Chiaroscuro — Kaitlin Maitland

Lars Aasen uses his playboy image like armor. If he pretends he doesn't care, nobody will ever guess he does. When his relationship with the lovely Mattie gets too emotional for his taste, he runs away, burying his feelings in a casual fling with sexy bouncer Owen. Too bad for Lars that his feelings for Owen grow almost as quickly.

A quirky artist who wanted nothing more than a home and a family of her own, Mattie worries her heart will never recover from Lars's abrupt exit from her life. Then a jaded bouncer named Owen intervenes when a local lunatic takes an unhealthy interest in her. She can't help but wonder if Owen might be her prince charming in sarcastic armor.

It doesn't take Owen long to realize that he and Mattie both have unfinished business with Lars Aasen. His secrets make him want to keep things casual, but he can't stay away from Lars and Mattie. And just as fate threads the three lovers together, an outside enemy threatens to rip them apart. They'll have to learn to see through the shadows to live together in the light.