barely begins to understand before the ground shifts beneath him. The story he thought he was chasing turns into something far more dangerous. Blackwood isn't just protecting criminals-he's \u003cb\u003ehunting\u003c\/b\u003e them. And now, so is Nathan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a shared enemy sets their sights on them both, the game turns deadly. Nathan and Blackwood find themselves on the run, dodging bullets, corrupt officials, and a past that neither of them can fully escape. Tension morphs into desperation, and desperation turns into something even more dangerous: \u003cb\u003edesire.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNathan wants to hate him. He wants to resist. But Blackwood is fire and control, temptation and ruin, a man who takes and takes until Nathan has nothing left to give-and \u003cb\u003estill, he wants more.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat happens when the chase turns into something neither of them can walk away from?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the dark underbelly of Chicago's criminal empire to the sun-drenched waters of the Caribbean, \u003cb\u003eForbidden Desires\u003c\/b\u003e is a \u003cb\u003esteamy, high-stakes gay romance thriller\u003c\/b\u003e that will leave you \u003cb\u003ebreathless, addicted, and aching for more.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pete Cossaboon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798312190311\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pete Cossaboon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48066486534399,"sku":"9798312190311","price":8.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_59aca591-c7ee-4181-a3f7-6c340eb49988.jpg?v=1768678743","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/forbidden-desires-pete-cossaboon-9798312190311","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}