Alex Williams never got over the almost-fling he'd had one summer in Sri Lanka with the sexy Brit Julian Goddard. The story opens six years later, and both men have been through a lot in between, with Alex putting the dream of Julian firmly behind him. Julian has come to embrace his homosexuality, but he's never been able to find the love he knows he almost had with Alex. A chance meeting, hidden behind masks at a costume party, re-ignites a passion never consummated. Against  a backdrop of scorching erotic m/m love, this story delves into the layers of denial and self-deception we develop to protect ourselves from pain, and strips them away, one by one.