Love After Loss by W. Mae Smith

When party boy Carlos left Columbia, he was determined to put his wild, promiscuous, free-wheeling days behind him and do the “smart” thing, starting with an education. But when he moves next door to hot, dangerous, and mysterious Damien, his willpower to stay on the straight and narrow starts going seriously sideways.

Damien left the military, left his friends–his entire life. Anything to avoid reminders of the one man he’d loved, and lost. He’s insulated himself in a wall of solitude and warns Carlos away, but Carlos has never been good at doing what he’s told, and Damien’s walls are crumbling.

As the two men begin to fall in love, Damien’s past rises up to haunt him, triggering dangerous flashbacks that put Carlos in danger–the very thing Damien wanted to avoid.

Carlos may have found the one man he can commit to for the rest of his life, but if Damien can’t come to terms with his past, can they find a future together?