Love is a dark horse—and Sean Fairchild is in for the ride of his life.Paul Hammond is dead. That's what tough and sexy LAPD Detective Daniel Moran tells his lover, Hollywood actor Sean Fairchild—and Sean wants to believe him, but what about those threatening postcards in Hammond's handwriting? What about the fact that he's seeing Hammond everywhere he goes? Yes, Sean's had some emotional problems in the past, but that was a long time ago and he's not imagining things, so why is Dan looking at him that way?The last thing Sean needs is someone doubting him, especially when he's competing for the coveted leading role in the screen adaptation of The Charioteer. But then again, as ex-lover and manager Steve points out, what does Sean really know about his new boyfriend?Dan is a dark horse—and maybe Sean is betting too much on this relationship. It's not just Sean's career at stake, or his relationship, or even his sanity—-it's his life.