Prologue

If you know who Tyler and Ian are—if you've already read their origin stories ( Somebody to Love, Somebody to Hold, and Somebody to Cherish )—you don't need to read this prologue. If you haven't read their origin stories, keep reading if you want to get up to speed on their backstory quickly. Keep in mind, there are some spoilers below, so if you don't want to read spoilers, then you might want to go ahead and read their origin stories first.

Somebody to Love : Once upon a time, a grumpy Chicago homicide detective, Tyler Jamison, was investigating the murder of a man who was killed on his boat in an exclusive Chicago yacht club. In the process, he met a young, gay, trust fund baby named Ian Alexander, a real ray of sunshine. Ian was the dead man's friend and the person who discovered the body.

To make a long story short, Tyler eventually realizes he's developing some inconvenient and uncomfortable feelings for Ian. Very uncomfortable, because Tyler had always assumed he was heterosexual; he just thought he'd never found the right woman. Ian, on the other hand, who's been out and proud since he was a young child, is head over heels in love with the older, stern homicide detective. It takes Tyler a lot of painful soul searching to realize he's attracted to Ian. Eventually, Tyler finds the courage to come out to his sister and his mother, both of whom love and support him unconditionally. That scene is a tearjerker—at least it was for the author.

The ending is a bit dramatic when Tyler saves Ian from a murderous attack.

Somebody to Hold : Tyler and Ian are getting used to living together in Ian's Gold Coast townhouse. Tyler's just glad he no longer has to go home to an empty condo. He ends up losing his job when he violates departmental policy to rescue Ian's younger sister, Layla, who has been abducted by sex traffickers.

After being fired from his job with the Chicago police department, Tyler decides to get his private investigator's license. He wants to be able to help people. And as a PI, he can now help living people rather than getting justice for the deceased. Things heat up in their second book when a man who's obsessed with Ian starts stalking him. The situation gets dicey when the stalker makes an attempt on Tyler's life.

Somebody to Cherish : The trilogy ends with a wedding and a honeymoon trip to Key West, where our two heroes investigate the abduction of a toddler. When they return home to begin their new lives as husbands, Ian decides to join Tyler in the private investigation business. In the epilogue, with the help of a surrogate, Tyler and Ian welcome the births of their twin son and daughter.